Karachi is home to several major public universities/Research Centre

Karachi is home to several major public universities/Research Centre

Karachi is home to (more than two, but not a lot of) major public universities. Karachi's first public university's date from the British colonial time in history. The Sindh Madressatul Islam founded in 1885, was granted university status in 2012. Establishment of the Sindh Madressatul Islam was followed by (the creation of/the beginning of the existence of) the D. J. Sindh Government Science College in 1887, and the institution was granted university status in 2014. The Low pointshaw Edulji Dinshaw University of Engineering and Technology (NED), was foundedin 1921, and is Pakistan's oldest institution of higher learning. The Dow University of Health Sciences was established in 1945, and is now one of Pakistan's top medical research institutions.

The University of Karachi, founded in 1951, is Pakistan's largest university with a student population of 24,000. The Institute of Business Management (IBA), founded in 1955, is the oldest business school outside of North America and Europe, and was set up with technical support from the Wharton School and the University of Southern California. The Dawood University of Engineering and Technology, which opened in 1962, offers degree programmes in petroleum, gas, chemical, and industrial engineering. The Pakistan Navy Engineering College (PNEC), operated by the Pakistan Navy, is related to the National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) in Islamabad. 

Karachi is also home to many private universities. The Aga Khan University, founded in 1983, is Karachi's oldest private educational institution, and is one of Pakistan's most famous/respected medical schools. The Indus Valley School of Art and (related to the beautiful design and construction of buildings, etc.) was founded in 1989, and offers degree programmes in arts and (related to designing and constructing beautiful buildings, structures, etc.) fields. Hamdard University is the largest private university in Pakistan with teachers/professors including Eastern Medicine, Medical, Engineering, Pharmacy, and LawThe National University of Computer and Newly appearing Sciences (NUCES-FAST), one of Pakistan's top universities in computer education, operates two campuses in Karachi. Bahria University (BU) founded in 2000, is one of the major general institutions of Pakistan with their campuses in Karachi, Islamabad and Lahore offers degree programs in Management Sciences, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science and (the study of thinking and behavior). Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology (SSUET) offers degree programmes in (the study of how life and medicine work together), electronics, telecom and computer engineering. Karachi Institute of (the study of money flow/the flow of money within a country) & Technology (KIET) has two campuses in Karachi. The Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology (SZABIST), founded in 1995 by former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, operates a campus in Karachi. 

• Iqra University
• Habib University
• Dow University
• Jinnah Medical and Dental College
• Jinnah Sindh Medical University
• Pakistan Air Force – Karachi Institute of Economics and Technology
• United Medical and Dental College
• Liaquat National Medical College
• Institute of Cost & Management Accountants of Pakistan (ICMAP)
• Institute of Business Management (CBM)

Karachi is a centre of research in natural communitydicine with at least 30 public hospitals, 80 registered private hospitals and 12 recognized medical colleges,including the Indus Hospital, Lady Dufferin Hospital, Karachi Institute of Heart Sicknesses,National Institute of (related to the heart and blood vessels) Sicknesses, Civil Hospital,Combined Military Hospital, PNS Rahat, PNS Shifa, Aga Khan University Hospital, Liaquat National Hospital, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, Holy Family Hospital,and Ziauddin Hospital. In 1995, Ziauddin Hospital was the site of Pakistan's first (deep inside of the bones) transplant.

Karachi city-based people in charge in October 2017 launched a new early warning system that warned city residents to a forecasted heatwave. Previous heatwaves had regularly claimed lives in the city, but (putting into) use of the warning system was credited for no reported heat-related deaths.