Habib University launches its Institute of Design Thinking, Entrepreneurship, and Leadership (IDEAL), an initiative aimed at promoting agile problem-solving, entrepreneurial thinking, and collaborative leadership as per a press release.

The inauguration ceremony was held at the university`s campus.

IDEAL builds on the university`s commitment to innovation, adding to its history of academic spaces like The Playground: Centre for Transdisciplinarity, Design, and Innovation, and The Horizon, a classroom that promotes collaboration and critical thinking.

Speaking at the launching ceremony, President Professor Wasif Rizvi said: `How do we continuously inspire and cultivate engagement and community building around learning, innovation, entrepreneurship, and collaboration among our students, faculty, and the industry? IDEAL is the next step in creating this new reality in higher education that is eager and willing to continue to reinvent itself.

The launch also included the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding, marking strategic partnerships with industry leaders.

These collaborations will integrate real-world challenges into academic experience, equipping the students with the skills they need to succeed in an unpredictable future. •