Ziauddin University has been created to promote the advancement of knowledge in health sciences through excellence in teaching, research, and public service. Student education and training at the university is directed towards producing graduates who will contribute towards enhancing health education and the promotion of healthy lifestyles in populations from to all socio-economic stratums of Pakistan. Ziauddin University endeavours to develop in each student, the virtues and values of humanity, dignity and worthiness; a desire and capacity for critical reasoning; an appreciation and understanding of the social sciences, biomedical sciences and arts; the ability to communicate; and the skills for acquiring new knowledge and meeting the challenges of an exponential growth of information. The institution focuses on developing competence, personal fulfilment and responsible leadership in science and public service.