The university was formerly led by Umar Saif (PhD from University of Cambridge) who has previously taught at the Cambridge–MIT Institute.
Dr. Sarfraz Khurshid (PhD from MIT) was the second Vice Chancellor of the University. Prof. Dr. Adnan Noor Mian (PostDoc from University of Cambridge) is the current Vice Chancellor of the University.
It has four faculties:
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Faculty of Business and Management Sciences
Faculty of Sciences
Faculty of Engineering
Research
ITU is home to several research centers and labs:[17]
Center for Technology and Governance (CTG)
Technology and Research in Emerging Networks and Distributed Systems (TRENDS)
Neighborhood for Emerging World Technologies (NEWT)
Abdus Salam International Center of Mathematics
Center For Speech and Language Technologies
National Centre For Academic Integrity
Bio-Inspired Simulation & Modelling of Intelligent Life