The Foundation University, Islamabad (FUI), is a private university located in Islamabad, Pakistan. It has two campuses in Islamabad & Rawalpindi. FUI has been established as a private sector university, sponsored by the Fauji Foundation which is the largest welfare organization in the country. FUI was granted its charter by the Federal Government vide Ordinance No. LXXXVIII of 2002. In a university category list issued by the Higher Education Commission (HEC) in 2005, Foundation University was placed in the “A” category, According to the ranking (2013) of HEC, Foundation University has been placed in the highest W-4 category of Higher Education Institutes in Pakistan, FUI was ranked 45th with a score of 41.7