As Pakistan's premier private institution of higher education, LUMS is of crucial import to its country. With instruction in English, a LUMS education emphasizes broad-based core values of tolerance, civic engagement, social responsibility and leadership. Comprising three schools—the Suleman Dawood School of Business; the School of Humanities, Social Sciences and Law; and the School of Science and Engineering—LUMS is the only university in Pakistan that provides a standard of education comparable to that of the best American universities.