The city has an estimated population of 2 crore and 35 lacs people. Karachi is the third largest city in the world for its population. Karachi city is the center of Pakistan’s industry, shipping, automotive industry, banking, advertising, software development, medical research. Karachi is graded as a beta world city.

Firstly it was the capital city of Pakistan until Islamabad was constructed as a capital city in arranges to spread progress evenly across the country and to prevent it from being determined in Karachi.

The city is considered as a hub of higher education in South Asia and in the Muslim world. Karachi is one of the most educated cities of Pakistan. It has the highest literacy rate along with a sum of enrolment ratio of 111%, the highest in Sindh.

Education in Karachi is divided into five levels:

• Primary (it starts from grade one to five); 

• Middle (grades six to eight);

• High (grades nine to ten, leading to the Secondary School Certificate);

• Intermediate (grades eleven to twelve, leading to a Higher Secondary School Certificate);

• And university programs leading to undergraduates, graduates and advanced studies. Karachi has both public and private educational institutes.

The majority of Karachi students have a wish to study abroad. There is a massive audience of Karachi that goes to study abroad in different countries. Karachi is the city where education trend is available and people likely to send their children’s for foreign studies. There is also a network of consultants who provides consultancy to the students who aimed to study abroad.

Many of the famous educational institutes offers foreign scholarships for their bright students. Many educational expos, seminars and student sessions are organizeed to guide the students for foreign studies. Different universities participate in these events and provide basic and necessary information to students related to study abroad.