The University was established on 13th November 2002 under Ordinance No. CXIX of 2002 promulgated by the President of Pakistan. As per provision of this ordinance the university has its principal seat at Islamabad . The university started functioning in November 2002 by taking over two federal government colleges namely Federal Urdu Science College, Karachi and Federal Urdu Arts College , Karachi . The principal seat of the university at Islamabad commenced its teaching programs in November 2003. Message of VC: The acumen of Education especially higher & Secondary Education has become an important phenomenon for the development of any Nation in the contemporary world. It not only promotes quality education but also helps in production of highly industrious human resources, who later on become torchbearer and backbone of the progress and prosperity of the populace. In the prospects of the notion of time and complex realities of the age of globalization it is highly desirable that our youth must be brought up with improvising ideas and vast imagination to cope with the emerging challenges of modern era. Keeping in view this paradigm, FUUAST is embarked on developing a culture, which once established henceforth, would be giving a light of knowledge and understanding for the future generations of Pakistan. The mission statement of FUUAST is wide-ranging covering all the aspects of its basic existence, so as to use Urdu & English language as a medium of instruction for the attainment of national objectives. Then to modernize our teaching methodology with basic research direction and investigative thinking and above all to give our students a vision which sees beyond territories for the betterment and upright of humanity as a whole.