At the same time, the commitment towards academic and professional excellence is supported by a “Visiting Committee”, comprising academics and administrators from world renowned universities and institutions including Harvard, UWO, IMD, Cambridge, Stanford, McGill, and the Asian Institute of Management. The school offers an intensive full-time MBA program and a modular Executive MBA . In addition, the Rausing Executive Development Centre offers short duration programmes for executives. The school also carries out rigorous economic and management research through the LUMS Research Center, The Small and Medium Enterprise Center, Social Enterprise Development Center and the Case and Research Center. LUMS maintains a close relationship with the business world, which acts as a source of advice and information.