Isra University is an autonomous and privately owned institution legislated by the Isra University Act, 1997 [Sindh Act No. V of 1997] notified in the Sindh Government Gazette (Extra-Ordinary) of September 27, 1997. The Governor of Sindh is the Patron of the University. The Isra University Act provides for a Board of Governors, which exercises general supervision over the affairs and management of the University. The Vice Chancellor, appointed by the Chancellor, who is one of the Directors of Isra Islamic Foundation, is the principal executive and academic authority of the University. The Deans of Faculties as well as several advisory and standing committees that include members from public and private sectors assist the Vice Chancellor in the discharge of his duties.