Higher Education System Strengthening Activity (HESSA) is a project of University of Utah (UU) supported by USAID. It aims at capacity building of fifteen select HEIs of Pakistan in terms of leadership development, strategic planning, faculty development, curricula reform and modernization, research management and creation of students’ support structure in the HEIs Being launched in May 2022, the five-year project will enhance the quality of HEI graduates through improved higher education system. HESSA’s approach hinges on engaging a wide array of stakeholders to introduce feasible, relevant, viable, and sustainable reforms in areas of faculty development, curricula reform and modernization, research management, students’ support system and institutional governance etc. HESSA is a USAID funded initiative aimed at advancing the country’s higher education system.