Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences

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Pakistan Institute of Engineering & Applied Sciences
Established 1967
Type Public Sector Residential Education and Research Institution
Chairman Dr. Ansar Pervaiz
Rector Dr. Muhammad Aslam
Dean Dr. Tehsin Hamid
(Pro Rector)

Dr. Muhammad Tufail
(Dean Engineering)
Dr. Mutawarra Hussain
(Dean Applied Sciences)

Dr. Khalid Jamil
(Dean Research)
Faculty 140 including 60 PhDs
Staff 550+
Undergraduates 185
Postgraduates 220
Doctoral students 90
Location Nilore, Islamabad, ICT, Pakistan
Campus Urban, 360+ acre
Colours Dark Green, White and Sky Blue
              
Website www.pieas.edu.pk

Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS) is the public research univeristy located at Nilore, Islamabad, Pakistan. The university is internationally known for its research and development in the field of nuclear reactor technology and nuclear technology. The university has world class programs to be offered with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological research. The university is closely associated with a world known prominent institution of United State's Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

Founded in the early 1960s, PIEAS has emerged as country's one of the powerful and prominent research institution. Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences started as a small manpower training facility, known as Reactor School in 1967, which was set up by then-PAEC Chairman dr. Ishrat Hussain Usmani. In 1976, the nuclear research reactors were upgraded by PAEC Chairman Mr. Munir Ahmad Khan to a full-fledged post-graduate research institute in Nuclear Sciences and renamed as Centre for Nuclear Studies and affiliated with Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad. Formally known as the Centre for Nuclear Studies, it was given the status of university under the name of Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences in 1997 by the Prime Minister of Pakistan.

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[edit] Ranking

The Higher Education Commission ranks PIEAS as the top engineering university in Pakistan.[1]

[edit] Nuclear Research

PIEAS now has nearly 30 laboratories in different areas for conducting students' experiments as well as for R&D work. Besides the regular academic programmes, PIEAS has conducted a large number of courses on various specialised topics. The length of these courses has varied from 2 to 18 months and the areas covered have included reactor supervision and operation, health physics, medical physics, laser technology, vacuum technology, computer applications and advanced reactor safety.

PIEAS is engaged in manpower development programmes at many levels and in many directions, but the major thrust of efforts of this institute is directed towards postgraduate academic work. At this level, research and development activities become an integral part of the educational process.

[edit] Educating the Nuclear Technology

The Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS) is a multifaceted educational institution with academic and training programs being conducted at the highest level in a broad spectrum of disciplines. The breadth of its course offerings is a reflection of the complexity and diversity of the programs of Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC), for which PIEAS has been the major human resource development centre since 1967.

[edit] Research Programs

PIEAS has been conducting postgraduate degree and certificate programs for scientists, engineers, medical doctors and technicians over the last 39 years. The educational infrastructure that has been created for this purpose is now so extensive that, besides nuclear technology, the institution can pass on to the youth of the nation, the experience in a wide range of specialized fields such as information technology, nuclear medicine, medical physics, materials engineering, process engineering, systems engineering and laser technology.

[edit] Research and Development

PIEAS has been granted the degree awarding status according to the PIEAS Ordinance 2000 promulgated on March 22, 2000. Postgraduate academic programs at PIEAS also involve R&D works, which frequently are published in international and national journals, conference proceedings and technical reports.

As one of the builders of PIEAS, Pakistani nuclear engineer and Chairman of PAEC, 1972-91, Munir Ahmad Khan said:

“ "So manpower development had to have the highest priority and we assigned it to CNS, to KNPTC and other institutions. Today I have learnt that CNS has been renamed as PIEAS and is becoming a University. I am sure that one day, it will emerge as the MIT of Pakistan".[2]. ”


[edit] The Degree Programs at PIEAS

[edit] Postgraduate Programs

  1. PhD / M.Phil Physics
  2. PhD / MS Systems Engineering
  3. PhD / MS Nuclear Engineering
  4. PhD / MS Nuclear Medicine
  5. PhD / MS Medical Physics
  6. PhD / MS Process Engineering
  7. PhD / MS Materials and Metallurgical Engineering
  8. PhD / MS Mechanical Engineering
  9. PhD Computer Science
  10. PhD / MS Radiation and Medical Oncology
  11. phD / MS Control engineering

[edit] Undergraduate Programs

  1. BS in Computer and Information Sciences
  2. BS in Electrical Engineering
  3. BS in Mechanical Engineering

The Higher Education Commission ranks PIEAS as the top engineering university in Pakistan.[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Complete list of HEC rankings
  2. ^ http://www.pakdef.info/nuclear&missile/speech_munirahmed.html
  3. ^ Complete list of HEC rankings

[edit] External links

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