University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore
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| Motto | Read in the name thy Lord who creates! |
| Established | 1921 |
| Type | Public |
| Academic staff | 741 |
| Students | 8865 |
| Undergraduates | 7000 |
| Location | Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan |
| Campus | Urban |
| Mascot | UETian |
| Website | www.uet.edu.pk |
The University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, or UET Lahore, is the oldest engineering university in Pakistan. It is located in Lahore, Punjab. It offers bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees in the disciplines of Engineering, Management and Sciences. UET is a public university and the governor of Punjab is the chancellor of the university. The vice-chancellor is the executive head and manages university functions. UET Lahore has six faculties, containing a total of 23 academic departments with a strong emphasis on engineering, scientific and technological education and research.
According to the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan, UET is one of the top ranked engineering universities in Pakistan.[1][2] In 2010, UET Lahore was ranked the 281st engineering and technology university in the world by QS World University Rankings.[3]. UET also conducts Engineering College Admission Test (ECAT) every year in the province of Punjab.[4]
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[edit] History
UET was established in 1921 in the Mughal era as the Mughalpura Technical College. Its more familiar name of the pre-University era, the Maclagan Engineering College, was adopted in 1923 when Sir Edward Maclagan, the Governor of the Punjab, laid the foundation stone of the building, now called the Main Block.
In 1932 the institution became affiliated with the University of the Punjab for award of a bachelor's degree in Engineering. At the time of the partition of British India, in 1947, it had Bachelor of Science courses in electrical, mechanical and civil engineering.
In 1954 it started a bachelor's degree program in Mining Engineering. In 1961 it was renamed the West Pakistan University of Engineering and Technology. During the 1960s, bachelor's degree courses were started in Chemical Engineering, Petroleum and Gas Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering, Architecture, and City and Regional Planning.
By the 1970s it had established over a score of master's degree courses in engineering, architecture, planning and allied disciplines. PhD degree programs were also started.
In 2010, UET Lahore was ranked the 281st engineering and technology university in the world by QS World University Rankings.[3]
| Student enrollment | 8865 |
| PhD enrollment | 188 |
| Campuses | 4 |
| Departments | 33 |
| Research centres | 14 |
| Faculty | 741 (including 122 PhDs) |
| Faculty under PhD training | Foreign 180
Local 37 |
| Undergraduate programs | 29 |
| Postgraduate programs | 55 |
| Supporting staff | 1707 |
| Student enrollment, undergraduate | 7005 |
| Student enrollment, postgraduate | 1860 |
| Total enrollment | 8865 |
| Student hostels | 16 (2700 students) |
| Cafeteria | 5 |
| Sports facilities | 5 play grounds |
| Transport facilities | 49 buses |
| Student service centres | 2 |
Source: [1]
[edit] Location
The campus is situated on Grand Trunk Road, Begum Pura, Lahore (31°34′42.34″N 74°21′31.90″E / 31.5784278°N 74.358861°ECoordinates: 31°34′42.34″N 74°21′31.90″E / 31.5784278°N 74.358861°E) and is within a few kilometers of the Shalimar Gardens. It has eleven gates, only seven are numbered from zero to six; gate number three is used for daily traffic.
[edit] Campuses
Besides the main campus in Lahore, a sub-campus known as University City campus (also in Lahore) was established at Kala Shah Kaku. It is called UET Lahore City campus. Besides Kala Shah Kaku campus, other campuses includes RCET (Rachna College of Engnieering and Technology) which is a constituent college of UET Lahore. Rachna College derives its name from the lands stretching between the rivers Ravi and Chenab.
The campus of Rachna College of Engineering and Technology, Gujranwala is spread over an area of about 74 acres (300,000 m2), surrounded by a canal on the south and lush agricultural land on the remaining three sides. The college is on the left bank of Nokhar Branch Canal about seven kilometers off (East) G.T. Road, between Gakhar and Wazirabad. It was inaugurated by Lt. Gen. (R) Khalid Maqbool Governor of Punjab on 15 January 2003, with the induction of the first batch of 105 students for B.Sc. in Electrical, Mechanical, and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. The college started a B.Sc. (Hons) Degree in Computer Science Department in October 2008.
The Faisalabad campus, located in Khuryanwala, has been converted into a university sub-campus of UET Lahore. Established in 2004, it has now grown in a campus with full faculty of Mechatronics and Control, Chemical and Electrical Engineering. Coming programs include Computer and Software Engineering.
[edit] Academics
[edit] Faculties
UET Lahore offers bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees, under the following faculties:
- Faculty of Architecture and Planning
- Faculty of Business and Management
- Faculty of Chemical, Mineral and Metallurgical Engineering
- Faculty of Civil Engineering
- Faculty of Electrical Engineering
- Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
- Faculty of Natural Sciences, Humanities and Islamic Studies
[edit] Departments
The university consists of 33 departments:
- Computer Science and Engineering
- Computer Science
- Electrical Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering [2]
- Mechatronics & Control Engineering
- Civil Engineering
- Transportation Engineering
- Architectural & Building Engineering
- Environmental Engineering and Management
- Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
- Product and Industrial Design
- Chemical Engineering
- Polymer and Process Engineering
- Petroleum Engineering [3]
- Mining Engineering
- Geological Engineering
- School of Architecture and Design [4]
- City and Regional Planning
- Humanities and Natural Sciences
- Mathematics
- Physics
- Chemistry
- Institute of Business and Management (IB&M-UET) [5]
[edit] Research centers
The university consists of 16 research centers:
- Al-Khawarizmi Institute of Computer Science
- Huawei – UET Joint TeleComm and IT Center
- ZTE – UET Joint TeleComm Center
- Laser and Optronics Center
- Energy Technologies Development Center
- Institute of Environmental Engineering and Research
- DSP & Wireless Communication Center
- Center of Excellence for Water Resources Engineering
- Research Center
- Software Engineering Center
- Manufacturing Technologies Development Center
- Automotive Engineering Center
- Nano Technology Research Center
- Innovation and Technology Development Center
- Engineering Services UET
- Bio Medical Engineering Center
UET is known for its undergraduate studies and is the top priority of higher secondary school graduates of the province. From a total enrollment of 447 in 1961, the figure has now gone up to about 8865, of which 640 are overseas students. The number of female students is more than 1000. Foreign students, mostly from South Asian, Middle-Eastern and African countries like Ethiopia, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, Bangladesh, Jordan, Iran, Nepal and Indian occupied Kashmir come to UET for undergraduate studies.
[edit] Teaching faculty
The UET faculty consists of 741 people including 14 international faculty members; around 122 have doctoral degrees from institutions in U.S., UK and elsewhere. Its faculty holds one Sitara-i-Imtiaz, one Izaz-e-Kamal Presidential Award and nine HEC Best Teacher Awards.[5]
The university has established a Directorate of Research, Extension and Advisory Services which strives for the promotion and organization of research activities. The Al-Khwarizmi Institute of Computer Sciences is a notable name in research activity in computer sciences in Pakistan.
[edit] Co-curricular and extracurricular activities
The university has a sports complex, consisting of a swimming pool, tennis court, table tennis court, squash court and a cricket stadium that is also used for athletics. The university has several football grounds.
Apart from sports-related facilities, there are societies to promote co-curricular activities. The Environmental and Horticultural Society (EHS) works for the betterment of the environment. UET's Blood Donor Society is among the newest societies of UET and now has more than 4000 blood donors and more than 25 members. UET's Debating Society holds several national titles.
Officially-constituted societies
- ASME Student Section
- Society of Petroleum Engineers, Lahore Student Chapter
- Blood Donors Society
- Environmental & Horticultural Society (EHS)
- Debating Society
- Dramatics Society
- Electronics Club
- IEEE UET Lahore Section
- Literary Society
- UET-ACM
- ASHRAE
- AIChE
- IET UET Lahore Section
- SCE UET Lahore
[edit] The National Library of Engineering Science
The National Library of Engineering Science is the central library for the university with a seating capacity for 400 readers and more than 125,000 volumes of books, 22,000 volumes of bound serials and more than 600 scattered issues of scientific and technical serials on diverse fields. Besides Engineering Subjects, considerable reading materials on Basic Sciences, Social Science, Literature and Islamic Studies are also available. Most of the collection covers Pure Science, Applied Sciences & Technology.
The central Library of the University has the honour of having recently been chosen by the Higher Education Commission to serve as the primary resource center for engineering & technical education in Pakistan.
It is a 3 story building infront of the Allah Hu Chowk in UET Lahore.It was inaugurated by Faisal bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud ( Not Confirmed )
[edit] Notable alumni
- Adil Najam, associate professor of international relations at the International Institute for Sustainable Development, and associate professor of International Relations at Tufts University, USA
- Ali Sajid, educationist and a professor of management engineering at UET
- Junaid Jamshed, electrical engineer and former pop singer, now an Islamic preacher
- Jawad Ahmad, mechanical engineer and pop singer
- Najam Sheraz, civil engineer and pop singer
- Faakhir Mehmood, electrical engineer and pop singer
- Parvez Butt, nuclear engineer and former chairman of Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC)
- Nooruddin Mengal, mining engineer, slain leader and former acting president of Balochistan National Party.
- Ahsan Iqbal, politician, member of Pakistan Muslim League (N), mechanical engineer
- Sami Khan , Actor , PTV awards winner best actor 2011.
[edit] UET alumni in foreign university faculties
- Shahid Hussain Bokhari, professor at Ohio State University, Ohio, USA
- Adil Najam, Professor of International Relations at Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Ishfaq Ahmad, a visiting Professor of Nuclear Physics at University of Texas, Arlington, Texas, USA and former chairman of Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC)
- Mohammad Ilyas, professor at Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida, USA
- Ali R. Butt, Professor of Computer Science at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA[6]
- Arif Ghafoor, Fellow of the IEEE, Professor of Electrical Engineering at Purdue University,[7] graduate from the department of electrical engineering
- Asrar Ul-Haq Sheikh, Fellow of the IEEE, Chair Professor of Electrical Engineering at King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals,[8] graduate from the department of electrical engineering
- Ashfaq Khokhar, Fellow of the IEEE,[9] Professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Illinois at Chicago,[10] graduate from the department of electrical engineering
- Ishfaq Ahmad, Fellow of the IEEE, Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at The University of Texas at Arlington,[11] graduate from the department of electrical engineering
[edit] References
- ^ Ranking of Higher Education Commission (HEC) Recognized Universities in Pakistan
- ^ HEC Rankings
- ^ a b http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2010/subject-rankings/technology
- ^ http://www.student-media.com/ecat-test-2011-on-11-sep-ecat-answer-key-available-at-midnight/
- ^ http://www.uet.edu.pk/
- ^ http://people.cs.vt.edu/butta/
- ^ https://engineering.purdue.edu/ECE/People/profile?resource_id=2827
- ^ http://faculty.kfupm.edu.sa/EE/asrarhaq/
- ^ http://www.ieee.org/membership_services/membership/fellows/societies/fellows_comp.html
- ^ http://www.ece.uic.edu/Faculty/khokhar.html
- ^ http://ranger.uta.edu/~iahmad/
[edit] External links
- Official website
- Environmental & Horticultural Society, UET Lahore
- HEC - Rankings
- UET - HEC Rankings (alternative link)
- A Professional From UET Lahore
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, UET Lahore
- UET alumni website
- Pakistan Engineering Council PEC
- UET Alumni Association North America
- UET Alumni Association North America
- Association Of Pakistani Professionals in North America AOPP
- International Organization of Pakistani Women Engineers (IOPWE)
- Department of Computer Science and Engineering
- Pakstudy (UET Lahore Section)
- Old UETIANS (A photoblog)
- Society of Petroleum Engineers, Lahore Student Chapter
- A wiki-based website of UET, Lahore
- Social network for UETIANS
- UET Lahore Admission
- National Textile University
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