The Sir Syed CASE Institute of Technology is a

private university Private universities and private colleges are institutions of higher education, not operated, owned, or institutionally funded by governments. They may (and often do) receive from governments tax breaks, public student loans, and grant (money ...

located in

Islamabad Islamabad (; ur, , ) is the capital city of Pakistan. It is the country's ninth-most populous city, with a population of over 1.2 million people, and is federally administered by the Pakistani government as part of the Islamabad Capital T ...

, Pakistan.

History

In May 2001, a group of

engineers Engineers, as practitioners of engineering, are professionals who invent, design, analyze, build and test machines, complex systems, structures, gadgets and materials to fulfill functional objectives and requirements while considering the limit ...

returned after completing

Ph.D A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, Ph.D., or DPhil; Latin: or ') is the most common Academic degree, degree at the highest academic level awarded following a course of study. PhDs are awarded for programs across the whole breadth of academic fields ...

in the United States. They set up EET (Engineering education trust) as a not-for-profit public charitable organization for education purposes. Their aim was to provide substantial contributions to the research and publications areas in Pakistan through the introduction of graduate degree programs. The institute was started on September 12, 2001, at the Software Technology Park, Islamabad, in affiliation with the

University of Engineering and Technology, Taxila The University of Engineering and Technology, Taxila (UET Taxila) is a public university located in Taxila, Punjab, Pakistan. It was established in 1975 as a campus of the University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore and chartered as an in ...

. The affiliation permitted it to start M.Sc. and Ph.D. degree programs in computer engineering. It was inaugurated by the then Minister of Science and Technology professor Dr.

Atta-ur-Rahman Ata-ur-Rahman ( ar, عطا الرحمن ) is a masculine Islamic given name. It is built from the Arabic words ''Ata (name), Ata'', ''al-'' and ''Rahman (name), Rahman''. The name means "gift of the most merciful", ''ar-Rahman'' being one of the ...

. Dr. Kamal Athar was the director from 2001 until 2003. It started with a faculty of nine Ph.Ds and three

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. The institute started a B.Sc. program in 2003 in its school SS-CARE (Sir Syed Center for Advanced Research in Engineering) initially in collaboration with Sir Syed Memorial Society, named after Indian reformer

Syed Ahmad Khan Sir Syed Ahmad Khan KCSI (17 October 1817 – 27 March 1898; also Sayyid Ahmad Khan) was an Indian Muslim reformer, philosopher, and educationist in nineteenth-century British India. Though initially espousing Hindu-Muslim unity, he ...

. The classes started at Sir Syed Esquire situated at 19th Atatürk Avenue, Islamabad. Later on, undergraduate classes commenced under the name of CASE (Center for Advanced Studies in Engineering). In 2018, it has obtained a degree awarding status by the

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. It is the first institute which started engineering management degree program in Pakistan.

Degree programs

Undergraduate programs * Bachelor of Science in Computer Science * Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering * Bachelor of Science in Software Engineering * Bachelor of Science in Accounting and Finance * Bachelor of Business Administration * Associate Degree In commerce(Bcom) Graduate programs * Master of Science in Computer Engineering * Master of Science in Electrical Engineering * Master of Science in Software Engineering * Master of Science in Engineering Management * Master of Science in Management * Master of Science in Project Management * Master of Business Administration * Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Engineering * Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering Management * Doctor of Philosophy in Management

References

External links

SSCIT official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Center For Advanced Studies in Engineering Educational institutions established in 2001 2001 establishments in Pakistan Engineering universities and colleges in Pakistan Universities and colleges in Islamabad Private universities and colleges in Pakistan

History

Degree programs

See also

References

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