The NED University of Engineering & Technology is a

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located in the urban area of Karachi, Sindh,

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. It is one of the oldest and best engineering universities in Pakistan, acknowledged for its best teaching practices and graduates. Founded as Prince of Wales Engineering College, it was renamed after Parsi landowner and its benefactor Nadirshaw Edulji Dinshaw. It is a recognized degree awarding university of Pakistan affiliated with the

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, a government-appointed body.

History

Pre-Independence

Founded in 1921, as Prince of Wales Engineering College, to provide training to civil engineers working in building the Sukkur Barrage. In 1924, college received donation of Rupee 150,000 from heirs of Nadirshaw Edulji Dinshaw. As a result, the college was renamed to NED Government Engineering College. The NED College first remained associated with the University of Bombay (now known as the

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) for many years during the

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until 1947.

Post-Independence

This university came to its modern form after being established by the

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and was taken over by the Government of Sindh in 1947. As Karachi continued to grow after the

independence of Pakistan The Pakistan Movement ( ur, , translit=Teḥrīk-e-Pākistān) was a political movement in the first half of the 20th century that aimed for the creation of Pakistan from the Muslim-majority areas of British India. It was connected to the pe ...

in 1947, and the old 'City Campus' became too crowded, a new 'Main Campus' was constructed on its present location on University Road, Karachi in 1975. Finally, on 1 March 1977, the NED Government Engineering College was granted the status of an engineering university. This university is named after its benefactor Nadirshaw Edulji Dinshaw.

Campuses

The university is spread across three campuses; the main campus(Karachi), the city campus the LEJ campus, and the Thar campus..

Offered degree programs

NED University offers different

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postgraduate Postgraduate or graduate education refers to academic or professional degrees, certificates, diplomas, or other qualifications pursued by post-secondary students who have earned an undergraduate ( bachelor's) degree. The organization and ...

, and

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programs. The university offers programmes in

engineering Engineering is the use of scientific principles to design and build machines, structures, and other items, including bridges, tunnels, roads, vehicles, and buildings. The discipline of engineering encompasses a broad range of more speciali ...

science Science is a systematic endeavor that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe. Science may be as old as the human species, and some of the earliest archeological evidence ...

, and

architecture Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. It is both the process and the product of sketching, conceiving, planning, designing, and constructing buildings ...

for

, and

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

. In every year NED university also offers some courses for external students from Intermediate to onwards to enroll in some specially offered courses. For example diploma, a Course in programming, or Artificial Intelligence. It is a member of

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of the United Kingdom.

Faculties and departments

It is organized into following six faculties

Faculty of Civil and Petroleum Engineering (CPE)

The faculty of Civil and Petroleum Engineering comprises following departments. * Department of

Civil Engineering Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including public works such as roads, bridges, canals, dams, airports, sewa ...

* Department of Urban and Infrastructure Engineering * Department of Petroleum Engineering * Department of

Earthquake Engineering Earthquake engineering is an interdisciplinary branch of engineering that designs and analyzes structures, such as buildings and bridges, with earthquakes in mind. Its overall goal is to make such structures more resistant to earthquakes. An earth ...

Faculty of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering (MME)

The faculty of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering comprises the following departments. * Department of

Mechanical Engineering Mechanical engineering is the study of physical machines that may involve force and movement. It is an engineering branch that combines engineering physics and mathematics principles with materials science, to design, analyze, manufacture, ...

* Department of

Textile Engineering Textile Manufacturing or Textile Engineering is a major industry. It is largely based on the conversion of fibre into yarn, then yarn into fabric. These are then dyed or printed, fabricated into cloth which is then converted into useful goods ...

* Department of Industrial and

Manufacturing Engineering Manufacturing engineering or production engineering is a branch of professional engineering that shares many common concepts and ideas with other fields of engineering such as mechanical, chemical, electrical, and industrial engineering. Manufa ...

* Department of Automotive and Marine Engineering

Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE)

The faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering comprises the following departments. * Department of

Electrical Engineering Electrical engineering is an engineering discipline concerned with the study, design, and application of equipment, devices, and systems which use electricity, electronics, and electromagnetism. It emerged as an identifiable occupation in the l ...

* Department of

Computer A computer is a machine that can be programmed to carry out sequences of arithmetic or logical operations ( computation) automatically. Modern digital electronic computers can perform generic sets of operations known as programs. These prog ...

and Information Systems Engineering * Department of

Electronic Engineering Electronics engineering is a sub-discipline of electrical engineering which emerged in the early 20th century and is distinguished by the additional use of active components such as semiconductor devices to amplify and control electric current ...

* Department of Telecommunications Engineering * Department of Bio-Medical Engineering

Faculty of Information Sciences and Humanities (ISH)

The faculty * Department of Telecommunications Engineering of Information Sciences and Humanities comprises the following departments. * Department of

Software Engineering Software engineering is a systematic engineering approach to software development. A software engineer is a person who applies the principles of software engineering to design, develop, maintain, test, and evaluate computer software. The term '' ...

* Department of

Computer Science Computer science is the study of computation, automation, and information. Computer science spans theoretical disciplines (such as algorithms, theory of computation, information theory, and automation) to Applied science, practical discipli ...

Information Technology Information technology (IT) is the use of computers to create, process, store, retrieve, and exchange all kinds of data . and information. IT forms part of information and communications technology (ICT). An information technology syste ...

* Department of

Mathematics Mathematics is an area of knowledge that includes the topics of numbers, formulas and related structures, shapes and the spaces in which they are contained, and quantities and their changes. These topics are represented in modern mathematics ...

* Department of

Physics Physics is the natural science that studies matter, its fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. "Physical science is that department of knowledge which ...

* Department of

Chemistry Chemistry is the scientific study of the properties and behavior of matter. It is a natural science that covers the elements that make up matter to the compounds made of atoms, molecules and ions: their composition, structure, proper ...

* Department of

Humanities Humanities are academic disciplines that study aspects of human society and culture. In the Renaissance, the term contrasted with divinity and referred to what is now called classics, the main area of secular study in universities at t ...

Faculty of Chemical and Process Engineering (CPE)

The faculty of Chemical and Process Engineering comprises the following departments. * Department of

Chemical Engineering Chemical engineering is an engineering field which deals with the study of operation and design of chemical plants as well as methods of improving production. Chemical engineers develop economical commercial processes to convert raw materials in ...

* Department of Materials Engineering * Department of

Metallurgical Engineering Metallurgy is a domain of materials science and engineering that studies the physical and chemical behavior of metallic elements, their inter-metallic compounds, and their mixtures, which are known as alloys. Metallurgy encompasses both the sci ...

* Department of

Polymer A polymer (; Greek '' poly-'', "many" + '' -mer'', "part") is a substance or material consisting of very large molecules called macromolecules, composed of many repeating subunits. Due to their broad spectrum of properties, both synthetic a ...

and Petrochemical Engineering * Department of Food Engineering * Department of Environmental Engineering

Faculty of Architecture and Management Sciences (AMS)

The faculty of Architecture and Management Sciences comprises the following departments. * Department of Architecture and Planning * Department of

Economics Economics () is the social science that studies the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and interactions of economic agents and how economies work. Microeconomics anal ...

and Management Sciences

Activities

Students at NED university are very enthusiastic. They take part in other activities so, NED every year conducts Sports Festa in which many games are included like

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly ...

table tennis Table tennis, also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the ping-pong ball, back and forth across a table using small solid rackets. It takes place on a hard table div ...

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by st ...

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Sum ...

, and many others. Because Management wants students' physical fitness with studies as well.

Affiliated Colleges

* Government College of Technology (GCT) * Institute of Industrial Electronics Engg. (IIEE) * Institute of Aviation Technology, PAF * PCSIR Pak Swiss Training Centre (PSTC) * Karachi Tools, Dies & Moulds Centre * Pakistan Marine Academy * (formerly) Usman Institute of Technology * College of Management Sciences

NED Academy

To provide low-cost educational and professional training to existing professionals, NED University established the NED Academy. The academy has two sections: * Centre for Continuing Engineering Education (CCEE), * Centre for Multidisciplinary Postgraduate Programmes (CMPP).

CCEE

CCEE offers courses for

Engineering Engineering is the use of scientific principles to design and build machines, structures, and other items, including bridges, tunnels, roads, vehicles, and buildings. The discipline of engineering encompasses a broad range of more speciali ...

Management Management (or managing) is the administration of an organization, whether it is a business, a nonprofit organization, or a government body. It is the art and science of managing resources of the business. Management includes the activitie ...

and Conversion Programs. Short and long-duration courses are offered in these subjects. It s offered so that professionals, teachers, and students attain higher levels of research, information, and experience. It empowers them by boosting their skills, knowledge, and techniques. CCEE offers short courses to bring together new practitioners, and update engineering talent, technology, and opportunities for working engineers to improve the quality experience.

Research

Although the main focus of the university had been on its teaching programs, the university has started masters by Research and PhD programs. Different research groups and centers are also working in the university. The university publishes three research journals namely NED University Journal of Research, Journal of Social Sciences & Interdisciplinary Research, Journal of Research in Architecture & Planning.

Vice-Chancellors

* Sarosh Hashmat Lodi (2017 – present)

Notable alumni

* Mohammad Zahoor, Ukraine-based, British businessman - founder and owner of the ISTIL Group. (Also called as Steel Man). * Ashraf Habibullah, co-creator of the first computer-based structural-engineering applications and Founder, President, and CEO of the structural-engineering software company Computers and Structures, Inc. * Muhammad Hussain Panhwar: Pakistani scientist in the field of agriculture *

Khurram Murad Khurram Murad (3 November 1932 – 19 December 1996) was a Pakistani scholar of Islam. Career From 1975 to 1976, he was involved in the extension project of Masjid al-Haram in Mecca as he was a civil engineer by profession. During his time ...

: Pakistani Islamic scholar * Rizwan Ahmed: Pakistan Administrative Service officer, NED University alumni *

Moiz Ullah Baig Moiz Ullah Baig (born April 1997 in Karachi, Pakistan) is a Pakistani Scrabble player who won the World Youth Scrabble Championship 2013 and the World Junior Scrabble Championship 2018, becoming the first player ever to win both. He won the Pakist ...

(International Scrabble player - Pakistan Scrabble Champion 2018 & World Junior Scrabble Champion 2018) * Syed Murad Ali Shah: 29th and current

chief minister of Sindh Chief Minister of Sindh (, ur, —), is the elected head of government of Sindh. Syed Murad Ali Shah is a PPP politician and the current Chief Minister of Sindh. The Chief Minister is the head of the provincial government alongside the Chief ...

and a member of the Sindh Assembly. * Elahi Bux Soomro: ex-Speaker of the

National Assembly of Pakistan The National Assembly ( ur, , translit=Aiwān-e-Zairīñ, , or ur, قومی اسمبلی, romanized: ''Qaumi Assembly'') is the lower legislative house of the bicameral Parliament of Pakistan, which also comprises the Senate of Pakistan (upp ...

. * Mohammad Aslam Uqaili: Vice-chancellor

Mehran University of Engineering and Technology Mehran University of Engineering & Technology ( sd, انجنيئرڱ ۽ ٽيڪنيڀياس جي جامعہ مهراڻ) (Often referred as Mehran University or MUET) is a public research university located in Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan focused ...

. * Saeed Anwar: international cricketer, former captain of Pakistan cricket team. * Ali Haider: musician, singer and actor.

Gallery

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References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ned University Of Engineering And Technology Engineering universities and colleges in Pakistan * Public universities and colleges in Sindh Universities and colleges in Karachi

History

Pre-Independence

Post-Independence

Campuses

Offered degree programs

Faculties and departments

Faculty of Civil and Petroleum Engineering (CPE)

Faculty of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering (MME)

Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE)

Faculty of Information Sciences and Humanities (ISH)

Faculty of Chemical and Process Engineering (CPE)

Faculty of Architecture and Management Sciences (AMS)

Activities

Affiliated Colleges

NED Academy

CCEE

Research

Vice-Chancellors

Notable alumni

See also

Gallery

References

External links