The National Textile University (NTU) ( ur, ) is a

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located in

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, Pakistan. It is a premier institute of

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education in Pakistan.

Overview

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road.

Recognized university

National Textile University is accredited by the

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(PEC) and

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(HEC).Profile of National Textile University on uniRank, Australian University Ranking website
Retrieved 13 December 2021

History

The idea of establishing a Textile Institute of world fame was conceived by a group of visionary industrialists in 1954. To realise this idea the Government of Punjab joined hands with the leading textile industrialists to form an Institute of Textile Technology in Faisalabad (then Lyallpur) and provided sixty-two acres of state owned land free of cost. Kohinoor Industries, Colony Textile Mills,

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and Lyallpur Cotton Mills provided funds to the tune of Rs.2.5 millions, which were utilised for the construction of building and provision of other infrastructure. The Government of U.K. provided the bulk of equipment and machinery, along with the services of experts under the

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. General Muhammad

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, the then President of Pakistan, laid the foundation stone of the Institute, on the 12th of October 1959. A Board of Trustees, with the Minister of Industries as chairman and nominees of the donor companies as members was constituted to manage the affairs of the Institute. In order to meet the recurring expenses of the Institute, a cess was levied by the government on the Textile industry of Pakistan. Later, in 1965, the Institute was granted affiliation by the

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, and it was renamed as “National College of Textile Engineering”. The first batch of graduate engineers was passed out in 1966. In 1973, the administrative control of the Institute was transferred to the Federal Government and it was renamed as “National College of Textile Engineering”. In 1992, the college received a comprehensive assistance worth 650 million yen from the Japanese Government, through JICA program, in the form of latest machinery and equipment for all the departments of the Institution. The college was upgraded as National Textile University on 15 November 2002 through promulgation of Ordinance No. CXXIV of 2002 by the President of Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Ever since its inception, National Textile University has been the premier Institute of textile education in the country, meeting the technical and managerial human resource needs of almost entire textile industry of Pakistan. It always retained a close relationship with the industry and the industrialists of Pakistan.

Faculties

School of Engineering and Technology

* Department of Textile Engineering * Department of Textile Engineering Technology * Department of Polymer Engineering * Department of Apparel Manufacturing.

School of Art and design

*Bachelor of Textile Design *Bachelor of Fashion Design *Bachelor of Visual Arts *Bachelor of Multimedia & Animation Design

School of Sciences

* Department of Computer Science * Department of Applied Sciences

Faisalabad Business School

* Department of Management Sciences

Degree programs

The disciplines and the degree programs offered by the university are given below. The regular duration of BS and MS/M Phil degree programs is four and two years, respectively.

Departmental societies

* Society of Textile Spinners * Society of Textile Chemist * Garment Society * Knitting Society * Society of Textile Weavers * Computer Science Society * Textile Design Society * Fashion Design Society * Textile Management Society * Executive Society * Society of Polymer Engineering * Society of Textile Technology

Other societies

* Blood Donation Society * NTU Community Services * Technical Textile Society * Arts and Culture Society * Debating Club * The Quran Society * Literary Society * NTU News Latter * ASAA * Character Building Societies * NTU Iqbal Society (IQS)

References

External links

NTU official website
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