The University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore (UET Lahore) is a

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located in

Lahore Lahore ( ; pnb, ; ur, ) is the second most populous city in Pakistan after Karachi and 26th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 13 million. It is the capital of the province of Punjab where it is the largest city. ...

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, Pakistan specializing in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) subjects. It is the oldest and one of the most selective engineering institutions in Pakistan.

History and overview

Founded in 1921 in Mughalpura, a suburban area of Lahore, as Mughalpura Technical College, it later became the 'MacLagan Engineering College', a name given to it in 1923 after Sir Edward Douglas MacLagan, the then Governor of the Punjab, who laid the foundation stone of the main building, now called the Main Block. In 1932, it was affiliated with the

University of the Punjab The University of the Punjab (Urdu, pnb, ), also referred to as Punjab University, is a public, research, coeducational higher education institution located in Lahore, Pakistan. Punjab University is the oldest public university in Pakistan. ...

for the award of

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and

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, and ...

. In 1939, the name was again changed to Punjab College of Engineering and Technology, and a

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degree was also started in the college. At the time of

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, part of the college relocated to India, called East Punjab College of Engineering. In 1954, a bachelor's degree program in

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was started. In 1962, it was granted

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and was named the West Pakistan University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore. During the 1960s, bachelor's degree programs were started in

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, petroleum and gas engineering,

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and city and regional planning. In 1972, it was officially renamed the University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore. By the 1970s, it had established over a score of master's degree programs in engineering, architecture, city and regional planning and allied disciplines. Several Ph.D. degree programs were also started. A second campus of the university was established in 1975 in

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which was relocated to

Taxila Taxila or Takshashila (; sa, तक्षशिला; pi, ; , ; , ) is a city in Punjab, Pakistan. Located in the Taxila Tehsil of Rawalpindi District, it lies approximately northwest of the Islamabad–Rawalpindi metropolitan area and ...

in 1978 and became an independent university in 1993 called 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 ...

. Today, it is widely considered one of the best and most prestigious engineering universities in Pakistan where more than 50,000 students apply for admission every year. The university, as of 2016, had a faculty of 881 people of which 257 had

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. It has a total of 9,385 undergraduate and 1,708 postgraduate students studying. It has a strong collaboration with the University of South Carolina,

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and the

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and has conducted research funded by

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and

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. It is one of the highest ranked universities in Pakistan with domestic rankings placing it as the fifth best engineering school in Pakistan while

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put it as 324th in world in the category of Engineeing & Technology in the year 2022. It is also ranked 51-100 in the category of Petroleum Engineering, 251-300 in Electrical & Electronics Engineering, 301-350 in Mechanical Engineering, 351-400 in Chemical Engineering and 351-400 in Computer Science & Information Systems in the world by the same publication in 2022. Meanwhile, in Asia the university ranking is currently ranked at No. 183rd. AllahupanoDaynight 2000x2000

Location

The campus is situated on the

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(GT Road), a few kilometers from the Mughal era

Shalimar Gardens Shalimar or Shalamar refers to three historic royal gardens (or Baghs) of the Mughal Empire in South Asia: * Shalimar Bagh, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India; built in 1619 * Shalimar Gardens, Lahore, Pakistan; a UNESCO World Heritage Site built in ...

Sub campuses and constituent colleges

Faculties and departments

UET Department of Electrical Engineering

The university consists of following faculties and departments:

Faculty of Architecture and Planning

* Department of Architecture * Department of City and Regional Planning * Department of Product and Industrial Design

Faculty of Chemical, Metallurgical and Polymer engineering

* Department of Chemical Engineering * Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering * Department of Polymer and Process Engineering

Faculty of Civil Engineering

* Department of Civil Engineering * Department of Transportation Engineering and Management * Department of Architectural Engineering and Design * Institute of Environmental Engineering and Research

Faculty of Earth Sciences and Engineering

* Department of Petroleum and Gas Engineering * Department of Mining Engineering * Department of Geological Engineering

Faculty of Electrical Engineering

* Department of Electrical Engineering * Department of Computer Engineering * Department of Computer Science

Faculty of Mechanical Engineering

* Department of Mechanical Engineering * Department of Automotive Engineering * Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering * Department of Mechatronics and Control Engineering

Faculty of Natural Sciences, Humanities and Islamic Studies

* Department of Humanities, Social Sciences and Modern Languages * Department of Mathematics * Department of Physics * Department of Chemistry * Department of Islamic Studies * Institute of Business and Management (IBM) Oldaudi

Research centers

The university consists of the following research centers: *

Al-Khawarizmi Institute of Computer Science Al-Khawarizmi Institute of Computer Science , () was established in August 2002 at University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore to promote research and development in various fields of Computer Science and Information Technology. It was built ...

(KICS) * Huawei – UET Joint TeleComm and IT Center * Center for Language Engineering * ZTE – UET Joint TeleComm Center * Laser and Optronics Center * Energy Research Technologies Development Center * Institute of Environmental Engineering and Research * DSP and Wireless Communication Center * Center of Excellence in 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 Pakistan (Pvt) Limited (ESUPAK) * Center for Energy Research and Development * BioMedical Engineering Center More than 870 students are foreign students and more than 1000 are female students.

Academics

Teaching faculty

The faculty consists of 741 people including 14 international faculty members; around 122 have doctoral degrees. Its faculty holds one

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, one

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, one Izaz-e-Kamal Presidential Award and nine HEC Best Teacher Awards. 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.

Co-curricular, extracurricular activities and student societies

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. These include: *AIChE *Aks UET Photography Society *ASHRAE *ASME Student Section *Blood Donors Society (BDS) *CESA ACI Student Chapter *Environmental and Horticultural Society (EHS) *ICE Student Chapter UET Lahore *IEEE UET Student Branch *IET UET Lahore Section *Industrial and Manufacturing Engineers' Club *Literary Society *Mechatronics Club *SGE *Society of Mining Engineers (SOME) *Society of Product and Industrial Design (SPID) *Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), UET Lahore Student Chapter *UET Photography Club (UPC) *UET Science Society (SS) *SPACE Student Chapter *UET-ACM *UET Debating Society *UET Dramatics Society *UET Media Society (UMS) *UET Tribune

The National Library of Engineering Science

The National Library of Engineering Science, inaugurated by Faisal bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud, is the central library of the university with a

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for 400 readers and more than 125,000 volumes of books, 22,000 volumes of bound serials and 600 issues of scientific and technical serials on diverse fields. The Library has the honor of having recently been chosen by the Higher Education Commission to serve as the primary resource center for engineering and technical education. It is a three-story building in front of Allah Hu Chowk.

Notable alumni

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Lahore Qalandars Lahore Qalandars ( ur, ; pnb, لہور قلندرز; abbreviated as LQ) is a Pakistani professional cricket franchise which plays in the Pakistan Super League, representing the city of Lahore. The home ground of the team is Gaddafi Stadium. ...

Parvez Butt Parvez Butt (Urdu: پرویز بٹ; b. 4 October 1942; ), is a Pakistani mechanical engineer and public official who served as the chairman of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission from 2001 till 2006. His career is mostly spent at the Pakista ...

, Former Chairman of

Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) (Urdu: ) is a federally funded independent governmental agency, concerned with research and development of nuclear power, promotion of nuclear science, energy conservation and the peaceful usage of nucl ...

(PAEC) *

Junaid Jamshed Junaid Jamshed Khan ( ur, ; 3 September 1964 – 7 December 2016) was a Pakistani singer-songwriter, television personality, fashion designer, actor, and preacher. After graduating with a degree in engineering from the University of Engineeri ...

, Religious Scholar * Jawad Ahmad, Pop Singer *

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, Rock Singer and Actor *

Najam Sheraz Najam Sheraz (Urdu: نجم شیراز) is a Pakistani pop singer and songwriter. Early life Najam Sheraz was born in Multan, Pakistan on 2 August 1969. He played professional cricket. He graduated from the University of Engineering and Technolo ...

, Pop Singer *

Faakhir Mehmood Faakhir Mehmood ( ur, ) is a Pakistani actor, singer, keyboradist, composer and music producer. He started out his career with the Pakistani musical group Awaz. However, due to conflicts of interest, the band split in 2000 and they all went t ...

, Pop Singer *

Sami Khan Mansoor Aslam Khan Niazi, known professionally as Sami Khan, is a Pakistani actor and model who appears in films and television dramas. He started his career with film ''Salakhain'' and then moved to television. Early life He was born on July ...

, Actor *

Ahsan Iqbal Ahsan Iqbal Chaudhary (; born 28 March 1959) is a Pakistani engineer and politician who is serving as the Secretary General of Pakistan Muslim League (N). He is a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since August 2018. Previously, he ...

, Politician, Member of

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Mir Nooruddin Mengal Mir Noor-ud-din Mengal ( ur, ; 13 July 1952 – 13 October 2010) was a senior Baloch politician who was active in Balochistan's political scene for nearly four decades, from 1970 to 2010. He belonged to the famed Zagar Mengal tribe and was the ...

, slain Leader and Former Acting President of

Balochistan National Party (Mengal) The Balochistan National Party or Balochistan National Party (Mengal) (Urdu: بلوچستان نيشنل پارٹی ; ) is a political party in Balochistan, Pakistan. BNP believes in more provincial rights and greater autonomy for Baluchistan prov ...

Fazal Ahmad Khalid Fazal Ahmad Khalid (Urdu: فضل احمد خالد) (born 31 December 1957) is a seasoned academician and administrator. Presently, he serves as the Rector of Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology, Topi. Prof Dr. F ...

, Former

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of the university *

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, Australian Politician * Peer Zulfiqar Ahmad Naqshbandi, Islamic Scholar * Mosharraf Hossain, Bangladeshi Politician *

Arun Kumar Ahuja Arun Kumar Ahuja (born Gulshan Singh Ahuja 17 January 1917 – 3 July 1998), popularly known as Aroon, was an Indian actor and producer who was active in Hindi cinema in the 1940s and early 1950s, appearing in over 30 films in both leading and ...

(Actor), Late Hindi film actor

Alumni in foreign university faculties

Adil Najam Adil Najam ( ur, ) is a Pakistani academic who serves as the inaugural dean of the Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, and previously served as vice-chancellor of the LUMS. Life In 2011, Najam returned to Pakistan to head ...

, dean

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, former vice chancellor of

Lahore University of Management Sciences Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) () is a private research university, located in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. In 1983, Syed Babar Ali, a renowned businessman in Pakistan, recognized the shortage of qualified managers in the co ...

and former associate professor at the

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, former associate professor at

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, USA * Ahsan Kareem, Robert M. Moran Professor of Engineering and Director of NatHaz Modeling Laboratory at the

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, USA *

Ishfaq Ahmad Ishfaq Ahmad Khan (3 November 1930 – 18 January 2018) , was a Pakistani nuclear physicist, emeritus professor of high-energy physics at the National Centre for Physics, and former science advisor to the Government of Pakistan. A versatile ...

, fellow of IEEE, professor at

The University of Texas at Arlington The University of Texas at Arlington (UTA or UT Arlington) is a public research university in Arlington, Texas. The university was founded in 1895 and was in the Texas A&M University System for several decades until joining the University of Te ...

, USA

References

External links

UET Lahore official website

Industrial Open House and Career Fair, UET Lahore

Institute of Business and Management UET Lahore

Rachna College of Engineering and Technology Gujranwala

UET Lahore Kala Shah Kaku campus

UET Lahore Faisalabad campus

UET Lahore Narowal campus

Pakistan Engineering Council
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