University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore

For other uses, see UET (disambiguation).

UET Lahore

Former names	Mughalpura Technical College, and the Maclagan Engineering College.
Motto	Read in the name of thy Lord who creates!
Type	Public Research
Established	1921 (1921)
Chancellor	Malik Muhammad Rafique Rajwana, Governor of Punjab
Vice-Chancellor	Prof. Dr. Fazal Ahmad Khalid
Registrar	Muhammad Asif
Students	10,738
Location	Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Colors	Blue, Periwinkle
Nickname	UET Lahore
Mascot	UETian
Affiliations	Pakistan Engineering Council, Higher Education Commission
Website	uet.edu.pk

The University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, (abbreviated as UET Lahore), is a public research university located in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan specialising in STEM subjects.^[1] UET is one of Pakistan's most selective universities.

Founded in 1921 as Maclagan Engineering College, it was named after Edward Douglas MacLagan. In 1932, the school became an affiliated college of the University of Punjab and began offering undergraduate degrees in engineering disciplines. In 1962, the university was granted a charter and renamed as the West Pakistan University of Engineering. In 1972, the university was renamed as UET. It established a second campus in 1975 in Taxila, which in 1998 became an independent university in its own right.^[2]

The university, as of 2016, has a faculty of 881 people with 257 with doctorates. It has a total of 9,385 undergraduate and 1,708 postgraduate students studying over 32 STEM majors.^[3] It has a strong collaboration with University of South Carolina, University of Manchester and the Queen Mary University.^[4] It has conducted research funded by Huawei, Cavium Networks, Microsoft and MontaVista.^[5] It is one of the highest ranked universities in Pakistan, with domestic rankings placing it as the fifth best engineering school in Pakistan, while QS World Rankings putting UET as 701st in the world every year between 2013 and 2016, it is also ranked as 251 in Asia by the same publication in 2016.^[6]^[7]

History

Main Block

UET was established in 1921 in Mughalpura, a suburban area of Lahore, as Mughalpura Technical College. In 1923, the name was changed to Maclagan Engineering College to honor Sir Edward Maclagan, the then Governor of the Punjab, who laid the foundation stone of the building.

In 1932 the institution became affiliated with the University of the Punjab for awarding a bachelor's degree in Engineering. By the time of independence of Pakistan in 1947, it offered Bachelor of Science courses in electrical, mechanical and civil engineering.

In 1954, a bachelor's degree program in Mining Engineering was started. In 1961, it was again renamed as 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.

Auditorium Complex UET Lahore

Student enrollment	8865
PhD enrollment	188
Departments	24
Research centres	17
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	51 buses
Student service centres	2

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Location

GT Road Lahore, In front of UET

The campus is situated on Grand Trunk Road (GT Road), Begum Pura, Lahore (31°34′42.34″N 74°21′31.90″E / 31.5784278°N 74.3588611°E / 31.5784278; 74.3588611Coordinates: 31°34′42.34″N 74°21′31.90″E / 31.5784278°N 74.3588611°E / 31.5784278; 74.3588611) and is within few kilometers from the Shalimar Gardens. It has eleven gates, seven are numbered from zero to six; normal daily traffic is restricted to use only gate number five for both Entry and Exit.

Campuses and institutes

These campuses also award degrees of UET Lahore.

Campus	Location	Established	Website	Type	Status
UET KSK Campus	Kala Shah Kaku	2006	UET	Engineering & Technology	Public
RCET-UET Gujranwala Campus	Gujranwala	2002	UET	Engineering & Technology	Public
UET Faisalabad Campus	Faisalabad	2004	UET	Engineering & Technology	Public
UET Narowal Campus	Narowal	2012	UET	Engineering & Technology	Public
UET MNS-UET Campus	Multan	2012	UET	Engineering & Technology	Public

These institutes also award degrees of UET Lahore.

Institute	Location	Established	Website	Type	Status
Institute of Engineering and Fertilizer Research	Faisalabad	2006	http://www.iefr.edu.pk	Engineering & Technology	Semi Govt
Quaid-e-Azam College of Engineering and Technology, Sahiwal	Sahiwal & Pattoki	2013	http://www.quaideazam.edu.pk	Engineering & Technology	Private

Besides the main campus in Lahore, a sub-campus known as UET Ksk Campus (also in Lahore) was established at Kala Shah Kaku. It is called UET Lahore Ksk campus. Besides City campus, other campuses includes RCET (Rachna College of Engnieering and Technology) which is a constituent college of UET Lahore.

The campus of Rachna College of Engineering and Technology, Gujranwala is spread over an area of about 74 acres (30 ha), surrounded by a canal on the south and lush agricultural land on the remaining three sides.

The Faisalabad campus, located in Khuryanwala, has been converted into a university sub-campus of UET Lahore.

Another Campus was established in Narowal City with cooperation of Ahsan Iqbal MNA of District Narowal. The Campus was inaugurated on 1 March 2012 by CM Shahbaz Sharif. The original campus is still under construction on a 200 acres while the classes are temporary being held in Govt. PG Degree College, Narowal.

UET Narowal Campus (Temporary Building)

UET Lahore City Campus, Main Block

The worthy Vice-Chancellor is also managing the activities of the following newly established engineering universities:

Khawaja Fareed University of Engineering & Information Technology, Rahim Yar Khan, Established in 2014.
Muhammad shehbaz sharif University of Engineering & Technology, Multan, (MNS-UET, Multan), Established in 2012.
University of Engineering & Technology, Rasul at Mandi Bahauddin District, Established in 2014.

Academics

Faculties

Faculty of Architecture and Planning

UET Lahore offers bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees, under the following faculties:^[8]

Faculty of Architecture and Planning
Faculty of Business and Management
Faculty of Chemical, Mineral and Metallurgical Engineering
Faculty of Civil Engineering
Faculty of Earth Sciences & Engineering
Faculty of Electrical Engineering
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Faculty of Natural Sciences, Humanities and Islamic Studies

Departments

Department of Electrical Engineering

The university consists of 33 departments:^[8]

Computer Science and Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Mechatronics & Control Engineering
Civil Engineering
Transportation Engineering
Architectural & Building Engineering
Environmental Engineering and Management
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Product and Industrial Design
Chemical Engineering
Polymer and Process Engineering
Petroleum Engineering
Mining Engineering
Geological Engineering
School of Architecture and Design
City and Regional Planning
Humanities and Natural Sciences
Mathematics
Physics
Chemistry
Business Management

Research centers

Laser and Optronics Center

The university consists of 17 research centers:

Al-Khawarizmi Institute of Computer Science
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 & 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
Center for Energy Research and Development
Bio Medical Engineering Center

More than 650 students are foreign students and more than 1000 are female students.^[9]

Teaching faculty

The UET faculty consists of 741 people including 14 international faculty members; around 122 have doctoral degrees. Its faculty holds one Tamgha-e-Imtiaz, one Sitara-i-Imtiaz, 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 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.IEEE UET is the oldest technical Society of UET Lahore, has won several technical competitions on the national level, including IEEE Xtreme Programming Competition and IEEE Day Contest, which is a worldwide contest, in 2015 alone.^[10] 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 500 blood donors and more than 25 members. UET's Debating Society holds several national titles.

Officially-constituted societies

IEEE UET Student Branch.
ASME Student Section
ICE Student Chapter UET Lahore
Society of Petroleum Engineers, UET Lahore Student Chapter
Blood Donors Society (BDS)
Environmental & Horticultural Society (EHS)
Debating Society
Dramatics Society
Literary Society
ASHRAE
AIChE
IET UET Lahore Section
SGE
Society of Mining Engineers
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineers' Club
UET-ACM

The National Library of Engineering Science

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 seating capacity 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.^[11] The Library has the honour of having recently been chosen by the Higher Education Commission to serve as the primary resource center for engineering & technical education. It is a three story building in front of Allah Hu Chowk.

Notable alumni

Adil Najam, Dean Pardee School of Global Studies^[12] at Boston University. Previously Vice Chancellor Lahore University of Management Sciences. Previously 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 Lahore
Parvez Butt, nuclear engineer and former chairman of Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC)
Junaid Jamshed, electrical engineer and former pop singer
Jawad Ahmad, mechanical engineer and pop singer
Najam Sheraz, civil engineer and pop singer
Faakhir Mehmood, electrical engineer and pop singer
Sami Khan, actor, PTV Awards winner best actor 2011
Ahsan Iqbal, politician, member of Pakistan Muslim League, mechanical engineer
Nooruddin Mengal, mining engineer, slain leader and former acting president of Balochistan National Party
Fazal Ahmad Khalid, metallurgical engineer, Vice Chancellor of UET, Lahore^[13]

Alumni in foreign university faculties

Shahid H. Bokhari, Fellow IEEE, Fellow ACM, Former Professor at Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Engineering & Technology Lahore, Independent researcher and consultant, San Francisco bay area, graduated from department of electrical engineering
Muhammad Moazzam, Professor of Nuclear Physics at University of Texas, Arlington, Texas, USA and former chairman of Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC)
Ali R. Butt, Senior Member of IEEE, Professor of Computer Science and Electrical & Computer Engineering at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA^[14]
Arif Ghafoor, Fellow of the IEEE, Professor of Electrical Engineering at Purdue University,^[15] 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,^[16] graduate from the department of electrical engineering
Ashfaq Khokhar, Fellow of the IEEE, Professor and Department Chair, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago,^[17] 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,^[18] graduate from the department of electrical engineering
Shamim Ahmed Sheikh, Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Toronto, graduate from the Department of Civil Engineering
M. Tariq Iqbal, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Memorial University of Newfoundland, graduate from the Department of Electrical Engineering

References

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UET Lahore Campuses and Colleges

Colleges:	Quaid-e-Azam College of Engineering and Technology, Sahiwal NFC Faisalabad Islam College of Engineering & Technology Sharif College of Engineering & Technology

Institutes:	UET KSK Campus RCET-UET Gujranwala Campus UET Faisalabad Campus UET Narowal Campus

Universities:	Khawaja Fareed University of Engineering & Information Technology, Rahim Yar Khan Muhammad Nawaz Sharif University of Engineering & Technology, Multan University of Engineering & Technology, Rasul

Engineering universities in Pakistan

Azad Kashmir

Mirpur	Mirpur University of Science and Technology

Balochistan, Pakistan

Khuzdar	Balochistan University of Engineering and Technology

Quetta	Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engineering and Management Sciences

Islamabad

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Abbottabad	COMSATS Institute of Information Technology University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar

Nowshera	College of Aeronautical Engineering Military College of Engineering (Pakistan)

Peshawar	Abasyn University CECOS University of Information Technology and Emerging Sciences City University of Science and Information Technology, Peshawar IQRA National University National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar Sarhad University of Science and Information Technology

Other	Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology (Swabi) University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar (Bannu) University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar (Mardan)

Punjab

Faisalabad	Government College University, Faisalabad National Textile University NFC Institute of Engineering and Fertilizer Research University of Agriculture, Faisalabad University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore University of Faisalabad

Lahore	COMSATS Institute of Information Technology Government College University, Lahore Hajvery University Institute of Engineering and Technology (Pakistan) Lahore College for Women University Lahore University of Management Sciences National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences The Superior College University of Central Punjab University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore University of Lahore University of Management and Technology, Lahore University of South Asia (Pakistan) University of the Punjab

Multan	Bahauddin Zakariya University Muhammad Nawaz Sharif University of Agriculture Muhammad Nawaz Sharif University of Engineering & Technology NFC Institute of Engineering and Technology

Rawalpindi	Army Public College of Management Sciences College of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (Wah) Dr. A. Q. Khan Institute of Computer Sciences and Information Technology Fatima Jinnah Women University Foundation University, Islamabad HITEC University (Taxila) Institute of Engineering and Technology (Pakistan) Military College of Signals University of Engineering and Technology, Taxila University of Wah (Wah Cantonment)

Other	Islamia University (Bahawalpur) Rachna College of Engineering and Technology (Gujranwala) University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore (Sheikhupura) University of Engineering and Technology, Taxila (Chakwal) University of Gujrat (Gujrat)

Sindh

Karachi	Bahria University Dawood University of Engineering and Technology Hamdard University Indus University Iqra University Institute of Business Management Institute of Industrial Electronics Engineering Karachi Institute of Economics and Technology National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences NED University of Engineering and Technology Pakistan Navy Engineering College Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology Usman Institute of Technology University of Karachi

Other	Mehran University of Engineering and Technology (Jamshoro) Quaid-e-Awam University of Engineering, Science and Technology (Shaheed Benazir Abad) Sindh Agriculture University (Hyderabad, Sindh) Sukkur Institute of Business Administration (Sukkur)

Universities in Lahore

Public universities	Government College University ITU Lahore King Edward Medical University Kinnaird College Lahore College for Women University National College of Arts Pakistan Institute of Fashion and Design University of Education University of Engineering and Technology University of Health Sciences University of the Punjab University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences Virtual University of Pakistan

Private universities	Ali Institute of Education Beaconhouse National University COMSATS University of Science and Technology Forman Christian College Global Institute Lahore Hajvery University Imperial College of Business Studies Institute of Management Sciences International Fashion Academy Pakistan Islamia College Lahore Garrison University Lahore Leads University Lahore School of Economics Lahore School of Fashion Design Lahore University of Management Sciences Minhaj University National College of Business Administration and Economics National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences National University of Modern Languages Qarshi University The Superior College University of Central Punjab University of Lahore University of Management and Technology University of South Asia

These universities are recognized by the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan.

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