University of Engineering and Technology (Peshawar)
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| NWFP University of Engineering & Technology | |
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| Established: | 1980 |
| Type: | Public |
| Faculty: | 289 |
| Students: | 3,083 |
| Location: | Peshawar, NWFP, Pakistan |
| Nickname: | UET Peshawar |
| Website: | www.nwfpuet.edu.pk |
NWFP University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar, commonly referred to as UET Peshawar is a public, coeducational university located in Peshawar, Pakistan. The university's degrees are highly regarded and its Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering departments are well known in Pakistan. The Earthquake Engineering Center of Civil Engineering department played key role after October 8, 2005 earthquake. Its main campus in Peshawar is off the University Road in the University Campus area.
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[edit] History
[edit] Name
In 1952, an Engineering College was setup as a "constituent" college of the University of Peshawar with an initial enrollment of only twenty students (according to the UET Peshawar Annual Report 2006 - 2007). This college was granted the charter to operate as an independent engineering university in 1980 under the name NWFP University of Engineering and Technology. It is also popularly known as UET Peshawar.
[edit] Location
The main campus is in the University Campus area, off University Road, Peshawar.
[edit] Campus
UET Peshawar has four campuses. The main campus is in the University Campus area, off University Road, Peshawar. Recently, three satellite campuses in Abbottabad, Bannu and Mardan have been established. The Peshawar campus, however, remains the nucleus of the University.
[edit] Abbottabad Campus
The Abbottabad campus was inaugurated in October 2002 at the premises of the old Ayub Medical College. Abbottabad campus consists of two departments, Electronics and Architecture.
[edit] Bannu Campus
The Bannu campus became operational in May 2002 at the premises of Comprehensive High School. Currently Bannu campus is offering engineering in only two technologies i.e. Electrical and Civil.
[edit] Mardan Campus
The Mardan campus, also inaugurated in 2002, is spread over 22 acres of area and offers degrees in Telecommunications Engineering and Computer Software Engineering.
[edit] Organization
UET Peshawar is a public university run by the provincial government. Admissions to the university depend on whether the applicants are domiciled in the North West Frontier Province. There are some quota categories that would enable students from the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and other provinces under the Federation of Pakistan to enroll.
The head of UET Peshawar is designated as Vice Chancellor, appointed by the Governor of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) and mandated to run the University. The Vice Chancellor could be an academic or a non-acadeimc, could be appointed from the existing faculty and administration of the university or from some external sources including retired senior military officers. Currently, the Vice Chancellor is Syed Imtiaz Hussain Gilani.
There are several senior staff posts that report directly to the Vice Chancellor. These include:
- Registrar of University
- Dean of University
- Director Finance
- Provost of University
- Director Post Graduate Studies
- Director of Works
The Department Heads for different academic areas report to the Dean's Office.
[edit] Academics
[edit] Departments
UET Peshawar offers Bachelor, Master, and Doctoral degrees in a variety of engineering disciplines. Some of the main departments at UET Peshawar are:
- Department of Agricultural Engineering
- Department of Civil Engineering
- Department of Computer System Engineering
- Department of Chemical Engineering
- Department of Electrical Engineering
- Department of Mechanical Engineering
- Department of Mining Engineering
- Department of Computer Sciences & Information Technology
- Department of Basic Sciences & Islamiat
[edit] Semester System
In 2004, UET Peshawar moved from an annual system of examination to the semester system.
[edit] Tenure Track System
In 2006, UET Peshawar introduced the Tenure Track System which is a performance-based pay system.
[edit] Academic Linkages
UET Peshawar has joint research, faculty & student training and exchange programs with various foreign universities including Asian Institute of Technology (Thailand), Strathclyde University (UK), McGill University (Canada),George Washington University (USA), University of Petronas (Malaysia) and University of Liverpool (UK), and University of Maryland.
[edit] Research
The primary purpose of UET Peshawar is to produce practising engineers to support and sustain the economic growth of Pakistan from engineering standpoint. However, there has been a growing impetus towards R&D in the recent years, specially with the increase of budgetary allocation dispersed by Federal Government for Higher Education. This has led to increased scholarships for students to foreign universities for higher education, specifically towards PhD. Such scholarships typically carry a mandatory restriction to come back and serve in the parent academic institutes to develop research nuclei in their area of expertise.
[edit] Current Research Areas
Presently, the research activities at UET Peshawar are revolving around these areas:
- Mechanical Design
- Design of Earthquake Resisting Structures
- Mining Techniques
- Processing of Low Grade Industrial Minerals and Metallic Ores
- Environmental Management
- Water Resources Management
- Application of Computers in Engineering.
[edit] Library
The University Library contains a large collection of latest books and manuscripts related to various engineering and computing disciplines. The Library also offers facilities to students to access electronic journals under “Digital Library Program”, a Higher Education Council (HEC) funded project for both public and private universities.
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[edit] Development Projects
UET Peshawar's development projects portfolio crossed 2 Billion Rupees mark in the year 2006-2007 (according to the UET Peshawar Annual Report 2006 - 2007). Some of the key development projects that UET Peshawar is currently working on include:
Funding Agency: Higher Education Commission of Pakistan
Funding Amount: Pakistani Rupees 174 Million
Funding Purpose: To establish a new institute
- Institute of Mechatronics Engineering:
Funding Agency: Higher Education Commission of Pakistan
Funding Amount: Pakistani Rupees 148 Million
Funding Purpose: To establish a new institute
- Earthquake Engineering Center:
Funding Agency: Higher Education Commission of Pakistan
Funding Amount: Pakistani Rupees 487 Million
Funding Purpose: Upgrade the existing Earthquake Engineering Center
- Department of Industrial Engineering:
Funding Agency: Higher Education Commission of Pakistan
Funding Amount: Covered under "Strengthening & Updating of Peshawar Campus"
Funding Purpose: To establish a new department
- Gemstone Development Center:
Funding Agency: Higher Education Commission of Pakistan
Funding Amount: Pakistani Rupees 33 Million
Funding Purpose: To establish a new research facility within the existing Mining Engineering Department
- New Campus site near Jallozai, Peshawar: Submission of PC-1 for this new 405 acres campus is under way.
Funding Agency: Unknown
Funding Amount: Unknown
Funding Purpose: To establish a new main campus and move existing main Peshawar campus to a 405 acres site near Jallozai, Peshawar
- Continuing Engineering Education Center:
Funding Agency: Higher Education Commission of Pakistan
Funding Amount: Pakistani Rupees 25 Million
Funding Purpose: To establish a new center for professional development of faculty
- Strengthening & Updating of Peshawar Campus:
Funding Agency: Higher Education Commission of Pakistan
Funding Amount: Pakistani Rupees 479 Million
Funding Purpose: Capacity building, constructing department of Industrial Engineering and Human Resources Department for faculty members training and higher education in foreign countries.
- New Co-ed Hostel:
Funding Agency: Higher Education Commission of Pakistan
Funding Amount: Pakistani Rupees 37 Million
Funding Purpose: To establish a new on-campus residence for co-ed students
[edit] Vision Plan 2020
UET Peshawar recently submitted an ambitious plan to Higher Education Commission (HEC), Pakistan called the Vision Plan 2020. This plan envisages:
- An increase in the student enrollment from (approximately) 3000 to 17000.
- A corresponding increase in faculty size from (approximately) 250 to 1150. This will maintain a student to teacher ratio of 1:15.
- High tech labs would be increased as well as new academic programs to be established.
- The plan also calls for upgradation of Earthquake Engineering Center to Institute of Earthquake Engineering & Engineering Seismology.
- Modern scientific and academic areas such as Biotechnology, Alternate Energy and Environmental Engineering are planned to be added.
- Enhanced spending on faculty development and establishing linkages with foreign universities.
- Total cost in year 2020 is estimated to be Rs 20.29 billion.
