| HITEC University | |
|---|---|
| Motto | In Truth I Triumph |
| Established | 2007 |
| Chancellor | Latif Khosa (Governor of Punjab) |
| Vice-Chancellor | Qamar Zaman SI (M) |
| Academic staff | 80 |
| Students | 1,360 (fall 2011) |
| Undergraduates | 1,110 (fall 2011) |
| Postgraduates | 250 (fall 2011) |
| Location | Taxila, Pakistan |
| Campus | Urban, 101 acres (0.4 km²) |
| Nickname | HITONIAN |
| Colors | White and grey |
| Affiliations | Higher Education Commission, Pakistan Engineering Council, Asian Institute of Technology |
| Website | hitecuni.edu.pk |
HITEC University of Engineering and Management Sciences, Taxila, more commonly known as HITEC University (HITECUNI), is a private sector university located in Taxila, Punjab, Pakistan. Taxila, a historic seat of learning and an important archeological site, is about 30 km north-west of Islamabad and Rawalpindi.
HITEC University commenced classes in November, 2007 with an intake of 250 students, in affiliation with UET Taxila. The university was granted its own charter in November 2009 by the government of the Punjab. The university is sponsored by the Heavy Industries Taxila Education Welfare Trust (HITEWT).
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HITEC University has been conceived as a part of HIT Education City (HITEC). The city has already established instructional programmes at school and college levels. The main objective of educational programmes has been the preparation of youth who can catalyze a well-knit society with accumulation of positive social capital. As a part of the same vision, HIT has undertaken the task of establishing a high quality higher education institution in the name of HITEC University. This has become imperative in view of the expanding frontiers of knowledge which have caused intense global competition in economic development. Since HIT itself is involved in high-level production of machinery and equipment, it is all the more necessary that it receives research support from a knowledge generating institution for improvement, innovation and development. The proposed university is likely to fulfill this role.
Spread over an area of more than 100 acres, HITEC University is in the foot of Margella Hills only 2 km from Taxila city.
Taxila is an ancient city, about 30 km west of the Islamabad Capital Territory and Rawalpindi. It is on the border of the Punjab and North West Frontier Province, just off the Grand Trunk Road.
The ancient name of the city was Takshasila which means the “city of cut stones”. It once had the best universities of the world, including the world’s first university: the Takshashila University.
A number of important industries including Heavy Industries Taxila (HIT), Heavy Mechanical Complex (HMC), Pakistan Ordnance Factories (POFs), Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC), Telephone Industry Pakistan (TIP), FECTO Cement etc. are near the university, providing excellent opportunities for academic-industrial linkages.
HITEC University aims to live up to the historic past of Taxila and become the premier seat of learning in the region and beyond.
From Islamabad/Rawalpindi proceed on the Grand Trunk (GT) Road towards Peshawar. Only 10 km ahead of Sangjani Toll Plaza is the Taxila Bypass. Those traveling on the motorway may use Islamabad, Tarnol or Bahter interchange to come on the GT Road to reach the Taxila Bypass. Turn towards the Taxila Museum, about 2 km on the Museum Road is HITEC University — a combination of huge buildings in red bricks and a white prominent mosque, all enclosed in black-stone boundary wall.
This is the main collection of high-quality selected books. The general collection is organized according to Dewey Decimal Classification and shelved subject-wise according to call numbers (100-999) pasted on the spine of each item.
A significant number of current reference sources are available on reference shelves. Electronic databases including, dictionaries, encyclopedias, handbooks, directories, yearbooks, atlases, bibliographies are distinct feature of this collection. The reference books can only be consulted within the library.
The library has a good collection of periodicals and all leading newspapers: seven daily national newspapers (three Urdu and four English) including Dawn Business Recorder, etc. The library has national magazines of computers, general and current affairs.
To meet the information requirements of students and researchers with the provision of quality scholarly there is an information-based electronic Digital Library. Access to all these resources is free from within the HITEC University Digital Library.
The admission is strictly based on merit; the university is open to all persons irrespective of gender, religion, race, creed, color or domicile. Admission shall be granted on the basis of eligibility criteria of the university. Applicants who have appeared in pre-requisite examination prescribed for admission in a program and are awaiting results will be provisionally admitted against an undertaking that they will pass their examination as per admission criteria. Every undergraduate student shall be expected to take the full load of the courses prescribed for the semester. A master student will have the option to register for fewer courses.
HITEC University Taxila offers Bachelors, Masters and Doctorate in the following faculties:[1]
Engineering and non-technical societies on the university campus include:
The students are popularly referred to as a "HITONIAN"'. "Theta" or "Θ" is the HITONIAN who is busy in his studies all the time with no balanced time for other activities.
A transport facility is provided for students, with buses plying between Rawalpindi, Islamabad and the campus.
All departments and hostels are networked on 100 Mbit/s Ethernet, and connected through a fiber link. Outdoors are covered by Wifi at 54 Mbit/s. The campus connects to the internet through a high speed link provided by the Pakistan Telecommunication Company. The university uses the HEC digital library program and connects to the Scopus network for its e-library requirements.
University hostels feature dormitory style rooms, often with bunks, security, social life, showers, and food prep and storage areas. University hostels provide a very community-oriented environment.
The mosque serves as a place where Muslim student can come together for salat (prayer) (Arabic: صلاة, ṣalāt) as well as a center for information, education, and dispute settlement. The imam leads the prayer. It has a capacity of 700 worshipers.
HITEC University, Taxila was "W" ranked (highest category) by the HEC in 2009.[2] No ranking list has been published by HEC or other institution after 2009.