| University of Engineering and Technology, Taxila | |
|---|---|
| Motto | Nation needs professionals with knowledge, skill, innovation and commitment. |
| Established | 1975 |
| Type | Public |
| Chancellor | Latif Khosa (Governor of Punjab) |
| Vice-Chancellor | Dr. Muhammad Abbas Choudhary[1] |
| Academic staff | 200 |
| Admin. staff | 350 |
| Students | 3300 |
| Undergraduates | 2900 |
| Postgraduates | 400 |
| Location | Taxila, Punjab, Pakistan |
| Campus | Rural |
| Colours | White and grey |
| Nickname | UET, UET TAXILA, UETT |
| Affiliations | Pakistan Engineering Council, Higher Education Commission |
| Website | Official Website |
The University of Engineering and Technology, Taxila, or UET Taxila is located at Taxila, Punjab, Pakistan. It was established in 1975 as a campus of University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore and chartered as an independent university in 1993, offering Bachelor, Master, and Doctoral degrees in disciplines in Engineering.
UET is a state university and the Governor of Punjab is the Chancellor of the university. The Vice-Chancellor is the executive head and manages the university functions.
It offers degrees in nine engineering studies: Computer, Telecom, Software, Electrical, Electronics, Civil and Mechanical at the main campus, and Mechatronics and Electronics at the subcampus of Chakwal . It is located near the historical site of Julian University, an ancient Buddhist university.
There are some remnants of the ancient civilization of Taxila around the main campus. This includes the Jandial tempal(Right next to the gate#1), The city of sirkap, Bhir Mound, the ruins of the stupa at Dharmarajika, the monastery at Jaulian, the monastery at Mohra Muradu in addition to a number of stupas.
Taxila Museum is three kilometers from the campus.
With the increase in student enrollment in the 1970s, additional campuses of the University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore were built, including the University College of Engineering Taxila, in 1975. For three years it functioned at Sahiwal. In 1978 it was shifted to its permanent location at Taxila. The college continued its working under the administrative control of the University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore till October 1993. During this month it received its charter as an independent university under the University of Engineering and Technology Taxila Ordinance 1993. Enrollment of undergraduate and postgraduate students is about 3000.[2].
The university has gone through construction and development. This includes the construction of the computer and software department, central library, a bypass road that leads to museum road, girls hostel, foreign faculty house, Ali hall, vice chancellor's house, extensions of the academic blocks, construction of central mosque, abubakkar hall, cafeteria, and construction of stands for the sports stadium.
The university campus is located on the outskirts of Taxila, 5 km from the city. It is situated near railway station Mohra Shah Wali Shah on Taxila-Havelian branch line. The city of Taxila is 35 km from the twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi and 6 km from Rawalpindi–Peshawar highway. The university buses commute daily between the campus and the cities of Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Wah and Hasan Abdal. The campus covers an area of 109 acres (0.44 km2) and houses the teaching departments, residential colony for teachers and employees, students' hostels, guest house, post office, dispensary and bank.
The computer, software and telecommunication programmes have been offered successfully in 2001, 2002 and 2007 respectively. The Computer Department and library have just completed.
Four hostels including separate girls' hostel have been built. The electrical and mechanical blocks have been extended. An electronics program was launched in 2008.
Almost thirty years after the establishment of the main campus, the first campus of UET Taxila at Chakwal started functioning in 2005. UET Taxila is planning a campus at Pind Dadan Khan in Jhelum District.[3]
Institutes affiliated with UET Taxila are[4]:
The Central Library UET Taxila has launched its newly developed web based Library Automation System named as UET LIBAS which can be accessed using the following address: UET LIBAS
The Central Library has a seating capacity for 100 readers in its halls. The reading halls remain open (two shifts) from 8:00 am to 7:00 pm on all working days, with a break for Jumma prayer 12:00 noon to 2:30 pm. The library is stocked with encyclopedias, dictionaries, handbooks, standard specifications, yearbooks, almanacs, abstracts, indexes and a big reserve collection of text and general technical books.
The library has 40000 volumes of books and 45000 volumes of bound serials. Besides engineering subjects there is reading material on humanities, social sciences and Islamic Studies.
The library houses a Book Bank, which lends textbooks to the undergraduates for long periods on a nominal rent. Books, which are in excess of the requirements of the Book Bank, are sold to the students on a no-profit no-loss basis through its Co-operative Bookstore.[9]
To meet the information requirements of students, researchers of UET Taxila, Pakistan with the provision of quality scholarly information based electronic delivery through the Pakistan Educational Research Network (PERN). HEC has given the online access of journals and research papers to UET Taxila. Access to all these resources is free of cost from within the UET Taxila intranet for students and researchers of UET Taxila[9].
The Department of Civil Engineering has established an institute by the name of “Taxila Institute of Transportation Engineering (TITE)”.[10] Taxila Institute of Transportation Engineering will provide education and research facilities in the field of transportation engineering. TITE mission is to develop and implement innovative methods, materials, and technologies for improving transportation efficiency, safety, and reliability, while improving the learning and innovative environment of M.Sc and Ph.D students, faculty, and staff in transportation-related areas.
To assist the Highway Engineers, Material Engineers and Laboratory Technicians, Taxila institute of Transportation Engineering at CED, UET Taxila has launched short courses to enhance the professional’s competency. These courses are:
Undergraduate admission in UET is highly competitive. After completion of higher secondary school level (HSSC) education, a student can submit his application for undergraduate admission if it fulfills the minimum requirements. Students with a minimum percentage(60%) in HSSC exams with core subjects of Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and English are allowed to appear in the admission test organized by the UETs and other institutions often called Engineering University and College Admission Test(EUCAT).
After the admission test, merit lists are prepared allowing the students who secured good results in both HSSC and EUCAT to get the opportunity to study in the institutions. For admission to M.S. and Ph. D. programs candidates appear in interviews and/or written tests.
There are some seats reserved for foreign students in undergraduate level and there is also a good percentage of seats reserved for areas other than Punjab. The qualification for admission is H.S.S.C. or GCE A level or its equivalent with good grades in Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry.
UET Taxila offers Bachelors, Masters and in various disciplines under the following faculties[11]:
It has the following departments under it
The NARC Research section provides information about the research areas in NARC. Student Projects link will show the student projects and Collaborations will give information about industry linkages and training programmes[14].
It provides training on new technology and trends. A few areas of training are core switches, routers, optical fiber, structure cabling and network management.
Main services provided by NARC are:
NARC is provides and maintains the internet on the campus and connects Chakwal campus to the main campus.
The laboratory was established with the funding by HEC to facilitate research in the area of image and video processing.
The Center of Excellence for ASIC Design and DSP is equipped with more than 7 million US$ software tools for chip design, simulation, PCB design. Test and measurement equipments for advanced testing and verification are also available. With a mission to introduce newest technologies in the ASIC and DSP field, the center provides design and research facilities to Ph. D, M.Sc and undergrad students. Workshops and training courses are arranged.
Centre of Excellence for ASIC Design and DSP is equipped with facilities to cater for undergraduate teaching and demonstrations, for graduate and post graduate/Doctoral research .[15]
A student common room is provided in each of the hostels with facilities for indoor games such as basket ball, shooting ball, squash, table tennis, badminton and cairumboard. Outdoor games include cricket, hockey, volleyball and football. Other sports available are boxing, karate, athletics and body building.
The university holds a sports gala week every year.
Engineering and non-technical societies on the university campus include:
The students are popularly referred to as a "UETian"'. "Theta" or "Θ" is the UETian who is busy in his studies all the time with no balanced time for other activities.
The Alumni Association of UET Taxila is a link between UET Taxila graduates and University. The Alumni Association's mission is "to encourage, in partnership with the University, a lifelong relationship between alumni association and their university". The Association, a separate society being established under the society Act , makes its home at UET Taxila campus.
The university provides medical facilities to its employees and students. The dispensary helps students with their physical health problems with doctors available round the clock. Students are provided free consultation by the Medical Officer. Medicines are issued to students free of charge. A night dispensary service is available in emergency, with free ambulance service, in case of acute emergency, any time.
A transport facility is provided for students, with buses plying between Rawalpindi, Islamabad, Hassan Abdal, Wah Cantt and the campus. The university has a fleet of about 25 buses.
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 campus has the following hostels:
(**)Abubakkar hall is under construction
Besides many small mosques throughout the campus there is a central one (Jamia) also known as Masjid Bilal.It has a capacity of 700 worshippers.
The University of Engineering and Technology, Taxila was ranked 6th by the HEC in 2006[16]. No ranking list has been published by HEC or other institution after 2006.