HITEC University

Coordinates: 33°43′30″N 72°49′11″E / 33.725089°N 72.819829°E / 33.725089; 72.819829

HITEC University
Motto In Truth I Triumph
Established 2007
Chancellor Mohammad Sarwar (Former Governor of Punjab)
Vice-Chancellor Qamar Zaman SI (M)
Academic staff
 80
Students 1,400 (Fall 2012)
Undergraduates 1,150 (Fall 2012)
Postgraduates 250 (Fall 2012)
Location Taxila, Pakistan
Campus Urban, 101 acres (0.4 km²)
Nickname HITONIAN
Affiliations Higher Education Commission, Pakistan Engineering Council, Asian Institute of Technology, University of Strathclyde, Istanbul Technical University
Website www.hitecuni.edu.pk

HITEC University, Taxila, more commonly known as HITEC University, 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 University of Engineering and Technology, Taxila. The university was granted its own charter in November 2009 by the government of Punjab. The university is sponsored by the Heavy Industries Taxila Education Welfare Trust (HITEWT).

History

HITEC University was conceived as a part of Heavy Industries Taxila Education City (HITEC). The premises were already having educational institutes of nursery, school and college level. In 2007, in affiliation with UET Taxila, a university was established for undergraduate, postgraduate and doctorate programs in engineering, management sciences, mathematics and Islamic Shari'a. the inauguration was presided by then president General Pervez Musharraf.[1] Five years later, the university opened a new department for computer science and closed further admissions for management department.

Location

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 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, just off the Grand Trunk Road.

Spread over an area of more than 50 acres, the campus is located at the foot of Margella Hills only 2 km from Taxila city.[2]

Apart from Taxila Museum, 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) and FECTO Cement are near the university.

Admissions

On the basis of eligibility criteria of the university, the admission is strictly based on merit and is open to all persons regardless of their gender, religion, race, creed, colour or domicile. Applicants who have appeared in prerequisite examination prescribed for admission in a program and are awaiting results are provisionally admitted with the condition that they will pass their examination as per admission criteria. Undergraduate students take the full load of the courses prescribed for the semester whereas the postgraduate students have options to register for fewer courses.

Departments

HITEC University Taxila offers bachelors, masters and doctorate courses in the following departments:[3]

Department of Mechanical Engineering

The department offers bachelors, masters and doctorate degree in mechanical engineering. The curriculum is based on the recommendations of Higher Education Commission (HEC) and Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC), taking into consideration the latest developments in various mechanical fields such as Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), Computer-aided engineering (CAE), Computerized Numerical Controlled (NC and CNC) Machines, Renewable energy etc.

Department of Electrical Engineering

The department offers bachelors and masters and PhD degrees, which are designed and structured according to the recommendations of HEC and PEC. Dr Jameel is the current chairman.

Department of Management Sciences

Due to extremely less number of applicants every year, the department was closed in 2012.[4] No further students were enrolled since and the remaining students continued with the program.

Department of Mathematics

Department of Islamic Studies

Department of Computer Sciences

Library

General collection

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.

Reference collection

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.

Journals and magazines

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.

Digital Library

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.

Islamic Library

Adjacent to the university mosque, a separate library for Islamic and religious books is situated.

Student societies

Engineering and non-technical societies in the university campus include:

The university has the following co-curricular societies:

The students are popularly referred to as Hitonians.

MOU with foreign universities

HITEC University has Memorandum of Understanding with some Universities and institutions worldwide. The list is as follows:

Transport

A transport facility is provided for students, with buses plying between Rawalpindi, Islamabad and the campus.

Hostel

Accommodations are only provided to the undergraduate students who are in their first year. The university hostel features dormitory style rooms, often with beds, showers, and two cafeterias.

Mosque

The mosque serves as a place where Muslim students can come together for offering prayers under the lead of the imam. It has a capacity of 700 worshipers.

Controversy

Closure of Management Sciences Department

Due to fewer applicants every year, the department of management sciences was closed in 2012. With the hope of department being reinstated, a strike broke out by the present students of management sciences but to no avail. No further students were enrolled since and the remaining students continued with the program.[7]

Gas blast incident

Due to poor maintenance of administration there was a blast in one of the class rooms which resulted in serious and fatal injury of one staff member and a senior faculty member Dr Zubair Farooqui. Both did not survive this incident. Apparently gas from leaking pipes had filled in the room and by mistake turning on electric switch for lighting resulted in a blast that was heard far across the area. Fortunately students were off when this incident occur. [8]

Ranking

HITEC University, Taxila was "W" ranked (highest category) by the HEC in 2009.[9] As of 2013, HEC ranked it at the 115th spot out of 128 universities.[10]

See also

References

  1. ↑ General Pervez Musharraf inaugurates HITEC University.
  2. ↑ of HITEC University.
  3. ↑ Admissions: Undergraduate Eligibility Criteria
  4. ↑ A Reporter. "Students left in the lurch: Varsity shelves business administration courses". dawn.com. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  5. ↑ Signing of MOU with Strathclyde University.
  6. ↑ MOU between ITU and HITEC University.
  7. ↑ A Reporter. "Students left in the lurch: Varsity shelves business administration courses". dawn.com. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  8. ↑ The Newspaper's Correspondent. "Two injured in gas blast". dawn.com. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  9. ↑
  10. ↑ "Top Universities Of Pakistan - HEC Recognized Universities - 2013". onlinetaleem.com. Retrieved 27 September 2015.

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