Punjab University College of Information Technology

Punjab University College of Information Technology
Seal of Punjab University College of Information Technology
Former names	Center for Computer Science
Motto	ملکی ترقی میں پیش پیش (Mulki taraqi main pesh pesh)
Motto in English	Leading the Nation in IT Education
Type	Public
Established	2000
President	Dr. Syed Mansoor Sarwar
Students	5,000
Location	Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Campus	Urban
Colors	Sky blue and white
Nickname	PUCIT
Website	www.pucit.edu.pk

Punjab University College of Information Technology (PUCIT) is a college of computer science and information technology at the University of the Punjab located in Lahore, Pakistan. The college is located on the university's Allama Iqbal Campus (Old Campus) in Bahawalpur house near old Anarkali and PUCIT New Campus is located on Sayed Qabeer Ali Shah road, Canal Road Lahore and near the Hanjarwal stop in Canal Road

History

The college was established with the name Center for Computer Science in 1988. It was situated in the Center for Solid State Physics on the University of the Punjab's new campus. The first program offered was a year-long, two-semester postgraduate diploma for which 24 students were registered. This program was offered until 2000.

In 1991 the Center for Computer Science was upgraded to the Department of Computer Science and for the first time a full-fledged two-year MSc program (annual system) in computer science was offered. The first ever intake for the program was 15 students, which eventually increased to 30.

In December 2000, the department was upgraded to a full-fledged college under the new name of the Punjab University College of Information Technology.

Administration

Dr Syed Mansoor Sarwar, Professor and Principal
Dr Waqar ul Quonain Jaffry, Assistant Professor, Coordinator MPhil and PhD Programs
Tariq Butt, Assistant Professor, Coordinator BS Computer Science
Fareed ul Hassan Baig, Assistant Professor, Coordinator BS Software Engineering
Dr. Faisal Bukhari, Assistant Professor, Coordinator BS Software Engineering (new campus)
Dr Shahzad Sarwar, Assistant Professor, Coordinator BS Information Technology
Muhammad Adeel Nisar, Assistant Professor, Coordinator M.Sc Information Technology
Syed Muhammad Jawad Nawaz, Senior Network Administrator
Asim Rasul, Examination Coordinator
Ejaz Ashraf, Project Office Coordinator
Sheikh Tariq Saeed, Senior Librarian
Mehwish Khurshid, Student Affairs Coordinator
Adnan Asif, Acting Assistant Treasurer
Muhammad Azhar, PS to Principal
Syed Aamir Raza, Program Coordinator Officer
Saleem Akhtar, Estate Officer

Principals

15 October 2000: Dr Shoaib, first principal, for three months
18 January 2001: Dr Majid Naeem
10 April 2002: Dr Javaid Sikander Mirza for five months
25 October 2002: Dr. M. A. Pasha
April 2006 to present: Professor Dr. Syed Mansoor Sarwar

Academic programs

The following degree programs are offered by the College:

BS Computer Science (BS CS) Hons.
BS Information Technology (BS IT) Hons.
BS Software Engineering (BS SE) Hons.
M.Sc Computer Science (M.Sc CS) with the following final year specializations:
- Computer Science
- Software Engineering
- Information Systems
- Computer Networks
M.Phil Computer Science (M.Phil CS)
M.Phil Remote Sensing and Geographical Information Systems (M.Phil RSGIS)
PhD Computer Science (PhD CS)

Student Societies

Sports Society
Girls Society
Literary Society
Event Management Society
ACM Student Chapter
Computer Society
Drama Society (Pindaal)

Library

The college has a library consisting of books from Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Technology, Electronics, and Physics. Novels and poetry books are kept in the library for recreation. The library keeps copies of final projects and theses written by graduating students. The Higher Education Commission provides digital access to digital books to students of the college.

Laboratories

The college has four computer laboratories providing students access to the internet. A total of 800 plus computers along with internet facilities are available for the students. For postgraduate students, a separate laboratory is present while an electronics laboratory is made for electronics and physics purposes.

Achievements

2004

ZABVISION - first in the All Pakistan On-spot Programming Competition^[1]
SOFTEC - third in the 9th All Pakistan SOFTEC' 04^[2] - held at NUCES, Lahore

2006

SOFTEC - Stood 3rd in the All Asia Programming Competition - held at NUCES, Lahore - Team (Zaheer Ahmad, Muhammad Rizwan Asghar, Fayyaz Khan Lodhi)

2007

^[3] - first in the All Asia Programming Competition - held at NUCES, Lahore - Team (Sohaib, Shahzad and others)

NASCON - first in the All Pakistan Programming Competition - held at NUCES, Islamabad - Team (Sohaib, Shahzad and others)
IEEE-LUMS Coding Guru^[4] - first in the coding competition - held at Lahore University of Management Sciences - Team (Sohaib, Shahzad and others)
BACSAP^[5] - 1st in All Pakistan Programming Competition - held at Bahria University, Islamabad - Team (Rana Afzaal Ahmad, Qasim Zeeshan and Abdul Wahab)
BACSAP^[5] - first in All Pakistan Electrical Project - held at Bahria University, Islamabad

2009

NUSTEC - second in Drama Competition - held at NUST ISLAMABAD

2010

APEEC - second in the All Pakistan Electronics Exhibition and Competition 10 and 11 May - held at University of Engineering & Technology Lahore- Team (Farhan Masood and Mohsin Saeed)

2011

TECHNOFEST - first in All Pakistan Programming Competition - held at University of Engineering & Technology Lahore
TECHNOFEST - second in All Pakistan Programming Competition - held at University of Engineering & Technology Lahore
BRAINIAC - second in All Pakistan Programming Competition - held at University of Engineering & Technology Lahore

2014

First Position in CodeMaster IEEE '14.
Runners-up in SOFTEC '14 Programming Competition.
Third Position in APTA '14 GCU Lahore.
Punjab Youth Festival - 3rd in " Conceptualize Your Notion " Competition - held at Punjab Youth Festival 2014
Punjab Youth Festival - 2nd in " General Knowledge Quiz " Competition - held at Punjab Youth Festival 2014

2015

First PhD Computer Science Graduated

Others

First in Intra Lahore CODE SPREE programming competition in Punjab University College of Information Technology
Second in the All Pakistan NASTEC programming competition in NUST ISLAMABAD
Third in the All Pakistan English debating competition^[6]
A PUCIT student was selected among the top eight speakers in the "Student Convention"^[7]
A PUCIT student was selected among the top three articles writers in a National article writing competition held by The News^[7]
Students from Cs-F09 and CS-F11 were awarded the Global UGRAD-Pakistan fellowship in a nationwide competition organized by U.S. State Department and had been to United States for one semester non-degree study as an exchange student.

References

External links

University of the Punjab

Campuses	Gujranwala Lahore (Allama Iqbal and Quad-e-Azam)

Colleges	College of Information Technology College of Law College of Pharmacy Dayal Singh College Fatima Jinnah Medical College Federal Postgraduate Medical Institute Hailey College of Banking and Finance Hailey College of Commerce Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Medical and Dental College Shaikha Fatima Institute of Nursing and Health Sciences

Research	Astronomical observatory Center for Applied and Molecular Biology Centre for High Energy Physics Metallurgical Laboratory

Publications	Urdu Encyclopaedia of Islam

Related topics	List of PU people Punjab University cricket team

Official website Category

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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