The
University of Engineering and Technology Lahore (Main Campus) is located in the
northern part of Lahore on the historical "Grand Trunk Road (GT.
Road)", near the magnificent Shalimar Gardens built during the great
Mughal Empire. The institution started its career on 9th November 1921 as the
'Mughalpura Technical College'. Later it became the 'Maclagan Engineering
College, a name given to it in 1923 when Sir Edwards Maclagan, the then
Governor of the Punjab, laid the foundation stone of the main building, now
called the Main Block. Main Block still retains its majesty despite the wear
and tear of ten decades. At that stage the institution offered courses of study
in only two disciplines: Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering.
In
the year 1932, the institution was affiliated with the University of the Punjab
for award of a Bachelor's Degree in Engineering. In 1947, at the time of
independence, the institution was offering well-established B.Sc. Degree
Courses in Civil, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering.
In
1954, it started a Bachelor's Degree course in Mining Engineering, the
first-ever of its kind in the country. However, the real expansion and
development of the institution commenced in 1962 on its transformation into the
West Pakistan University of Engineering & Technology', and within a few
years Bachelor's Degree Courses were started in Chemical Engineering. Petroleum
& Gas Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering, Architecture, and City &
Regional Planning.
Later,
the University started to develop its postgraduate programs, and by 1970's it
was offering Master's Degree Courses in various specializations of engineering.
architecture, planning and allied disciplines. Later, Ph.D. Degree Program was
also instituted in a number of disciplines.
The
University of Engineering and Technology Lahore Act 1974 was passed by the Punjab
Provincial Assembly to re-constitute and reorganize the University of Engineering
and Technology, Lahore, for the purpose of improving teaching, research, publication
and administration. With phenomenal increase in student enrollment in the
1970s, the University established an Engineering College at Taxila in 1975,
which later became an independent University in 1998 as the University of
Engineering and Technology, Taxila.
Keeping
in view the upcoming power crises situation in the country, in 2004 the University
established its own Power Generation Unit with capacity of 2 Mega Watts later
enhanced to 3 Mega Watts and became first and only countrywide educational institution
who has its own Power Generation Unit as one of its labs.
To
meet the growing demands for the Engineering graduates and allied disciplines in
the country, the University started an expansion program in the new millennium.
Consequently, the teaching and research capacity of the UET-Main was enhanced, and
the establishment of the satellite campuses was taken up. The University
started its satellite campus, now called as "New Campus", at Kala
Shah Kaku,
District
Sheikhupura, in 2004. Another satellite campus was started in Faisalabad in
2004. The Rachna College of Engineering and Technology Gujranwala was made constituent
college of the UET Lahore in 2006. The Narowal sub-campus was established in
2012.
The
University has 795 faculty members, including 360 PhDs, in 47 departments under
7 faculties of Engineering, Architecture and Natural Sciences. Current male- to-female
faculty ratio is 73:27 whereas student-to-teacher ratio is 17:1. In addition to
teaching responsibilities, the faculty has a focus on research having impact on
society. In the last three years, the faculty members have won different
competitive research projects of worth Rs.240.72 million.
The
QS World and Asian rankings of the university have moved up to 5-year high with
five disciplines in the university ranked in top 500 in world rankings. In
Petroleum Engineering, the university ranks among the top 51-100 in the world.
In Engineering and Technology, it ranks at 376.
The
University has more than 50000 proud alumni who have served / are serving in
various national and international organizations. There is a long list of
notable alumni ofthe university. Some of notable alumni include Dr. Muhammad
Akram Sheikh (Former Deputy Chairman Planning Commission of Pakistan). Dr. Adil
Najam (Dean of the Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, and
former Vice-Chancellor of the LUMS), Dr. Mubashar Hassan (Professor,
politician, humanist, and an engineer who served as Finance Minister of
Pakistan), Prof. Dr. Syed Mansoor Sarwar (Vice-Chancellor, UET Lahore), Prof.
Dr.Fazal Ahmad Khalid (Chairman, Punjab Higher Education Commission), Qasim Ali
Shah (Trainer, Author, and public speaker), Dr. Tahir Masood (Current MD
Nespak). Dr. Amjad Pervaiz (former MD Nespak and famous singer), Engr. Tariq
Hameed (Former MD Packages, Former Chairman WAPDA), Mr. Ahsan Iqbal (Former
Minister, Government of Pakistan), Dr. Tahir Ghani (Intel USA), Prof. Dr. M.
Shamim Sheikh (Toronto University), Prof. Dr. Arif Ghafoor (Purdue University),
Prof. Dr. Ashfaq Khokhar (lowa State University), Dr. Aamir Mehmood (EVP
Google), Javed Saleem Qureshi (Chairman, Pakistan Engineering Council), Juniad
Jamshaid (Singer and Naat Khawan) and Jawad Ahmad (Singer).
The
current student enrollment in all five campuses of the university is around
14000 in undergraduate, masters and PhD programs. The student body mainly
consists of students from Punjab. However, more than 550 students from Sindh,
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), Balochistan, and Gilgit Baltistan as well as Azad
Jammu & Kashmir are studying at various campuses of the university. Whereas
194 seats are allocated each year in various disciplines for foreigner
students. Currently, the foreigner male and female students from China,
Afghanistan, Yemen, Palestine, SriLanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sudan, Somalia, and
Indian Occupied Kashmir are pursuing their degrees in various engineering
disciplines. Male-to-female ratio among students is 76:24.
The
University's "National Library of Engineering Sciences" has
significantly improved its book holdings and now it is biggest engineering
library in the country. The total collection of the library is 1,40,000 which
includes more than 1,00,000 books, 25,000 joumals, and 5000 theses. The
facility of HEC's Digital Library is also available for students and faculty
members.
The
University has ample provisions for hostel accommodation. It has sixteen halls of
residence, including four for female students, with accommodation for about 3000
students. A new hall of residence having the accommodation for 350 female students
is under construction.
The
halls reflect history of the institution through variations in the
architectural styles over the last half a century. Some of them are of the
pre-independence period, nherited from the former Maclagan College of
Engineering and the Sikh National College whereas others were built over a
period of quarter of a century since the inception of the University. The
residence halls are provided with common rooms, mess rooms, prayer rooms,
internet facility and other common utilities. The University also provides
ample facilities to the students for participation in extra and cocurricular
activities including debates, poetry, dramas, and sports, both outdoors and
indoors, through over 50 student societies. Facilities are provided for all
major sports including cricket, hockey..football, tennis, badminton,
basketball, squash, table tennis, body building, and athletics. A series of
inter-faculty and inter-hostel toumaments are held to facilitate participation
to the maximum number of students. Outstanding sportspersons are encouraged to
take part in the inter-university tournaments under Higher Education
Commission. The sports complex is a commanding feature of the campus landscape
and has, amongst other things, an Olympic-size swimming pool, tennis and squash
courts, a gymnasium and an impressive stadium. Similarly, tudents
who
outshine in debating, poetry, drarta/acting etc. are also facilitated to
participate in local and national competitions.
A
well-established health clinic with qualified and experienced medical doctors
and having the facility of outdoor treatment, ambulance, medicines for selected
diseases. and basic laboratory tests is available for the student, faculty and
staff.
On
Completion of 100 Years Establishment of University of Engineering and Technology
Lahore (1921-2021), Pakistan Post is issuing the Commemorative Postage Stamp of
Rs 20/- denomination on November 1, 2021.
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