Institutes Attended for Professional Study

UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY LAHORE, PAKISTAN

I did Bachelors degree from this university in 1995 in Civil Enginering. A brief history of the institution is as under:

Though this institution received its character as a university in the year 1961, it has a much longer history as a distinguished seat of learning in the engineering sciences. It had its genesis in 1921 as the Mughalpura Technical College, being named after the famous suburb of the old city of Lahore, studded with rich architectural heritage of the Mughal period, including the magnificent Shalimar gardens. Its more familiar name of the pre-University era . The Maclagan Engineering College was given to it in 1923 when Sir Edward Maclagan, the then Governor of the Punjab, laid  the foundation stone of the building, now housing the main block, which still retains its majesty in spite of wear and tear of over six decades. At that stage, the institution offered courses of study in two disciplines only: electrical engineering and mechanical engineering. These courses, though known for their excellence, did not lead to a university degree.

The year 1932 is a major milestone in the evolution of this institution when it was affiliated with the University Of the Punjab for award of bachelor's degree in engineering. On independence of Pakistan in 1947, it had well established bachelor's degree programs in civil, electrical, and mechanical engineering, being recognised as one of the most prestigious institution of the British India.

In 1954 it started a bachelor's degree program in mining engineering, the first ever of its kind in the country. But its massive expansion and development commenced in 1961 on its transformation into a university. It set for itself a variety of goals, but the first priority was starting of programs in those disciplines which were crucial for national development but were not catered for by any institution in the country. Accordingly, in the sixties, bachelor's degree programs were started in chemical engineering, petroleum and gas engineering, metallurgical engineering, architecture, and city regional planning.

Later, the university concentrated its energies and resources on developing its postgraduate programs. By the 1970's it had established over a score of master's degree programs  and diverse specialisation of engineering, architecture, planning, and allied disciplines. Doctoral programs were also instituted in a number of disciplines. The process of consolidating and strengthening them continues to be a major priority of the university.

With phenomenal increase in students enrolment in 1970's, a plan to establish additional campuses of the university was conceived. As a result, the University College Of Engineering, Taxila was established in 1975. For three years the said campus functioned in a makeshift premises located in the town of Sahiwal but later moved to its present campus at Taxila, in 1978. This college has now
been upgraded to University Of Engineering & Technology, Taxila.

Establishing tradition of research in the engineering and the allied disciplines has been a major goal for the university. With that end in view, the university established The Directorate of Research, Extension, and Advisory Services which strives for the promotion and organisation of research
activities.

Better training of the faculty has been at the top of the agenda for the university. During the past thirty-two years, the university has provided facilities to more than 250 teachers for overseas graduate training. In 1961, the university had a total of thirty-six teachers out of which only four had
doctoral degrees. Now it has about three hundred teachers out of which eighty possess doctoral degrees from some of the most reputable universities of the world. Since the inception of the university, there has been massive rise in students enrolment. From a total enrolment of 447 in 1961, the figure has now gone up to 5500. Over 400 students are pursuing postgraduate studies. The
number of female students enrolling for different disciplines is ever on the increase, and is 320 at present. The number of foreign students coming from countries like Iran, Jordan, Kuwait, Kenya, Nepal, Saudi Arabia, and Sri Lanka is about 225, which gives the university campus a cosmopolitan
character.

The teaching departments of the university are grouped into the following six faculties.

Faculty of Civil Engineering
Faculty of Electrical Engineering
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Faculty of Chemical, Mineral, and Metallurgical Engineering
Faculty of Architecture and Planning
Faculty of Natural Science, Humanities, & Islamic Studies

Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) was established in 1959 to help meet the growing need for advanced engineering education in Asia. In November 1967, under its present name of the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), the Institute became an autonomous international institution empowered to award degrees and diplomas.Presently AIT offers advanced education in engineering, science, planning and management through a range of activities at levels and intensities from doctoral research to short-term training.

The Institute's MISSION, as revised in 1992, is the following:

AIT will take a leadership role in the promotion of technological change and its management for sustainable development in the Asia and pacific Region, through high-level education, research and outreach activities which integrate technology, planning and management. The focus of the Institute's activities is in technology, with special emphasis on the interdisciplinary interface among the above three fields, and will include attention to environmental and socio-economic considerations.

AIT offers:
academic programs leading to the award of master or doctoral degrees, the diploma or
certificates;
research work by students, faculty, and professional staff;
outreach activities in partnership with private and public sector institutions; and
special programs, conferences, seminars, and short courses.

Completion of the doctoral degree program normally takes ten or eleven terms (three years or so), the master degree five terms, and the diploma two or three terms. A certificate program normally
lasts one term.

The Institute's 160-hectare campus is located 42 kilometers north of Bangkok, Thailand. Here, well over one thousand students, mostly from Asia, and 200 faculty and international staff, foster advanced technological learning to meet the need for more and better trained personnel for key positions in private and public sectors throughout the region. More than 8200 AIT alumni already
hold such positions.

The Institute is supported by donor governments, international agencies, foundations, business organizations and individuals, Asian and non-Asian. This support acknowledges AIT's successful
academic endeavor, an endeavor recognized in several international awards, including, in its thirtieth anniversary year, 1989, the Ramon Magsaysay Award for International Understanding, and in 1995, the Asian Institute of Management Award for Development Management.