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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