University of Engineering and Technology, Taxila

Infobox_University
name=University of Engineering and Technology, Taxila
University_

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established=1979
type=Public
Vice Chancellor=Dr. HabibUllah Jamal
city=Taxila
state=Punjab
country=Pakistan
students= 2700
undergrad= 2400
postgrad= 300
faculty= 150
campus= Urban
mascot= UETian
website= [http://www.uettaxila.edu.pk/ www.uettaxila.edu.pk]

University of Engineering and Technology is located at Taxila, Punjab, Pakistan. It was established in 1979 as a campus of University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore. It was chartered as an independent university in 1993.

It offers degrees in six different ares of study in engineering, namely: Computer, Telecom, Software, Electrical, Civil and Mechanical. Located near the historical site of Julian University, an ancient Buddhist university, it offers a blend of both old and new.

With phenomenal increase in student enrollment in 1970s, a plan to established additional campuses of the University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore was conceived. As a result of that, the University College of Engineering Taxila was established in 1975. For three years it functioned at Sahiwal. In 1978 it was shifted to its permanent location at Taxila. The College continued its working under the administrative control of the University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore till October 1993. During this month it received its charter as an independent university under the University of Engineering and Technology Taxila Ordinance 1993. At present total enrollment of undergraduate and postgraduate students is about 2700.

Location

The university campus is located on the outskirts of Taxila at a distance of 5 km from the city. It is situated near railway station Mohra Shah Wali Shah on Taxila-Havelian branch line. The city of Taxila is 35 km from the twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi and 6 km from Rawalpindi-Peshawar highway. The University buses commute daily between the campus and the cities of Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Wah and Hasan Abdal. The campus covers an area of convert|109|acre|km2 and houses all the teaching departments, residential colony for teachers/employees, student's hostels, guest house, post office, dispensary and bank.The computer, software and telecommunication programmes have been offered successfully in 2001, 2002 and 2007 respectively. The university building of Computer Department and library have just completed due to sincere efforts of current vice chancellor Prof. Dr. Habibullah Jamal.

Recently four new hostels including separate girls' hostel are built. Capabilities of electrical and mechanical blocks are enhanced by extending them. Separate electronics program will be launched in 2008. The university has around four Centers of Excellence in it. Including Center of Excellence for Transportation, Control, Video and Image Processing and ASIC and DSP. The university turns out almost 600 undergraduates, 200 graduate each year.Tremendous growth in all areas including civil works, education, faculty improvement and research in the university has been seen in the past few years.

tudent Societies

There are several engineering and non-technical societies active in the university campus. They include IEEE UET Taxila Chapter, ACM UET Taxila Chapter, Engineering Students' Initiative founded by Taufeeq Elahi in 2005, Quaid-e-azam Debating Society, Al-Muhandis, Hostels Dramatic Society and Enviormental Protection Society founded in 2008.

Campus network

All departments and hostels are networked on 100 Mbit/s Ethernet, and connected to each other through a fiber link. Outdoors are covered by Wifi at 54 Mbit/s. The campus connects to the Internet through a high speed link provided by the Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited. The university uses the HEC digital library program and connects to the scopus network for its e-library requirements.

Vice Chancelor

The current vice chancellor is Dr.habib Ullah Jamal. He got his PhD from University of Toronto, Canada in Electrical Engineering and is one of the leading researchers in Analog Electronics. Controversy surrounds him because of crucial positions occupied by members of his family in the university. The Vice Chancelor is also serving beyond the 4 years period reserved for his office.

External links

* [http://www.uettaxila.edu.pk University of Engineering and Technology, Taxila]