University of Management and Technology (Pakistan)

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name=University of Management and Technology, Lahore
established=1990
type=Private
Chancellor=Lt.Gen(r) Khalid Maqbool
Rector=Dr. Hassan Sohaib Murad
city=Lahore
state=Punjab
country=Pakistan
faculty= 100 Permanent
campus= Urban
mascot= UMTian
website= [http://www.umt.edu.pk/ www.umt.edu.pk]

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The University of Management and Technology (UMT) is a university located in Lahore, Pakistan.

History

UMT was founded in 1990 as the Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM). ILM was established by leading educationalists, professionals, and industrialists with an aim to enhance the organizational and individual effectiveness. Guided by the noble mission of helping others in actualizing their limitless human potential to its finest shape, ILM sought to respond to the challenges of information-based economy, globalization, and ever increasing complexity.

UMT – now an independent, not-for-profit, private institution of higher learning – received her degree-granting charter first as the Institute of Management and Technology (IMT) in 2002 through an Act of the Assembly of the Punjab. Later, on 16 June 2004, IMT became University of Management and Technology through the passing of a similar Act by the Punjab Assembly.

UMT Today

In a short period of time, University of Management and Technology has established itself as a leading forum for creativity and enquiry based learning. In developing a management and technological focus designed to encourage students to become enlightened citizens fully cognizant of their rights and responsibilities, UMT's aim has been to impart a degree of knowledge and skills that will enable students to pursue a successful career and contribute to productive activities; sensitize students to ethical values and be tolerant of cultural diversity; motivate students to pursue excellence in their chosen field, seek broader and higher objectives and strive to serve the community, and society as a whole.

In September 2007, the Higher Education Commission (HEC), Pakistan, upgraded the category of UMT from ‘Category X’/ previous ‘Category B’ to ‘Category W’/ previous ‘Category A’. UMT now ranks among the few select universities in the country in this category.

As UMT completes its fourth academic year, there are two important developments, which promise a bright future for the University:

* The first phase of the 20 acre purpose-built campus in Joher Town, has been completed and was commissioned early this year. The entire student body was shifted to the new campus in a phased manner. The campus incorporates all the essential features of a modern university meeting international standards and offers excellent facilities for teaching and learning. After the completion of the final phase, the campus will accommodate nearly 5000 students.

* The range of programs being offered by the University have been widened to include areas of specialization that would open up greater opportunities for our graduates in the job markets at home and abroad. Some of the new degree programs introduced are Human Resource Management, Media and Communications, Applied Linguistics and Industrial Management.

University of Management and Technology's mission is to prepare a new breed of leaders, courageous, sincere individuals with the intellectual abilities, cross cultural versatility, practical skills and ethics needed to operate in today's business world.UMT website and prospectus spells out in considerable detail, the undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate courses that the University is currently offering. Faculty and staff at UMT will be more than glad to meet parents and prospective students to explain courses and assist in selection of possible career paths that each course can lead to.

>> UMT Mission Statement:"We aspire to become a learning institution and evolve as the leading community for the purpose of integrated development of the society by actualizing strategic partnership with stakeholders, harnessing leadership, generating useful knowledge, fostering enduring values, and projecting sustainable technologies and practices."

UMT Website

The UMT website has been updated and enriched with the latest news and updates about the University and information about courses currently being offered. The admission procedures have also been simplified to enable students to access on-line registration at [http://www.umt.edu.pk]

Faculty of UMT

The faculty at UMT are also life long students, as they learn from their interaction with new students in a pleasant and stimulating environment. Senior faculty at UMT has been increasing steadily and now there are 25 PhD's among our 100 permanent faculty members.(40 of which have doctorate degrees).

Schools in UMT

# School of Science & Technology ( [http://sst.umt.edu.pk] )
# School of Business & Economics
# School of Social Sciences & Humanities
# Institute Of Audit and Accountancy (Newly Started)

Statistics

* UMT Founded as ILM in: 1990
* Students: nearly 3000
* Alumni: 6000+
* Full-time faculty: 100 full time and more than 50 part-time faculty members with about two dozen PhDs
* PhD theses supervised by the faculty: 42
* Financial aid recipients: 700+
* Average award: 30% of total fee
* Degrees: Doctoral, Masters, Bachelors
* Disciplines: Commerce, Accounting, Business Administration, Banking and Finance, Business and IT, Computer Sciences, Economics, Education, Engineering, Management, Textiles, Power and Energy Systems, Power Systems, Information Systems, Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, English Literature, Media and Communication, Elementary Education, Secondary Education, Social Sciences, Educational Leadership Management, English Language Teaching, Montessori Education
* Library books: 50,000+
* Journal subscriptions: 150 printed, 20,000 electronic
* Computer network: Computer network consists of more than 1200 nodes with a bandwidth of 8 MB. Wireless connectivity is also available.
* Labs: Chemistry & Wet Processing, Physics & Electronics, Digital Systems, Software Usability, Computer Networks, Garments, Weaving & Knitting, Projects
* Boys hostels capacity: 425
* Girls hostels capacity: 135
* New campus location: 20 acre purpose built campus in Johar Town, Lahore was commissioned in mid 2007.

UMT Campus Project

UMT excels as a holistic organization guided by strategic coherence and integration of diversified functions.UMT campus is being built in Pakistan's cosmopolitan city of Lahore. Campus site is located on prime land in Johar Town. The wide array of activities currently being undertaken range from education, professional development and executive training to research and publishing. Around 2500 participants are pursuing professional education at graduate and master levels in the areas of management sciences, information technology, education and arts, media and communications, and commerce and accounting. It is hence, the social benefit, which is prominently aimed at in UMT's academic and extracurricular pursuits. The liberal financial assistance policy enables the talented youth to acquire quality education despite financial inabilities.

Spread over an area of 226 kanals, the site is within few minutes approach from city, western suburbs and societies. This campus will provide education to about six thousands students at any time. UMT is also member of AACSB (The Association to Advance Collegiate Institutions of Business, USA) and EFMD (The European Foundation for Management Development, UK). The process of EQUIS (European Quality Improvement System) accreditation is also under way.For More details about UMT Campus project click here: http://www.umt.edu.pk/construction/index.htm

Collaboration with other institutes

The university encourages collaborations with other universities and academic institutions. All of our schools are actively involved in collaboration of faculty between different schools, and collaboration with other universities and R&D organizations in the country and abroad. Academic collaborations and course/student transfer agreements have been signed with several local and international academic institutions that include:

* National University of Computing and Emerging Sciences (FAST-NUCES), Lahore
* Pakistan Readymade Garments Training Institute (PRGTI), Lahore
* University of Bedfordshire, UK
* Multimedia University, Malaysia
* Stockholm University School of Business, Sweden
* National Productivity Organization (NPO)
* Eastern Michigan University (EMU)

* INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERSHIP: UMT has become an institutional member of Asia Pacific Quality Network (APQN). Institutional Members are institutions of higher education in the region that are in good standing with the relevant quality assurance agency if one exists.

The Asia-Pacific Quality Network (APQN) has been developed with the purpose of serving the needs of quality assurance agencies in higher education in a region that contains over half the world’s population.

This is a fast-growing region, with an increasing appetite for education, and with increasing mobility of students and providers to meet that need. In turn, this makes it a region of growing and developing quality assurance agencies that needs to be able to deal with public and private providers, and with education and students that cross national borders. The APQN is already helping to build alliances between agencies, and assisting countries/territories that do not have a quality assurance agency of their own.

>> APQN website: http://www.apqn.org/membership/members/

Wednesday 30 July, 2008:University of management and technology has also taken over the Iqra University Lahore

External links

* [http://www.umt.edu.pk/ UMT website]