In engineering, regardless of the type one opts for, the only limit is one’s imagination. You can design and construct massive infrastructures from ground zero, develop high-end AI interfaces, generate a strong collaboration of mechatronics, anatomy, and physiology or even build ships to travel among the stars.
- University of Engineering and Technology (UET), Lahore
- National University of Science and Technology (NUST), Islamabad
- Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS), Islamabad
- Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology (GIKI), Swabi
- University of Engineering and Technology, Taxilla
- University of Engineering and Technology (UET), Peshawar
- Mehran University of Engineering and Technology (MUET), Jamshoro
- Air University, Islamabad
- Institute of Space Technology (IST), Islamabad
- NED University of Engineering and Technology (NEDUET), Karachi
In the case of engineering, Pakistan has some of the top-notch engineering universities working on some of the world’s top R&D projects. The government regulatory authority of engineers across Pakistan, ‘Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC)’ has played a vital role in taking the engineering profession across Pakistan up to international standards by efforts such as attaining the ‘Washington Accord’, providing grants for various R&D programs and proposals of engineering universities of Pakistan, regulating the job placement infrastructure across the country, etc.
Here are the Top 10 Best Engineering Universities in Pakistan
Various public and private universities across Pakistan have proved their mettle in the field of engineering of almost all sorts. Here is a brief description of the 10 best engineering universities across Pakistan.
University of Engineering and Technology (UET), Lahore
Being one of the oldest and most prestigious public universities in Pakistan, UET’s main campus in Lahore is surely one of the most widely recognized and acknowledged names in the field of engineering education across the world.
UET has set up its four sub-campuses across the country in Taxila, Faisalabad, Kala-Shah-Kaku, and Gujranwala providing state-of-the-art engineering education to young aspiring engineers.
From civil engineering to computer engineering, UET Lahore offers Bachelor, Master, and Doctoral degrees in almost every type of mainstream engineering known along with one of the best faculty and research grants across the world.
National University of Science and Technology (NUST), Islamabad
A university that is a landmark itself. Situated in one of the most beautiful capitals of the world, NUST is a public engineering university administered by Pakistan Army itself with sub-campuses in Rawalpindi, Risalpur, and Karachi.
If you ask me one thing that makes NUST different from all other top-notch universities across the country it’s ‘R&D’. The very reason why NUST falls in the QS Global World Ranking of Top 500 Universities and still improving its ranking.
Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS), Islamabad
Located in the lush green outskirts of Islamabad, PIEAS is one of the best public engineering universities providing engineering education, especially in nuclear/atomic engineering at the graduate and post-graduate levels.
Being one of the oldest institutes of nuclear/atomic engineering in the country, graduates of PIEAS surely enjoy a distinct status around the world due to their one of the best faculty and research proposals in the field of nuclear/atomic engineering which grabs the attention of everyone in this modern-day nuclear world.
Ranked among the QS Global World ranking of Top 500 Universities and an eye-catcher for its ‘Nuclear’ focused degrees and research, PIEAS has various sub-campuses across different locations in Pakistan.
Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology (GIKI), Swabi
Situated in the beautiful city of Swabi in the KPK, GIKI is without a doubt a force to be reckoned with in providing engineering education being a private university. The university has a single 400-acre campus providing engineering education in almost every major engineering field.
‘Innovation’, a single word that explains the very major focus of GIKI. Hosting one of the largest numbers of international education conferences and events, GIKI has surely a separate identity in terms of research and innovation.
University of Engineering and Technology, Taxilla
Following the footsteps of UET Lahore, UET Taxila was founded back in 1975 in the rural area of Taxila City with the main purpose of providing quality engineering education to students from less developed rural areas of the Pothohar region.
Taxila is one of the capitals of ancient civilizations, knowledge, and architecture played a key role in enhancing the state-of-the-art teaching faculty and research programs which surely provides UET Taxila a unique status among public engineering universities across the world.
University of Engineering and Technology (UET), Peshawar
Established in 1952, UET Peshawar can be defined in a single word, ‘Research’. Unlike other UET campuses, UET Peshawar’s sole focus is on the research area of various engineering fields.
Being a public engineering university, UET Peshawar enjoys special research grants due to its one of top-class research-oriented faculty which is one of the main reasons why UET Peshawar graduates are the top candidates for engineering R&D projects both on public and private levels.
Mehran University of Engineering and Technology (MUET), Jamshoro
Indeed, a public university as vibrant as the culture of Sindh. MUET has always been a center of engineering knowledge and academic excellence in Pakistan.
Located in the vibrant city of Jamshoro (Sindh), MUET offers undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate programs in one of the widest ranges of engineering disciplines. The university specifically focuses on imparting engineering knowledge to the less developed areas of Sindh along with maintaining a remarkable standing among engineering universities across the world.
Air University, Islamabad
Air University, Islamabad
Situated in the foothills of Margalla Hills, Air University Islamabad has attained a separate spot among public universities providing engineering knowledge with top-notch research faculty.
Being among ‘The Top 20 HEIs of Pakistan’ QS Asian International Ranking, Air University provides state-of-the-art degree programs in few but widely searched engineering programs and enjoys special privileges due to the Pakistan Air Force administration itself.
Institute of Space Technology (IST), Islamabad
Inaugurated back in 2002, IST is the top engineering public university with a main focus on aeronautical and avionics along with deeply embedded roots within space flight operations both nationally and internationally.
IST is directly in collaboration with the government-funded space agency of Pakistan, ‘SUPARCO’ which provides remarkable new opportunities to graduates of IST, especially in the field of aeronautical and avionics engineering. Moreover, a vast number of IST graduates are also currently working in space agencies like NASA, SpaceX, etc. pushing the human race towards the stars.
NED University of Engineering and Technology (NEDUET), Karachi
One of the oldest and most prestigious public sector engineering universities, NEDUET is one of the only institutes that provides engineering education in a vast number of engineering programs to students across the nation as well as internationally.
Having a 156 acres main campus in urban Karachi, NEDUET is surely an eye-catcher among engineering universities across the world due to its prestige and larger-than-life campus life, faculty, and research opportunities.
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