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Brief History
Industrial and technological development in Pakistan has been quite rapid since its independence and particularly during the sixties and seventies. The main fields of development have been related to the enhancement of agriculture, establishment of and up-gradation of industries and exploration of its indigenous resources. This development has resulted in increased demand for qualified engineers in different fields in addition to other professionals. In order to meet this demand and to provide an opportunity of engineering education to the people hailing from the interior of Sindh Province, Sindh University Engineering College was established in 1963 as a constituent college of University of Sindh (then spelt ‘Sind’) in Jamshoro about 15 km. from Hyderabad on the right bank of river Indus.
The Education Policy of 1972 provided for up-gradation of the Sindh University Engineering College to the level of a University of Engineering and Technology. Accordingly, the college was first declared as an additional campus of the University of Sindh headed by a Pro-Vice-Chancellor in July 1976 and later upgraded to the level of a fully fledged independent University on 1st March, 1977 through an ordinance issued by the Government of Sindh. The ordinance was later converted into an Act of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh Province.
The new University was named as “Mehran University of Engineering and Technology”. Initially, the Additional Campus as well the Mehran University was established in the City of Nawabshah, necessitating shifting of the most of the infrastructure from Jamshoro. However, in 1979, the Act of the University was amended and the seat of the University was retained at Jamshoro, while a constituent College titled ‘ Mehran University College of Engineering and Technology’ was maintained at Nawabshah, to cater for the needs of the engineering education of upper Sindh. Mehran University College of Engineering and Technology, Nawasbshah, has also become an independent University in 1996, which has been renamed as ‘Quaid-e-Awam University of Engineering Sciences and Technology’. Consequently, Mehran University of Engineering and Technology now exists only at Jamshoro, having territorial jurisdiction over the Hyderabad and Mirpurkahs Divisions of Sindh Province. Nevertheless, few seats are still reserved for the candidates coming from other divisions of Sindh Province.
The number of students admitted to the First Year classes of all the under-graduate disciplines is 576 out of which 537 candidates are admitted from Sindh Province, including Karachi Division, according to a precisely calculated ratio of population and other considerations. 21 applicants are admitted from other parts of Pakistan while 18 seats are reserved for the foreigners. The detailed distribution of the seats is given in Prospectus.
Most of the laboratories and workshops of the teaching departments are properly equipped and practical as well as demonstrational training is imparted to the students wherever applicable. Continuous efforts are ongoing to upgrade these facilities for the practical training and new equipment is acquired for this purpose. Additionally, training to the concerned staff is also organized within the University as well as outside. In some cases, where the training facilities are not available within the University, the students are sent to suitable institutes in Karachi or elsewhere to undergo adequate training. Every department has been provided adequate number of personal computers and e-mail and Internet facilities for the training and use of the students as well teaching staff. The postgraduate courses were started in the University in 1978 leading to M.E. Degree, initially, in three branches.
Hostel facilities are also available for about 1100 students on the campus both male and female; which are located at walking distance from the teaching departments. These hostels are equipped with necessary facilities including bathrooms, reading rooms, game rooms, dining halls, etc.
More details of the facilities available for the students are described in the prospectus; which include medical care, transport, games and recreation, library and so on. Academics Undergraduate Studies
Mehran University offers courses leading to Bachelors’ degrees in seventeen disciplines. There are fifteen Degrees in the field of Engineering and are titled Bachelor of Engineering(Name of a field); e.g. B.E. Civil. The remaining two are non-engineering degrees but in related fields; i.e. Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch.) and Bachelor of City & Regional Planning (B.CRP). The names of all the undergraduate disciplines and institutes under their respective faculty are given below:
Faculty of Architecture & Civil EngineeringArchitecture
City & Regional Planning
Civil Engineering
Environmental Engineering
Institute of Irrigation & Drainage
Faculty of Electrical, Electronic & Computer EngineeringInstitute of Information & Communication Technologies
Electrical Engineering
Computer Systems Engineering
Software Engineering
Electronic Engineering
Telecommunication Engineering
Bio-Medical Engineering
Faculty of EngineeringIndustrial Engineering & Management
Mechanical Engineering
Metallurgy & Materials Engineering
Mining Engineering
Petroleum & Natural Gas Engineering
Textile Engineering
Chemical Engineering Graduate studies
The postgraduate courses were started in the University in 1978 leading to M.E. Degree, initially, in three branches. At present, courses are offered in the specialized fields of:
Communication Systems and Networks
Electronics System Engineering
Telemedicine and eHealth System
Information Technology
Software Engineering
Structural Engineering
Public Health Engineering
Telecommunication and Control Engineering
Manufacturing Engineering
Electrical Power Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Transportation Engineering
Irrigation and Drainage Engineering
Environmental Engineering & Management
Geo-technical Engineering
Some courses are offered full time during the day while others are part-time conducted during the evenings. Sometimes, some particular course may be dropped in a given year because of non-availability of adequate number of students. The degrees to be awarded may be Post-graduate Diploma (P.G.D.), Master of Engineering (M.E.), Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.) or Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.); depending upon the quality and quantity of the research/work completed.
Post-graduate studies and research are organized by various departments as well as the following specialized institutes.
Institute of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering
Institute of Environmental Engineering and Management
Institute of Petroleum & Natural Gas Engineering
Institute of Information & Communication Technology
Mehran University Institute of Science & Technology Development
Directorate of Post-graduate Studies Teaching
The university ranks as the finest engineering degree-awarding institutions in the country and even attracts foreign students, mostly from South Asian, Middle Eastern and African countries. Mehran University offers both undergraduate bachelor’s, bachelor’s honours and postgraduate master’s degree courses. The postgraduate courses were started in 1978 leading up to an ME degree and are taught in the evenings. Research
Mehran University is renowned for its research initiatives especially in the recent years. It has been publishing the quarterly Mehran University Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (MURJ) regularly since January 1982 which has been recognized world over and is being abstracted at: Pakistan Scientific Research Information Center (PASTIC), Islamabad; National Transportation Research Board, USA; American Concrete Institute, USA; HRIS, USA; NTIS, USA; National Library of Congress, USA; and INSPEC, UK amongst many others catalogues.
The research journal is already registered under ISSN 0254-7821 as of November 1996 and is indexed for engineering index, published by Engineering Information Inc., USA. The research made a benchmark since 1982 in national and international Research & Development sector. Former Vice Chancellors
Muzafar Ali Shah during 1990-94.
Riaz Ahmed Shaikh 2000-2001
[[Dr.A.R.Memon ]A.R._Memon] 2001-2004
Prof. Dr. A.Q.K Rajput (S.I) 2003-Onwards Campus Resources
Inside View of Rashidi Hostel
Garden of A Q K Hostel
Gate of DR A.Q.K Hostel
Facilities on campus:
The University’s other facilities include a central library with more than 80,000 books, fully furnished 1000-seat auditorium, seven student hostels and one teachers hostel, housing society for employees, transport, Industrial Liaison, English Language Center, a medical centre, mosques, cafeterias, a cricket ground and other indoor and outdoor sports facilities. Hostels
Sachal Sarmast Hostel(Boys)
Shah Latif Hostel (Boys)
Pir Hussamuddin Shah Rashdi Hostel(Boys)
Hyder Bux Jatoi Hostel (Boys)
Dr Afghan Q.K Hostel(Teacher and Master,PGD,PHD students)
Elsa Qazi Hostel (Currently termed as Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Hostel)(Girls)
Abdul Majid Sheikh Sindhi Hostel (Boys)
While 2 New Hostels are Under construction, 1 for boys and 1 for girls. Library
The Central Library of the University contains more than 80,000 books related to Engineering Science and Technology. Access to 15,000 plus electronics journals is available on-line within the university campus under Digital Library Program; a Project of Higher Education Commission, most of these resources are available full text.
There are more than 15,000 (approx) text books in the Book Bank, which are loaned to students for one term on nominal rent. The collection of books is updated continuously and new books are acquired on the recommendations of experienced faculty members, which makes collection most suited and beneficial to graduate and under-graduate students. In addition, latest reference and other books are also acquired every year to keep the users of the library abreast with the latest information on Science & Technology specially engineering and its allied subjects.
In addition to providing the readers with in-house collection, services are also provided for inter-library loan and photocopying of literature including technical articles from other national and international libraries. Literature search services are also provided on request in cooperation with technical information centers within and outside Pakistan. This service is further enhanced by cooperation among Muslim Countries under COMSTECH.
Students and faculty members are also provided with Internet facility in the Library. Students are encouraged to use computer for their project work for which PCs are installed in the Internet section of the library with a network printer and photocopier. The Catalog of books is computerized and accessible through library of congress get way serving one point access interface for books catalog, full-text electronic journals and other electronic resources on the web. Subject bibliographies can be produced on request.
The library is heavily used by the students, faculty members and researchers and is open from 8:00 am to 9:00 p.m. throughout the year with professional staff available at service points to meet needs of the readers. Besides the central Library, individual departments have established their own seminar libraries, which cater to the specific needs of the departments. A union catalogue of books available on Campus is also functional. Sports
The Directorate of Sports is responsible to entertain the students of this University by arranging Indoor and Outdoor sports events i.e. Inter Hostel for hostler students and Inter Department for department competitions.
The University also organizes and participate Interuniversity Sports Events in a large number. Previously lot of the University students has remained Gold, Silver and Bronze Medalist. The University sports teams not only participate in Sindh Universities Sports Gala event but this University has also organized the same event at a high level.
The newly joining students can participate in Inter Department, Inter Hostel and Interuniversity Events particularly in Basketball, Shooting ball, Squash, Table Tennis, Badminton, Athletics, Cricket, Football, Hockey, Tug of War, Handball, Malh, Chess, Tennis etc. In addition coaching camps for the training of students/players are arranged game wise, the selection of the university sports teams is purely consist on merit and performance of the players. The sports Material for playing games on behalf of this university will be provided by the directorate of sports.
This University also provides sports material to all the hostels through the Provost Hostels for daily practice. This university organizes Interuniversity Sports Events between 03-04 universities under its own objectives. Publications
IT Vision, Magazine is the Publication of IT Vision Society Pakistan under the patronage of the Mehran University of Engineering & Technology, Jamshoro, Launched in Feb,2005 by Federal Minister and Chairman Higher Education Commission Islamabad, Prof. Dr. Atta-u-Rehman. This is the First and Only International Serial tri language Magazine in Sindhi, Urdu and English Regarding Computer, Information & Communication Technologies Published by World-Recognized IT-Experts.
The Serial magazine includes Science, Articles, Feature, Stories, Internet, Research Articles, Job Opportunities, Future Planning, Education Abroad, Scholarships, Entertainment, Latest Technologies and Interviews with IT-Experts along with solutions of critical computer problems. In addition Career Management, Personality development and Behavior Management related topics are also covered. Prof. Dr. A.Q.K. Rajput is the Chief Patron , Prof. Dr. A.K. Baloch is the Executive Editor, Prof. Dr. B.S. Chowdhry is the Chief Editor and Mr. Saifullah Hassan is the Editor of the Magazine. Further, Magazine is published world wide and has representatives in every educational institution of the world.
A quarterly research journal is also published based on the scientific research and technical papers having writings of the international scholars.
A quarterly official MUET-Newsletter is also published to represent the University and its activities under the patronage of Dr. A.Q.K. Rajput , Vice-Chancellor, Aslam Uqaili, Registrar of the University, Dr. Taha Ali, Assistant Professor Civil and Mr. Saifullah Hassan, Assistant Controller of Examinations-Computer Cell. Affiliated Colleges/Institutes
Following Colleges/Institutes are affiliated with Mehran University.
Government College of Technology, Hyderabad
The Hyderabad Institute of Arts, Science and Technology, Hyderabad
Mehran College of Science and Technology, Hyderabad
Constituent College
Mehran University College of Engineering & Technology at Khairpur Mirs.
The College is headed by Principal who will work under the administrative control of Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro. The number of students admitted to the First Year classes in all four under-graduate disciplines viz. Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Petroleum & Natural Gas Engineering is 240 (160 under Regular Scheme and 80 under Self Financing Scheme). University Membership & Association
Memberships
Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) U.K- 1998-99.
UNESCO International Centre for Engineering Education (UICEE), Australia-2000.
Federation of the Universities of the Islamic World (FUIW), Rabat, Morocco-1999.
Commonwealth Universities Study Abroad Consortium (CUSAC), U.K2000-2001.
Community of Science (COS) USA-2001.
PANCID, 2001.
Associations
The Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission
Azarbaijanian Industrial Institute of Ministry of Education of Azerbaijanian Republic
IUBAT International University of Business Agricultural and Technology, Bangladesh
National Institute of Public Administration (NIPA) Karachi
University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign
Collorado St. University, at Fort Collins
University of Central Florida, Orlando
University of Leeds, UK
University of Notingham
Montan University, Leoben, Austria
Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan
University of Mauritius, Mauritius
University of Putra, Malaysia
University of Natal, South Africa Famous Alumni
Dr. Shamsuddin M. Qureshi Former vice chancellor; Federal secretary, Ministry of Science and Technology, Pakistan See also
Quaid-e-Awam University of Engineering, Sciences & Technology
Sindh Agriculture University
University of Sindh References
^ “First ever AITAA distinguished alumni award”. Asian Institute of Technology. http://www.misu.ait.ac.th/NewsAndEvents/ReviewArticle.cfm?ReviewCode=199602&ArticleNo=2. Retrieved 2008-05-23. External links
Official site: Mehran University of Engineering and Technology
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