Founded in 1 January 1921 in Mughalpura, a suburban area of Lahore, as Mughalpura Technical College, it later became the 'MacLagan Engineering College', a name given to it in 1923 after Sir Edward Douglas MacLagan, the then Governor of Punjab, who laid the foundation stone of the main building, now called the Main Block. In 1929, it was affiliated with the University of Punjab for the award of Bachelor's Degrees in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering. In 1939, the name was again changed to Punjab College of Engineering and Technology, and a Civil Engineering degree was also started in the college. At the time of partition, part of the college relocated to India, called East Punjab College of Engineering.[4] In 1954, a bachelor's degree program in mining engineering was started. In 1962, it was granted charter and was named the West Pakistan University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore.[5] During the 1960s, bachelor's degree programs were started in chemical engineering, petroleum and gas engineering, metallurgical engineering, architecture and city and regional planning. In 1972, it was officially renamed the University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore. By the 1970s, it had established a score of master's degree programs in engineering, architecture, city and regional planning and allied disciplines. Several Ph.D. degree programs were also started. A second campus of the university was established in 1975 in Sahiwal which was relocated to Taxila in 1978 and became an independent university in 1993 called the University of Engineering and Technology, Taxila.[6]
Today, it is widely considered one of the best and most prestigious engineering universities in Pakistan where more than 50,000 students apply for admission every year.[7]
The university, as of 2016,[update] had a faculty of 881 people of which 257 had doctorates. It has a total of 9,385 undergraduate and 1,708 postgraduate students studying.[8] It has a strong collaboration with the University of South Carolina, University of Manchester and the Queen Mary University of London and has conducted research funded by Huawei, Cavium Networks, Microsoft and MontaVista.[9][10] It is one of the highest ranked universities in Pakistan with domestic rankings placing it as the third best engineering school in Pakistan while QS World University Ranking put it as 279th in world in the category of Engineeing & Technology in the year 2023. It is also ranked 51-100 in the category of Petroleum Engineering, 251-300 in Electrical & Electronics Engineering, 251-300 in Mechanical Engineering, 301-350 in Chemical Engineering and 401-450 in Computer Science & Information Systems in the world by the same publication in 2023.[2][1] Meanwhile, in Asia the university ranking is currently ranked at No. 165th.[11] As of 2023,[update] Computer Science is the highest-merit and most sought after discipline at UET Lahore (at Undergraduate Level).
Aerial Panorama of UET Lahore and its surrounding
The government of Punjab commemorated the 100th anniversary of UET by issuing a Commemorative coin and a Postage stamp in January 2022.[12]
Location
Khayaban e Fazal, the newly constructed entrance of UET Lahore
The faculty consists of 741 people including 14 international faculty members; around 122 have doctoral degrees.[32] Its faculty holds one Tamgha-e-Imtiaz, one Sitara-i-Imtiaz, one Izaz-e-Kamal Presidential Award and nine HEC Best Teacher Awards.
The university has established a Directorate of Research, Extension and Advisory Services which strives for the promotion and organization of research activities. The Al-Khwarizmi Institute of Computer Sciences is a notable name in Pakistan's research activity in computer sciences.
Seats Distribution
Following is the number of seats for Main Campus (A1 Category):
Main Campus - Lahore
A1 (Open Merit - Punjab) Subsidized
A2 (Open Merit) Partially Subsidized
Total
Department
No. of Seats
No. of Seats
No. of Seats
Computer Science
159
44
203
BBA
150
-
150
BBIT
100
-
100
Civil Engineering
86
41
127
Electrical Engineering
84
49
133
Mechanical Engineering
84
49
133
Mechatronics & Control Engineering
58
19
77
Chemical Engineering
49
17
66
Mathematics
40
5
Environmental Engineering
36
12
48
Product & Industrial Design
34
16
50
Computer Engineering
33
12
45
Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering
33
11
44
Geological Engineering
33
9
42
Mining Engineering
30
6
36
Polymer Engineering
30
7
37
Metallurgical & Materials Engineering
29
10
39
Automotive Engineering
26
24
50
Environmental Science
23
2
25
Transportation Engineering
23
14
37
Architectural Engineering
23
14
37
City & Regional Planning
23
10
33
Architecture
21
14
35
Physics
21
2
23
Chemistry
21
2
23
Petroleum & Gas Engineering
18
11
29
Total
1267
400
1667
Co-curricular, extracurricular activities and student societies
The university has a sports complex, consisting of a swimming pool, tennis court, table tennis court, squash court and a cricket stadium used for athletics. The university has several football grounds. Apart from sports-related facilities, there are societies to promote co-curricular activities and seminars.[33] These include:
The National Library of Engineering Science, inaugurated by Faisal bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud, is the central library of the university with a seating capacity for 400 readers and more than 125,000 volumes of books, 22,000 volumes of bound serials and 600 issues of scientific and technical serials on diverse fields.[37] The Library has the honor of having recently been chosen by the Higher Education Commission to serve as the primary resource center for engineering and technical education. It is a three-story building in front of Allah Hu Chowk.
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