Mehran University of Engineering & Technology

Mehran University of Engineering & Technology (Sindhi: انجنيئرڱ ۽ ٽيڪنيڀياس جي جامعہ مهراڻ‎) (Often referred as Mehran University or MUET) is a public research university located in Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan focused on STEM education.[1]

Mehran University of Engineering & Technology
مھراڻ يونيورسٽي آف انجنيئرنگ اينڊ ٽيڪنالاجي
Former names
Sindh University Engineering College
Motto in English
Nurturing the Engineering Graduates with enhanced Perception and Wide Perspective
TypePublic Sector University
Established1973 (1973)
Budget2,269.505 million PKR
ChancellorChief Minister of Sindh
Vice-ChancellorProf. Dr. Mohammad Aslam Uqaili
Students7,500+
Undergraduates6,500+
Postgraduates1,000+
70+
Location
Jamshoro
,
Sindh
,
76062
,
Pakistan

25.408098°N 68.260267°E / 25.408098; 68.260267
CampusUrban
LanguageEnglish
ColoursBaby blue, Steel blue, White
            
NicknameMUET
AffiliationsHEC, PEC, PCATP
SportsCricket, Football, Volleyball
MascotMehranian
Websitemuet.edu.pk
MUET Admin Building

Established in July 1976, as a campus of the University of Sindh, and a year later was chartered as an independent university.[2] The academician S.M. Qureshi was appointed as the founding Vice Chancellor of the University. It was ranked 6th in engineering category of Higher Education Institutions in the "5th Ranking of Pakistani Higher Education Institutions" in 2016.[3][4]

History
MUET Auditorium

Established in 1963 in direct response to industrialization as Sind University Engineering College, it was affiliated with the University of Sindh (est. 1951) at Jamshoro until 1973, Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan Afghan was one of the founding principal of the college, later with his efforts college was granted the charter of "Engineering University" under the title of "Mehran University of Engineering & Technology".[5] The first batch of MUET was inducted in January 1974 with the enrollment of 450 students in civil, mechanical, electrical, electronics, metallurgy, chemical, and industrial engineering. Initially, the classes were started at Government College of Technology, Sakrand Road, Nawabshah, with students residing in college hostels (some classrooms were converted into residential dormitory). Some students acquired private houses in the Society area in Nawabshah, where they lived for two years until newly constructed hostel blocks were made available adjacent to the college campus. With the induction of the third batch in 1976, the students of the first batch were shifted to Jamshoro to complete their third year and final year of engineering education. This was predominately due to the availability of well-equipped laboratories and highly qualified faculty at MUET Jamshoro campus, and also due to the shortage of space for classrooms and labs at Nawabshah since the number of students had risen to 1500 when the third batch was admitted. The same practice continued for other junior batches who passed their second year of engineering at MUET, Nawabshah, were transferred to MUET Campus at Jamshoro to resume the fifth semester (third year).

Academic Profile

Undergraduate studies

The university offers undergraduate, post-graduate, and doctoral studies in engineering, business and industrial management, humanities, philosophy, and fine arts.[6]

Faculty of Engineering

Dean: Prof Khanji Harijan is the current Dean of this faculty

  • Chemical Engineering
  • Industrial Engineering & Management
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Mechatronics Engineering
  • Metallurgy & Materials Engineering
  • Mining Engineering
  • Petroleum Engineering|Petroleum & Natural Gas Engineering
  • Textile Engineering

Faculty of Electrical, Electronics and Computer System Engineering (FEECE)

Dean: Prof Mukhtiar Ali Unar is Dean of this Faculty.

  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Computer Systems Engineering
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Electronic Engineering
  • Institute of Information & Communication Technologies
  • Software Engineering
  • Telecommunication Engineering

Faculty of Architecture & Civil Engineering

Dean: Prof Khan Muhammad Brohi is Dean of this Faculty

  • Architecture
  • City & Regional Planning
  • Civil Engineering
  • Institute of Environmental Engineering & Management
  • Institute of Water Resources Engineering & Management

Faculty of Basic Sciences

Dean: Prof Abdul Sami Qureshi is Dean of this Faculty

  • Basic Sciences & Related Studies
  • English Language Development Center
  • Mehran University Institute of Science, Technology & Development

Graduate studies

The postgraduate courses were started in 1978 leading to the M.E. degree, initially, in three branches. At present, courses are offered in the specialized fields of:

  • Energy & Environmental Engineering
  • Mechatronics
  • Industrial Electronics
  • Mining Engineering
  • Industrial Engineering and Management
  • Communication Systems and Networks
  • Electronics System Engineering
  • Telemedicine and eHealth System
  • Information Technology
  • Computer Science And 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
  • Geotechnical Engineering
  • Material science and Engineering
  • Energy Systems Engineering

Some courses are offered full-time during the day while others are part-time, conducted during the evenings. Sometimes, a course may be dropped in a given year because of an inadequate 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.

Institutes

The following institutes offer postgraduate studies and research programs.

  • Institute of Environmental Engineering and Management
  • Institute of Petroleum & Natural Gas Engineering
  • Institute of Information & Communication Technologies
  • Mehran University Institute of Science & Technology Development

Directorates
  • Office of Research, Innovation & Commercialization (ORIC)
  • Directorate of English Language Development Center
  • Directorate of Postgraduate Studies
  • Directorate of Information & Communication Processing Center
  • Directorate of Management Information Systems (MIS)
  • Directorate of Planning & Development
  • Directorate of Sports
  • Directorate of Finance
  • Innovation & Entrepreneurship Center
  • Coal Research & Resource Center

Centers
Center for Advanced Studies in Water. Under Construction Picture. It has now completed.

USPCASW – U.S.-Pakistan Center for Advanced Studies in Water

The USPCASW – U.S.-Pakistan Center for Advanced Studies in Water, has recently been established at the Mehran University of Engineering and Technology (MUET) Jamshoro, with the financial support of United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Pakistan under the Cooperative Agreement signed with USAID on December 12, 2014, for five years. The University of Utah (UU), USA is providing technical assistance to MUET for advancing the development and growth of USPCAS-W. The tangible deliverables of the Center include postgraduate degree programs, applied policy research, facilitation of public-private partnerships, and provision of policy advice in a range of water-related disciplines. The main purpose of the applied research component is to deliver relevant and innovative research to meet the needs of industry, civil society, and government.

Centre of Excellence in Art & Design (CEAD)

This center was initially established as the Federal College of Art and Design (FCAD), and it was handed over to the University of Sindh with the status of an affiliated college. The first batch was admitted to the college in 1999. With the passage of time, the Federal College of Art and Design (FCAD) was converted into the Centre of Excellence in Art & Design (CEAD) vide Notification No. F. 5-7 /2002-NI—1(.) Dated 19-08-2004, by the Ministry of Education, Government of Pakistan Islamabad, and the project was handed over to the Mehran University of Engineering and Technology Jamshoro as its academic part. Following the 18th amendment, vide Notification, No. 4-5/2011-Min.I, dated 5 April 2011, the functions of the Centre of Excellence in art and design retained at the Ministry of Education, Islamabad has also been transferred to the Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro. The changing structure of the CEAD allowed the proper focus to Fine Art, Design and Architecture, education with emphasis to initiate postgraduate studies & research programs leading to the Ph.D. degree.

Innovation & Entreprunership Center

IEC is established to nurture the innovation and entrepreneurship spirit of students. Programs of IEC are designed to appeal to everyone from students, staff, industry, who are just trying to obtain a primer on entrepreneurship, to serial entrepreneurs.

Research

Mehran University has published the quarterly Mehran University Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (MURJ) since January 1982; the journal is being abstracted at Pakistan Scientific Research Information Center (PASTIC), Islamabad; National Transportation Research Board, USA; American Concrete Institute, USA; HRIS, USA; NTIS, USA; and INSPEC, UK.

Societies and clubs
MUET provides Student Teachers Center which has a food mess and other student-related offices and hostel provost offices
  • IEEE MUET Student Branch
  • IEEE EMBS, MUET Chapter
  • IEEE RAS, MUET Chapter
  • IEEE WIE, MUET Chapter
  • IEEE IES, MUET Chapter
  • Mehranian Materials Advantage Chapter (MMAC)
  • Society for Women Engineers, MUET Chapter (SWE)
  • Society of Petroleum Engineers, MUET Chapter (SPE)
  • American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AICHE) MUET Chapter
  • American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
  • Mehran University of Engineering and Technology Model United Nation (MUETMUN)
  • Innovation & Entrepreneurship Society (IES)
  • Mehran University Debating and Dramatic Society (MUDDS)
  • Mehran University Alumni Association (MUAA)
  • Mehran University Civil Engineering Society (MUCES)
  • Environmental Engineering Student's Organization(EESO-MUET)
  • Mehran Arts And Literature Society (MALS)

Rankings
  • According to latest QS World University Rankings 2020 MUET ranks among top 351-400 universities of the Aisa.[7]
  • MUET is ranked among the top ten institutions of higher learning in Pakistan by the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan (HEC). According to latest rankings of HEC, MUET ranks 1st in Sindh and 8th in Pakistan, in engineering category.[8]
  • MUET also ranks as 2nd best public sector university of Pakistan.[9]
  • MUET placed 271st worldwide and second in Pakistan out of 780 institutions in the Universitas Indonesia (UI) GreenMetric World University Ranking for 2019 [10]
  • In 2010's QS World University Rankings, MUET ranked among the top 400 universities of the world. .[11]

Affiliated Campuses and Colleges

MUET SZAB Campus, Khairpur Mir's

Mehran University of Engineering and Technology SZAB Campus is the rural campus of the Mehran University of Engineering and Technology located in Khairpur Mir's. This campus was initially established as constituent College of Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro named as Mehran University College of Engineering & Technology at Khairpur Mirs. In 2009, the Government of Sindh vides its Notification No. SO(C-IV) SGA&CD/4-29/09 dated 2 April 2009 constituted a High Power Board of Directors, established a constituent, and upgraded it from college to campus and renamed as Mehran University of Engineering and Technology Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Campus. The campus is offering education in various undergraduate and post-graduate disciplines. Being a campus of Mehran University of Engineering & Technology, the campus has the same teachings system, courses of studies, rules, and procedures for admissions and examination systems as the Mehran University of Engineering and Technology contains. The campus is headed by Pro-VC who will work under the administrative control of Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro.[12]

MUET Jacobabad Campus

MUET has decided to establish a sub-campus at Jacobabad to cater the needs of engineering students of the northern Sindh. Groundbreaking ceremony of sub-campus of MUET at Jacobabad was performed by Prof. Dr. Mohammad Aslam Uqaili, Vice-chancellor MUET in February 2018. Regular classes in this sub-campus are expected to start from 2019.[13][14][15]

Government College of Technology, Hyderabad

Government College of Technology, Hyderabad is affiliated with MUET which offers courses in B.Tech.(Pass) and B.Tech.(Hons.) in Civil, Electrical, and Mechanical Technologies. MUET conducts the examinations of this college and awards degrees.

The Hyderabad Institute of Arts, Science, and Technology, Hyderabad

The Hyderabad Institute of Arts, Science, and Technology, Hyderabad offers courses in BS (Information Technology) and MS (Business Information Technology). The Pre-admission Test of the candidates is conducted by the agency prescribed by Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro. Mehran University conducts the examinations and awards the degrees to students of this institute.

Mehran College of Science and Technology, Hyderabad

Mehran College of Science and Technology, Hyderabad offers courses in B.Tech.(Pass) and B.Tech.(Hons.) in Civil, Electrical, and Mechanical Technologies. Mehran University conducts the examinations of this college and awards degrees.[16]

Membership and 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.
  • Community of Science (COS) USA, 2001.
  • Commonwealth Universities Study Abroad Consortium (CUSAC), U.K., 2000–2001.
  • Pakistan National Committee on Irrigation and Drainage (PANCID), 2001.

Associations
  • The Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission
  • Azerbaijanian 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
  • Colorado St. University, at Fort Collins
  • University of Central Florida, Orlando
  • University of Leeds, UK
  • University of Nottingham
  • Mountain University, Leoben, Austria
  • Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan
  • University of Mauritius, Mauritius
  • University of Putra, Malaysia
  • University of Natal, South Africa

MoUs

ISO Certification

MUET is certified as having ISO 9000 compliant business processes since 2003.[17] The university is also a member of Association of Commonwealth Universities of the United Kingdom.[18] On April 28, an independent audit by a team of International Organization for Standardization 9001:2008 found glaring omissions in the MUET examination controller's department. These include lack of clarity of the authorities’ matrix as to who is authorized for what; lack of secrecy in department's security where the doors were found open; manual, handwritten ledgers that have yet to be computerized and untrained coordinators for ISO.[19]

Notable Alumni
  • Prof. Dr. Bhawani Shankar Chowdhry is Professor Emeritus, Distinguished National Professor and former and DEAN FEECE MUET.
  • Prof Mukhtiar Ali Unar is a Meritorious Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Electrical, Electronic, and Computer Engineering
  • Mr. Ayaz Latif Palijo is a politician, lawyer, activist, writer, and teacher. Palijo is the president of Qomi Awami Tahreek and central convener and founder of the Sindh Progressive Anti-Nationalist Alliance.
  • Dr. Rudra Pandey is a Nepali entrepreneur, currently serving as Executive Chairman of Deerwalk Inc.
  • Mr. Pesu Mal is a Pakistani politician who has been a Member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh, since June 2013.
  • Mr. Shahid Abdul Salam Thahim is a Pakistani politician who has been a Member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh, since May 2013.
  • Mr. Awais Qadir Shah is a Pakistani politician who has been a Member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh, since May 2013.
  • Mr. Sharjeel Memon is a Pakistani politician who has been a Member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh since June 2008.
  • Danish Nawaz sitcom actor.

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  3. "HEC announces university rankings - The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 2016-02-23.
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  5. "SIND ACT NO.IV OF 1977. THE MEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY ACT, 1977" (PDF). Sindh Laws.
  6. Mehran University Press. "A Brief History". Mehran University Press. Mehran University Press. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
  7. "QS Asia University Rankings 2020".
  8. Govt. Pakistan. "HEC Ranking".
  9. "Vice Chancellor's Message | Mehran University". www.muet.edu.pk.
  10. "Overall Ranking 2019".
  11. "Advances in engineering education in Pakistan — I". The Express Tribune. May 17, 2011.
  12. "MUET, Shaheed Z.A Bhutto Campus Khairpur Mir's". muetkhp.edu.pk.
  13. "MUET sets up sub-campus at Jacobabad | Pakistan Press International".
  14. "16 varsities, sub-campuses planned | ePaper | DAWN.COM". epaper.dawn.com.
  15. Correspondent, The Newspaper's Staff (January 27, 2017). "Over 700 get degrees at 20th MUET convocation". DAWN.COM.
  16. "Affiliated Colleges & Institutes | Mehran University". www.muet.edu.pk.
  17. "ISO 9000:2008". Archived from the original on 26 September 2013. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
  18. ACU members. "ACU members". ACU members. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
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