NWFP University of Engineering and Technology Peshawar, generally known as UET Peshawar. It is a public type university that allows co-education and it is located in the capital of province NWFP, Peshawar. This university is well recognized for engineering education all over Pakistan. Initially, an engineering college was founded in the year 1952 and later this college was granted the university status in the year 1980 and it was renamed as NWFP Engineering and Technology University, Peshawar. There are four campuses of UET Peshawar, main campus is located in the off university road in university campus area while three more campuses started working, one in Abbottabad, others are in Bannu and Mardan. All administrative and operative activities are being done in the main campus of Peshawar. Abbottabad campus is the pioneer campus among all campuses because it has introduced electronic engineering in UET history. In abbottabad campus only two degree programs are being offered in only two fields of engineering these are,
Architecture, City and Regional Planning
Electronic Engineering
Likewise Bannu campus is offering degree courses for Electrical and Civil engineering. Mrdan camous is offering degree courses for Telecommunication and Software engineering.
Departments of UET Peshawar:
Department of Agricultural Engineering
Department of Civil Engineering
Department of Computer System Engineering
Department of Chemical Engineering
Department of Electrical Engineering
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Department of Mining Engineering
Department of Computer Sciences & Information Technology
Department of Basic Sciences & Islamiat
Department of Mechatronics
Initially university examination system was based on annual examination system but later in the year 2004 it was changed by the high authorities of university and since then semester system is used. UET Peshawar introduced a performance based pay system at university in the year 2006, which is called as Tenure Track system. UET Peshawar collaborates with the national and international educational institutes for research, student and faculty training and it also exchange programs with these universities. The collaborated universities are:
Asian Institute of Technology (Thailand)
Strathclyde University (UK)
McGill University (Canada)
George Washington University (USA), University of Petronas (Malaysia)
University of Liverpool (UK)
University of Maryland, College Park (USA)
UET Peshawar has great research facilities that are equal to any international university and these facilities are provided to the upcoming engineers of Pakistan to make them best in their respected fields, currently following research facilities are provided in these areas of technology and engineering:
Mechanical Design
Processing of Low Grade Industrial Minerals and Metallic Ores
Environmental Management
Design of Earthquake Resisting Structures
Mining Techniques
Water Resources Management
Application of Computers in Engineering
UET Peshawar is ranked among top universities of Pakistan in the HEC ranking and every year HEC grants scholarships in different fields of engineering for highlight, remarkable students and also for needy student as student aid.
