Mehran University of Engineering and Technology

The Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro (Sindhi: مهراڻ يونيورسٽي آف انجنيئرڱ اينڊ ٽيڪنالاجي) informally shortened as Mehran University (MUET) is the largest engineering degree-awarding institute in Pakistan. It is in the university town of Jamshoro in the Sindh province, along with the University of Sindh and Liaquat University of Medical & Health Sciences. The university was certified as having ISO 9000 Compliant Business processes. Mehran University has four faculties with 17 disciplines.

MUET_Logo

Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro مهراڻ يونيورسٽي آف انجنيئرڱ اينڊ ٽيڪنالاجي

Motto	Nurturing the Engineering Graduates with Deep Perception and Wide Perspective
Established	1963
Type	Public
Chancellor	Governor of Sindh
Academic staff	300
Students	approx 7000
Undergraduates	5000+
Postgraduates	300+
Doctoral students	25+
Location	Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan
Campus	Jamshoro Sindh
Affiliations	HEC, PEC

History

Sindh University Engineering College was established in 1963 as a constituent college of University of Sindh (then spelt ‘Sind’).

Academics

Undergraduate studies

Mehran University offers courses leading to Bachelors’ degrees in 17 disciplines. There are 15 degrees in Engineering. The remaining two are non-engineering degrees in related fields: i.e. Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch.) and Bachelor of City & Regional Planning (B.CRP). The names of the undergraduate disciplines and institutes under their respective faculty are given below:

Faculty of Architecture & Civil Engineering

• Architecture
• City & Regional Planning
• Civil Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Institute of Irrigation & Drainage

Faculty of Engineering

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

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:

• Mechatronics & Control Engineering
• Industrial Electronics
• Mining Engineering
• Industrial Engineering and Management
• 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
• Material science and 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.

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

Ranking and reputation

MUET ranks as the 5th best engineering degree-awarding institutions in the country ^[1] and attracts foreign students, mostly from South Asian, Middle Eastern and African countries.

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; National Library of Congress, USA; and INSPEC, UK, among other catalogues.

Former vice chancellors

• Muzafar Ali Shah during 1990-94.
• Riaz Ahmed Shaikh 2000-2001
• A.R. Memon 2001-2004
• Prof. Dr. A.Q.K Rajput (S.I) 2011 Jan
• Prof. Dr. A.K Balouch 2011-Feb
• Prof. Dr. A.Q.K Rajput 2011 March onwards

Campus resources

Facilities on campus:

The university’s 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, industry liaison, English language center, a medical centre, mosques, cafeterias, a cricket ground and other indoor and outdoor sports facilities.

Most of the laboratories and workshops of the teaching departments are properly equipped and practical; 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 organized in and outside the university. In some cases, where the training facilities are not available, 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 available for about 1,100 students on the campus which are walking distance from the teaching departments. These hostels are equipped with necessary facilities including bathrooms, reading rooms, game rooms, dining halls, etc.

Hostels

• Foreign Faculty Hostel
• Sachal Sarmast Hostel (Boys)
• Shah Latif Hostel (Boys)
• Pir Hussamuddin Shah Rashdi Hostel (Boys)
• Hyder Bux Jatoi Hostel (Boys)
• Abdul Majid Sheikh Sindhi Hostel (Boys)
• Shaheed Asad Abbassi Hostel(Boys)
• Dr Afghan Q.K Hostel (Teachers and Masters, PGD, PhD Students)
• Elsa Qazi Hostel (Currently termed as Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Hostel) (Girls)

Two hostels are under construction: one for boys and one for girls.

Publications

IT Vision magazine is the publication of IT Vision Society Pakistan under the patronage of the Mehran University of Engineering & Technology, Jamshoro. It was launched in February 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 (Sindhi, Urdu and English) magazine regarding computer, information & communication technologies published by world-recognized IT experts.

IT Vision 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 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. The magazine is published world wide and has representatives in every educational institution of the world.^{[citation needed]}

A quarterly research journal is published based on the scientific research and technical papers having writings of the international scholars.

A quarterly official MUET-Newsletter is published to represent the university and its activities under the patronage of Dr. A.Q.K. Rajput, vice-chancellor, Aslam Uqaili, registrar, Dr. Taha Ali, assistant professor civil and Mr. Saifullah Hassan, assistant controller of examinations-computer cell.

Affiliated colleges/institutes

• 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