University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore is the oldest institution that started offering engineering education in (the undivided) Pakistan. It began as 'Mughalpura Technical College' in 1921, and started offering various engineering degree programs in affiliation with University of the Punjab, Lahore in 1932. The major development and expansion of this institution took place in 1961 when it was transformed from the status of a college to that of a university and therefore was renamed as 'West Pakistan University of Engineering & Technology'. With the award of university status, it started offering its own degrees for the Bachelors programs already in place. The University began Masters programs in 1970s and later-on Ph.D. programs were also started.
Now UET Lahore ranks as the 54th most prestigious university in Asia and 345th in the world. It has four satellite campuses, seven faculties, thirty-three departments and nine-teen research centers through which it fulfills the educational needs of approximately 10,000 students of which about 700 are foreign students each year. The university has 25 undergraduate and 55 postgraduate programs in the list of programs offered.
Now UET Lahore ranks as the 54th most prestigious university in Asia and 345th in the world. It has four satellite campuses, seven faculties, thirty-three departments and nine-teen research centers through which it fulfills the educational needs of approximately 10,000 students of which about 700 are foreign students each year. The university has 25 undergraduate and 55 postgraduate programs in the list of programs offered.
