The NED University of Engineering & Technology is a

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located in the urban area of

Karachi Karachi is the capital city of the Administrative units of Pakistan, province of Sindh, Pakistan. It is the List of cities in Pakistan by population, largest city in Pakistan and 12th List of largest cities, largest in the world, with a popul ...

, Sindh,

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. It is one of the oldest engineering universities in Pakistan, acknowledged for its best teaching practices and graduates. Founded as Prince of Wales Engineering College, it was renamed after

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landowner and its benefactor Nadirshaw Edulji Dinshaw. It is a recognised degree awarding university of Pakistan affiliated with the

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, a government-appointed body.

History

Pre-Independence

Founded in 1921, as Prince of Wales Engineering College, to provide training to civil engineers working in building the Sukkur Barrage. In 1924, the college received donation of Rupees 150,000 from the heirs of Nadirshaw Edulji Dinshaw. As a result, the college was renamed to NED Government Engineering College. The NED College first remained associated with the University of Bombay (now known as the

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) for many years during the

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until 1947.

Post-Independence

This university came to its modern form after being established by the

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and was taken over by the

Government of Sindh The Government of Sindh () () is the provincial government of the province of Sindh, Pakistan. Its powers and structure are set out in the provisions of the 1973 Constitution, in which 30 Districts of 7 Divisions under its authority and ju ...

in 1947. As Karachi continued to grow after the independence of Pakistan in 1947, and the old 'City Campus' became too crowded, a new 'Main Campus' was constructed on its present location on University Road, Karachi in 1975. The NED University of Engineering & Technology, was established on 1 March 1977 under an act of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh after upgrading of the former NED Government Engineering College, which was set up in 1921. The NED University is thus one of the oldest institution in Pakistan for teaching and producing Engineering graduates. Prior to this, the D.J.Sindh College, used to run classes to train subordinates for the Sindh PWD, the Municipalities and Local Boards. This university is named after its benefactor Nadirshaw Edulji Dinshaw.

Campuses

The university is spread across four campuses; the main campus (Karachi), the city campus, the LEJ campus, and the Thar campus.

Offered degree programs

NED University offers different

undergraduate Undergraduate education is education conducted after secondary education and before postgraduate education, usually in a college or university. It typically includes all postsecondary programs up to the level of a bachelor's degree. For example, ...

postgraduate Postgraduate education, graduate education, or graduate school consists of academic or professional degrees, certificates, diplomas, or other qualifications usually pursued by post-secondary students who have earned an undergraduate (bachelor' ...

, and

PhD A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, DPhil; or ) is a terminal degree that usually denotes the highest level of academic achievement in a given discipline and is awarded following a course of graduate study and original research. The name of the deg ...

programs. The university offers programmes in

engineering Engineering is the practice of using natural science, mathematics, and the engineering design process to Problem solving#Engineering, solve problems within technology, increase efficiency and productivity, and improve Systems engineering, s ...

science Science is a systematic discipline that builds and organises knowledge in the form of testable hypotheses and predictions about the universe. Modern science is typically divided into twoor threemajor branches: the natural sciences, which stu ...

, and

architecture Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. It is both the process and the product of sketching, conceiving, planning, designing, and construction, constructi ...

for

, and doctoral studies. In every year NED university also offers some courses for external students from Intermediate to onwards to enroll in some specially offered courses. For example, diploma, a Course in programming, or Artificial Intelligence. It is a member of

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Faculty of Civil and Petroleum Engineering (CPE)

The faculty of Civil and Petroleum Engineering comprises following departments. * Department of

Civil Engineering Civil engineering is a regulation and licensure in engineering, professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including public works such as roads ...

* Department of Urban and Infrastructure Engineering * Department of Petroleum Engineering * Department of Earthquake Engineering

Faculty of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering (MME)

The faculty of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering comprises the following departments. * Department of

Mechanical Engineering Mechanical engineering is the study of physical machines and mechanism (engineering), mechanisms that may involve force and movement. It is an engineering branch that combines engineering physics and engineering mathematics, mathematics principl ...

* Department of

Textile Engineering Textile manufacturing or textile engineering is a major industry. It is largely based on the conversion of fibre into yarn, then yarn into fabric. These are then dyed or printed, fabricated into cloth which is then converted into useful good ...

* Department of Industrial and

Manufacturing Engineering Manufacturing engineering or production engineering is a branch of professional engineering that shares many common concepts and ideas with other fields of engineering such as mechanical, chemical, electrical, and industrial engineering. Manufac ...

* Department of Automotive and

Marine Engineering Marine engineering is the engineering of boats, ships, submarines, and any other marine vessel. Here it is also taken to include the engineering of other ocean systems and structures – referred to in certain academic and professional circ ...

Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE)

The faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering comprises the following departments. * Department of

Electrical Engineering Electrical engineering is an engineering discipline concerned with the study, design, and application of equipment, devices, and systems that use electricity, electronics, and electromagnetism. It emerged as an identifiable occupation in the l ...

* Department of

Computer A computer is a machine that can be Computer programming, programmed to automatically Execution (computing), carry out sequences of arithmetic or logical operations (''computation''). Modern digital electronic computers can perform generic set ...

and Information Systems Engineering * Department of

Electronic Engineering Electronic engineering is a sub-discipline of electrical engineering that emerged in the early 20th century and is distinguished by the additional use of active components such as semiconductor devices to amplify and control electric current flo ...

* Department of

Telecommunications Engineering Telecommunications engineering is a subfield of electronics engineering which seeks to design and devise systems of communication at a distance. The work ranges from basic circuit design to strategic mass developments. A telecommunication eng ...

* Department of Bio-Medical Engineering

Faculty of Information Sciences and Humanities (ISH)

The faculty * Department of Telecommunications Engineering of Information Sciences and Humanities comprises the following departments. * Department of

Software Engineering Software engineering is a branch of both computer science and engineering focused on designing, developing, testing, and maintaining Application software, software applications. It involves applying engineering design process, engineering principl ...

* Department of

Computer Science Computer science is the study of computation, information, and automation. Computer science spans Theoretical computer science, theoretical disciplines (such as algorithms, theory of computation, and information theory) to Applied science, ...

Information Technology Information technology (IT) is a set of related fields within information and communications technology (ICT), that encompass computer systems, software, programming languages, data processing, data and information processing, and storage. Inf ...

* Department of

Mathematics Mathematics is a field of study that discovers and organizes methods, Mathematical theory, theories and theorems that are developed and Mathematical proof, proved for the needs of empirical sciences and mathematics itself. There are many ar ...

* Department of

Physics Physics is the scientific study of matter, its Elementary particle, fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. "Physical science is that department of knowledge whi ...

* Department of

Chemistry Chemistry is the scientific study of the properties and behavior of matter. It is a physical science within the natural sciences that studies the chemical elements that make up matter and chemical compound, compounds made of atoms, molecules a ...

* Department of

Humanities Humanities are academic disciplines that study aspects of human society and culture, including Philosophy, certain fundamental questions asked by humans. During the Renaissance, the term "humanities" referred to the study of classical literature a ...

Faculty of Chemical and Process Engineering (CPE)

The faculty of Chemical and Process Engineering comprises the following departments. * Department of

Chemical Engineering Chemical engineering is an engineering field which deals with the study of the operation and design of chemical plants as well as methods of improving production. Chemical engineers develop economical commercial processes to convert raw materials ...

* Department of

Materials Engineering Materials science is an Interdisciplinarity, interdisciplinary field of researching and discovering materials. Materials engineering is an engineering field of finding uses for materials in other fields and industries. The intellectual origi ...

* Department of Metallurgical Engineering * Department of

Polymer A polymer () is a chemical substance, substance or material that consists of very large molecules, or macromolecules, that are constituted by many repeat unit, repeating subunits derived from one or more species of monomers. Due to their br ...

and Petrochemical Engineering * Department of Food Engineering * Department of

Environmental Engineering Environmental engineering is a professional engineering Academic discipline, discipline related to environmental science. It encompasses broad Science, scientific topics like chemistry, biology, ecology, geology, hydraulics, hydrology, microbiolo ...

Faculty of Architecture and Management Sciences (AMS)

The faculty of Architecture and Management Sciences comprises the following departments. * Department of Architecture and Planning * Department of

Economics Economics () is a behavioral science that studies the Production (economics), production, distribution (economics), distribution, and Consumption (economics), consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and interac ...

and Management Sciences

Affiliated Colleges

* Government College of Technology (GCT) * Institute of Industrial Electronics Engg. (IIEE) * Institute of Aviation Technology, PAF * PCSIR Pak Swiss Training Centre (PSTC) * Karachi Tools, Dies & Moulds Centre * Pakistan Marine Academy * (formerly) Usman Institute of Technology * College of Management Sciences

NED Academy

To provide low-cost educational and professional training to existing professionals, NED University established the NED Academy. The academy has two sections: * Centre for Continuing Engineering Education (CCEE), * Centre for Multidisciplinary Postgraduate Programmes (CMPP).

CCEE

CCEE offers courses for

Engineering Engineering is the practice of using natural science, mathematics, and the engineering design process to Problem solving#Engineering, solve problems within technology, increase efficiency and productivity, and improve Systems engineering, s ...

Management Management (or managing) is the administration of organizations, whether businesses, nonprofit organizations, or a Government agency, government bodies through business administration, Nonprofit studies, nonprofit management, or the political s ...

and Conversion Programmes. Short and long-duration courses are offered in these subjects. It s offered so that professionals, teachers, and students attain higher levels of research, information, and experience. It empowers them by boosting their skills, knowledge, and techniques. CCEE offers short courses to bring together new practitioners, and update engineering talent, technology, and opportunities for working engineers to improve the quality experience.

Research

Although the main focus of the university had been on its teaching programmes, the university has started masters by Research and PhD programs. Different research groups and centres are also working in the university. The university publishes three research journals namely NED University Journal of Research, Journal of Social Sciences & Interdisciplinary Research, Journal of Research in Architecture & Planning.

Vice-Chancellors

*Professor Dr Muhammad Tufail (2025 - Present) * Sarosh Hashmat Lodi (2017-2025) * A. M. Akhoond * A. T. Khan * Jameel Ahmed Khan * M. Munir Hasan * A. Q. Qazi * Abul Kalam * M. Afzal Haque

Memberships and Associations

*Asia Pacific Quality Network (APQN) *Talloires Network (New) *International Network for Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education (INQAAHE) *Pakistan Network of Quality Assurance in Higher Education (PNQAHE)

Notable alumni

* Mohammad Zahoor, Ukraine-based, British businessman – founder and owner of the ISTIL Group. (Also called as Steel Man). * Ashraf Habibullah, co-creator of the first computer-based structural-engineering applications and Founder, President, and CEO of the structural-engineering software company Computers and Structures, Inc. * Muhammad Hussain Panhwar: Pakistani scientist in the field of agriculture * Khurram Murad: Pakistani Islamic scholar * Rizwan Ahmed:

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officer, NED University alumni * Moiz Ullah Baig (International

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player – Pakistan Scrabble Champion 2018 & World Junior Scrabble Champion 2018) * Syed Murad Ali Shah: 29th and current

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and a member of the Sindh Assembly. * Elahi Bux Soomro: ex-Speaker of the

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. * Mohammad Aslam Uqaili: Vice-chancellor

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. * Saeed Anwar: international cricketer, former captain of

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. * Ali Haider: musician, singer and actor.

Gallery

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References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ned University of Engineering And Technology Engineering universities and colleges in Pakistan * Public universities and colleges in Sindh Universities and colleges in Karachi

History

Pre-Independence

Post-Independence

Campuses

Offered degree programs

Faculty of Civil and Petroleum Engineering (CPE)

Faculty of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering (MME)

Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE)

Faculty of Information Sciences and Humanities (ISH)

Faculty of Chemical and Process Engineering (CPE)

Faculty of Architecture and Management Sciences (AMS)

Affiliated Colleges

NED Academy

CCEE

Research

Vice-Chancellors

Memberships and Associations

Notable alumni

See also

Gallery

References

External links