Chancellor :   The Governor of Punjab.

   Vice Chancellor :  Lt.Gen.(Rtd) Muhammad Akram Khan

      Pro Vice Chancellor :  Prof. Dr. Shaheen Akhtar.

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The University of Engineering & Technology, Lahore, is one of the few pre-partition Institutions in Pakistan which offers Graduate and post graduate degrees in the largest number of Technologies in Pakistan.

HISTORY:-

                                  Omar Hall, one of the Hostels of the Mughalpura College era.

It started its career in 1921 as the Mughalpura Technical College, deriving its name from the famous suburb of the old city of Lahore, richly dotted with architectural heritage of the great Mughals including the magnificent Shalimar Gardens.

MACLAGAN ENGINEERING COLLEGE:-

                          The University main block inaugurated by Sir Edward Maclagan.

Its more familiar name of the pre-University era, the Maclagan Engineering College, was given to it in 1923 when Sir Edward Maclagan , the then Governor of the punjab, laid the foundation stone of the building, now called the main block. At that stage the institution offered courses of study in two disciplines , namely, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering.

AFFILIATION WITH PUNJAB UNIVERSITY:-

The Year 1932 is a major milestone in the evolution of this institution when it was affiliated with the University of the Punjab for award of a Bachelor's Degree in Engineering. In 1947, at the time of independence of Pakistan, it has a well established B.Sc. Degree courses in Civil, Electrical & Mechanical Engineering, and the quality of its scholastic standards won it a place of prestige throughout the British India.

TURNING INTO U.E.T.:-

In 1954 it started the first ever Mining Engineering course in Pakistan . Its massive expansion and development commenced in 1961 on its transformation into a University. In sixties according to the needs and requirements of the country, Bachelors degree courses were started in Chemical, Petroleum & Gas, Metallurgical Engineering, Architecture & City and Regional Planning. By 1970's it had established over a score of Master's Degree courses and Ph.D. Degree programmes

BIRTH OF UET, TAXILA & UET, PESHAWAR:-

Due to the increasing number of students in 1970's Engineering College Taxila and Peshawar were formed to accommodate them. Later they were given status of Universities, thus establishing a total of three Engineering Universities , with UET ,Lahore as the parent University.

FACULTY & STUDENTS:-

In 1961 the University had 36 teachers out of whom only 4 had doctoral degrees. Now it has over 300 teachers out of whom more than 100 have doctoral degrees from some of the most reputable Universities of the world.

Since the inception of the University, there has been a massive rise in students enrollment. From  a total enrollment  of 447 in 1961, the figure has now gone up to about 5500.

FOREIGN STUDENTS:-

The Number of Foreign students coming from countries like Iran, Jordan, Kuwait, Kenya, Nepal, Saudi Arabia, Fiji Islands, Srilanka, Bangladesh etc.... is about 225 which gives the University Campus a cosmopolitan character.

AFFILIATIONS WITH UET:-

In addition to managing  its own campus, the University controls the academic programmes and examinations of a number of Technical Colleges & Institutions which are affiliated to it for award of degrees.

SUPPORTING TEACHING DEPARTMENTS:-

Apart from the Engineering Technologies , their are other departments which play a vital role in the Every day University academic life, these departments are as follows:-

1. Department of Physics:-

This department offers B.Sc. & M.Sc. Degrees in Applied Physics.

2. Department of Chemistry:-

                                                                       Chemistry Department.

This Department also offers Bachelors and Masters degrees in Applied Chemistry.

3. Department of Mathematics:-

This Department  offers M.Phil Degree in the Applied Mathematics.

4. Department of Humanities & Social Sciences:-

This Department is basically offers courses to foreign and non-muslim students.

5. Department of Islamic Studies:-

                                     Islamic Studies Department.

This Department manages the Lectures  for the Compulsory subjects of Islamic studies and Pakistan Studies.... through out the Engineering Course..

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