NED University of Engineering and Technology

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Nadirshaw Edulji Dinshaw University of Engineering and Technology (NED University) is located in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. NED University of Science & Technology was founded in 1921 as Prince of Wales Engineering College in the honour of visiting Prince of Wales.The foundation of this new college, which is now the oldest & prestegious of the engineering institutes in Pakistan, was laid with the help of donations of many dignatories and philanthropists of Karachi city including substantial financial assistance from heirs of Nadirshaw Edulji Dinshaw on his first death anniversary . The College was renamed as NED Engineering College in 1924 in honour of the philanthropist Nadirshaw Edulji Dinshaw. After Pakistan's independence in 1947, the provincial government of Sindh took over the management of the College and renamed it to NED Government Engineering College, Karachi.

[edit] History

The College was affiliated with the following Universities before it was granted full University status:

• University of Bombay (from inception to 1947)
• University of Sindh (1947 to 1951)
• University of Karachi (1951 to February 1977)

Plans to move the college from the downtown area to a new 400,000 m² (96 acres) site adjoining the University of Karachi were carried out with World Bank assistance in 1975. The college was upgraded to an additional campus of the University of Karachi in 1976, and finally raised to university level on March 1, 1977.

[edit] Engineering Departments

The University currently offers graduate and post-graduate degrees in several engineering disciplines:

• Automotive & Marine Engineering
• Bio-Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Computer and Information Systems Engineering
• Environmental Engineering (Masters Program)
• Electrical Engineering
• Electronic Engineering
• Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering
• Material Engineering
• Metallurgical Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Medical Engineering
• Petroleum Engineering
• Polymer & Petrochemical Engineering
• Telecommunications Engineering
• Textile Engineering
• Urban Engineering

[edit] Non-Engineering Disciplines and Departments

• Computer Science & Information Technology
• Architecture & Planning
• Mathematics and Basic Science
• Humanities and Management for teaching these subjects to all engineering desicplines

[edit] Facilities

The University's other facilities include a central library with more than 95,000 books, a 600-seat auditorium, student hostels, a medical centre, mosque, cafeterias, gymnasium and a cricket/football ground.
Since the begning,the university enjoys the status of a perestigious institution of engineering education in Pakistan. Now thousands of NEDians are working in their respective fields all over Pakistan and abroad.

[edit] See also

• List of Universities in Pakistan

[edit] External links

• NED University of Engineering and Technology - Official website
• - EVO-TECH, related institute
• List of Alumni organizations and groups
• Alumni site
• NED Alumni Discussion Forum
• NED campus map in Karachi