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National University of Sciences And Technology (nust), Islamabad, Pakistan

350 -   Arts & Humanities260  Natural Sciences
285  Engineering & IT-  Social Sciences
World Rankings293  Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Source: Times Higher Education - QS World University Rankings Copyright © 2009 QS Intelligence Unit
376= -   Arts & Humanities-  Natural Sciences
-  Engineering & IT-  Social Sciences
World Rankings292  Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Source: Times Higher Education - QS World University Rankings Copyright © 2009 QS Intelligence Unit
470= 463  Arts & Humanities394  Natural Sciences
355  Engineering & IT445  Social Sciences
World Rankings387  Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Source: Times Higher Education - QS World University Rankings Copyright © 2009 QS Intelligence Unit
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Source: Times Higher Education - QS World University Rankings Copyright © 2009 QS Intelligence Unit

NUST is one of the new generation of Pakistani Universities with a progressive and innovative outlook. The University is envisaged to grow as a modern centre of excellence for research and development in the fields of sciences and technology. The essence underlying the foundation of NUST revolves around spectral combination of engineering, information technology (IT), medical and management sciences with higher academic quality and spirit of excellence epitomizing its cherished objectives. NUST is committed to the provision of intellectual leadership and development of indigenous technology in the country and to emerge as a beacon of light for the country's scientific and technological progress and needs.

Faculty

Number of Faculty Staff Headcount: 817 FTE: 762

Total number of academic faculty staff who are responsible for planning, directing and undertaking teaching only, research only or both teaching and research. Please include: vice-chancellors, deputy vice-chancellors, principals, professors, heads of school, associate professors, principal lecturers, tutors or postdoctoral researchers. Please exclude research assistants*, PhD students who contribute to teaching, hospital residents and exchange scholars or visiting faculty staff who are members of another university. * The important distinction for us is that staff counted as 'research only' should be academically involved in that research and should be likely to publish research outputs. A research assistant, in our understanding, is any individual who is not doing own research and is therefore not likely to publish own research outputs. Said individual is (only) involved in research in terms of operation execution , such as lab technician or equipment operator.

Number of International Faculty Staff Headcount: 16 FTE: 16

Number of academic faculty staff who are of foreign nationality. The term 'international' is hereby determined by citizenship. For EU countries, this includes all foreign nationals, even if from another EU state. In Hong Kong, this includes professors from Mainland China. Inclusion and exclusion mirrors those for academic faculty staff. In case of dual citizenship, the 'deciding' criteria should be 'citizenship obtained through birth', basically first passport obtained.
Number of Inbound Visiting Faculty Staff Headcount: 9 FTE: 3

Number of academic faculty staff contributing to teaching or research at your university in the last 12 months who are visiting from an overseas institution for a minimum period of at least 3 months.
Number of Outbound Visiting Faculty Staff Headcount: 11 FTE: 4

Number of academic faculty staff employed by your institution contributing to teaching or research at an overseas institution in the last 12 months for a minimum period of at least 3 months.
Number of Staff with PhD Headcount: 253 FTE: 240

Number of academic faculty staff employed by your institution that have studied a PhD

Undergraduate Information

Number of Undergraduate Students Headcount: 5,200 FTE: 5,200

Number of students pursuing a Bachelor’s level or equivalent degree. This excludes certificates/diplomas and associate’s degrees.

Number of International Undergraduate Students Headcount: 119 FTE: 119

Number of undergraduate students who are foreign nationals. The term 'international' is hereby determined by citizenship. For EU countries, this includes all foreign nationals, even nationals of other EU states. In Hong Kong, this includes students from Mainland China. In case of dual citizenship, the 'deciding' criteria should be 'citizenship obtained through birth', basically first passport obtained. Please exclude all exchange students. As for language students, if the language students take up a particular language course that is outlined as 'undergraduate degree program' they should be included under 'international undergraduate students' . Language students who take part in a course not contributing to a degree qualification should be counted under 'Total International Students'.

Number of Inbound Exchange Undergraduate Students Headcount: 1 FTE: 1

Number of undergraduate students attending your university on international exchange programs for at least 1 semester in the last 12 months.
Number of Outbound Exchange Undergraduate Students Headcount: 18 FTE: 18

Number of undergraduate students registered at your institution who have attended another institution abroad for at least 1 semester on an exchange program in the last 12 months.
Average International Undergraduate Fees $ USD 8,513

Average tuition fees per academic year (two semesters) that an international student would be expected to pay for an undergraduate program, with ‘program’ referring to the complete range of courses contributing to a degree. FAQ: How do I calculate average fees?

Average Domestic Undergraduate Fees $ USD 938

Average tuition fees per academic year (two semesters) that a domestic student would be expected to pay for an undergraduate program, with ‘program’ referring to the complete range of courses contributing to a degree. FAQ: How do I calculate average fees?

Average Undergraduate Class Size Headcount: 33

The average size of class across all undergraduate programs. The term ‘class’ refers to an unit of instruction or taught session in which a teacher has pre-defined material to cover. It does exclude tutorial seminars.
Number of first year Undergraduate students Headcount: 1,545 FTE: 1,545

Number of students pursuing a Bachelor's level or equivalent degree in their first year of study. This excludes certificates/diplomas and associate's degrees.

Graduate / Postgraduate Information

Number of Graduate / Postgraduate Students Headcount: 873 FTE: 873

Students pursuing a higher-level degree (Master and Doctorate), including both taught and research postgraduates (e.g. PhD students)
Number of International Graduate/Postgraduate Students Headcount: 8 FTE: 8

Number of graduate / postgraduate students who are foreign nationals. The term 'international' is hereby determined by citizenship. For EU countries, this includes all foreign nationals, even nationals of other EU states. In Hong Kong, this includes students from Mainland China. In case of dual citizenship, the 'deciding' criteria should be 'citizenship obtained through birth', basically first passport obtained. Please exclude all exchange students. As for language students, if they take up a particular language course that is outlined as 'postgraduate degree program', they should be included under 'international postgraduate students'. Language students who take part in a course not contributing to a degree qualification should be counted under 'Total International Students'.

Number of Inbound Exchange Graduate/Postgraduate Students Headcount: 2 FTE: 2

Number of graduate / postgraduate students attending your university on international exchange programs for at least 1 semester in the last 12 months.
Number of Outbound Exchange Graduate/Postgraduate Students Headcount: 23 FTE: 23

Number of postgraduate students registered at your institution who have attended another institution on an exchange program for at least 1 semester in the last 12 months.
Average International Graduate / Postgraduate Fees $ USD 7,000

Average tuition fees per academic year (two semesters) that an international student would be expected to pay for a graduate / postgraduate program, with ‘program’ referring to the complete range of courses contributing to a degree. FAQ: How do I calculate average fees?

Average Domestic Graduate / Postgraduate Fees $ USD 903

Average tuition fees per academic year (two semesters) that a domestic student would be expected to pay for a graduate / postgraduate program, with ‘program’ referring to the complete range of courses contributing to a degree. FAQ: How do I calculate average fees?

Average Taught Graduate / Postgraduate Class Size Headcount: 15

The average size of class across all taught graduate / postgraduate programs. The term ‘class’ refers to an unit of instruction or taught session in which a teacher has pre-defined material to cover. It does exclude tutorial seminars.
Number of first year Postgraduate students Headcount: 363 FTE: 363

Number of students pursuing a Master's level or equivalent degree in their first year of study, including both taught and research postgraduates.

Students

Total Students Headcount: 6,073 FTE: 6,073

Total number of students.
Total International Students Headcount: 127 FTE: 127

Number of students who are foreign nationals. The term 'international' is hereby determined by citizenship. For EU countries, this includes all foreign nationals, even nationals of other EU states. In Hong Kong, this includes students from Mainland China. In case of dual citizenship, the 'deciding' criteria should be 'citizenship obtained through birth', basically first passport obtained.
Total Outbound Exchange Students Headcount: 41 FTE: 41

Total number of students registered at your institution who have attended another institution on an exchange program for at least 1 semester in the last 12 months.
Total Inbound Exchange Students Headcount: 3 FTE: 3

Total number of students attending your university on international exchange programs for at least 1 semester in the last 12 months.
Average International Student Fees $ USD 8,760

Average tuition fees per year that an international student would be expected to pay for any course
Average Domestic Student Fees $ USD 933

Average tuition fees per academic year (two semesters) that a domestic student would be expected to pay for any program, with ‘program’ referring to the complete range of courses contributing to a degree. FAQ: How do I calculate average fees?

Average Class Size Headcount: 24

The average size of class across all programs. The term ‘class’ refers to an unit of instruction or taught session in which a teacher has pre-defined material to cover. It does exclude tutorial seminars.
Number of Male Students Headcount: 4,722 FTE: 4,722

Number of students who are male out of the total number of students studying at your university
Number of Female Students Headcount: 1,351 FTE: 1,351

Number of students who are female out of the total number of students studying at your university

Graduate Output

Proportion of Graduates Pursuing Further Study Headcount: 19 %

Proportion of graduates from undergraduate programs pursuing further study at your own institution or any other within 6 months after graduation.

Proportion of Graduates Employed Headcount: 100 %

Proportion of graduates (excluding those opting to pursue further study) in permanent employment within 6 months of graduation
Number of PhDs Awarded Headcount: 8

Total number of PhDs awarded in the last 12 months

Entry Requirements

Avg Entry Requirements Headcount: 3

Please express the average academic achievement entry requirements for your institution. Please convert your domestic requirements to the US Grade Point Average system. The five-point numerical scale is typically correlated with the A-F/A-E quality index. (A=4.0, B=3.0, C=2.0, D=1.0, E or F = 0.0) In our context, a value of 0 will imply to us that your institution has an "open access" admissions policy and will in no way count against your institution in any future table built upon this data. You can use World Education Services (WES) Toolkit as guidline: http://www.wes.org/gradeconversionguide/index.asp (copy and paste)

Applications

Total Number of Applications Headcount: 29,074

Total number of applications your institution received in the last 12 months for all undergraduate and postgraduate courses

Careers Support

Number of Full-Time Careers Advisors Headcount: 13 FTE: 13

Total number of staff employed by your institution on a full-time basis who are exclusively responsible for career support for your students (undergraduate and/or postgraduate)

Student Satisfaction

Overall Student Satisfaction Rate Headcount: 87 %

Percentage of all first year undergraduate students who are satisfied with the overall quality of their course
Teaching Student Satisfaction Rate Headcount: 88 %

Percentage of all first year undergraduate students who are satisfied with the overall teaching on their course

Internationalisation

Number of University Collaborations or Partnership Agreements Headcount: 42

Number of universities your institution has collaborations or partnership agreements with. These partnership agreements may include student and teaching exchanges, as well as collaborative research projects, exchange of academic materials and other information, and jointly offered executive development programmes. This includes collaborations at either a university or faculty level. Please also state the names of these institutions in the Submission Notes box. Click here to see a list of universities in top 500 over last 3 years
Main claims to international academic or non-academic excellence

NUST is first and only university in Pakistan to be ranked amongst top 400 universities of the world (at 376). NUST has been an active player in the field of assuring and enhancing the quality of education, since its inception. In order to share the experience and the activities of renowned and reliable Quality Networks / Associations, NUST has got the membership of:

1.INQAAHE - International Network for Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education
2.APQN - Asia-Pacific Quality Network
3.ACU - Association of Commonwealth Universities
4.IAU - International Association of Universities
5.Talloires Network

Besides, following NUST constituent colleges have been certified for ISO Quality Management System:
1.College of Aeronautical Engineering (CAE), Risalpur
2.College of Civil Engineering (MCE), Risalpur
3.College of Electrical & Mechanical Engineering (College of E&ME), Rawalpindi
4.College of Marine Engineering (PNEC), Karachi, and
5College of Telecommunication (MCS), Rawalpindi
6.NUST Centre for Virology and Immunology

NUST has established Academic and R&D linkages with following Universities:
1.Stanford University USA
2.California Institute of Technology,USA
3.Iowa State University USA
4.University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA
5.Michigan State University,USA
6.University of Central Florida, USA
7.Cranfield University, UK
8.University of Manchester ,UK
9.University of West of England ,UK
10.University of Surrey UK
11.University of Southampton UK
12.University of Bradford UK
13.University of Huddersfield UK
14.University of Western Australia, Australia
15.University of New South Wales, Australia
16.University of Queensland, Australia
17.Charles Darwin University,Australia
18.University of Melborne, Australia
19.Tokyo Institute of Technology,Japan
20.Aichi Gakuin University ,Japan
21.Beijing Institute of Technology, China
22.Beihang University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China
23.Southwest Jiaotang University, China
24.Graduate School Chinese Academy of Sciences China
25.Beijing University of Chemical Technology, China
26.Nanjing University of Science & Technology, China
27.University of Savoie, France
28.Technical University of Munich, Germany
29.Denmark Technical University Denmark
30.Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
31.National University of Ship Building, Ukraine
32.Kyunghee University, Korea
33.Hanyong University, Korea
34.Sejong University South Korea
35.Asian Institute of Technology Thailand
36.Nanyang Technological University Singapore
37.University of Witswaterand, South Africa
38.International Centre for Education in Islamic Finance Malaysia
39.Quaid-e-Azam University Islamabad, Pakistan
40.Fatima Jinnah Women University Rawalpindi, Pakistan
41.Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad Pakistan
42.Virtual University of Pakistan, Pakistan

NUST has established following International Collaborations:
1.NUST collaborating with CERN since December 2001. Successfully completed development of LHC Computing Grid (LCG) Software. NUST awarded Associate Membership of CERN
2.NUST collaborating with Caltech on project titled Interactive Grid Analysis Environment (IGAE). Research funding of US$ 0.18 Million recently approved under Pak-US collaboration for this project
3.NUST collaborating with Stanford since Feb 04 in a project titled Measurement and Analysis for the Global Grid and Internet End-to-End Performance (MAGGIE). Research funding of US$ 0.162 Million approved under Pak-US collaboration for this project
4.NUST Institute of Information Technology (NIIT now SEECS*) declared as Microsoft Authorized Academic Training Programme Institute (AATPI)
5.Intel established a state-of-the-art computer lab at NIIT (now SEECS)
6.NCR established their Dataware housing and Datamining lab at NIIT (now SEECS)
7.IBM registered NUST on worldwide offering for higher education to selected universities
*-SEECS-School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

NUST Won three gold and two silver medals out of three gold and three silver medals awarded by the Pakistan Engineering Council for the years 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 for Best Graduate of the Year Awards.

Range of Fees

International Students:
Engineering USD 5,600
Medical Sciences: USD 10,000
Management/Social Sciences: USD 5,600
Information Technology: USD 5,600
Applied Biosciences: USD 5,600

National Students:
Engineering, Information Technology and Bio Sciences: USD 1'125

Medical Sciences and Management/Social Sciences: USD 1'275

Basic TOEFL/IELTS requirements

SAT / Local GRE Type Entrance Test

Accommodation

The hostel accommodation charges vary depending on the type of rooms available and the location of the hostels/college.

Accommodation Range

The hostel accomodation charges range from Rs. 4000/- per month to Rs. 5000/- per month.

Finance and Scholarships

HEC - JICA (Introduction)

The poverty alleviation is one of the priority areas of the Government and higher education is recognized as a significant contributing factor towards economic growth and human development in a country. HEC is instrumental in achieving this goal to provide quality education accessible to those talented students who cannot afford the cost of higher studies in Pakistan.

HEC-Japanese Need Based scholarship program for Pakistani University Students aims at providing equal opportunities to talented students who are unable to enter higher education due to financial constraints. The scope of project includes award of 1500 scholarships within five years to the students who are currently enrolled or desire to get admission in any of the below mentioned participating institutions. The program is targeted towards Under-Graduate (4 Years Bachelor) and Graduate (2 Years Masters) level study program of Pakistani institutions in the following three disciplines. In NUST, scholarships are available in the following disciplines: -

Engineering (UG Only)

IT & Telecommunication

Business Administration

Entry Requirements

Minimum 60% aggregate marks each in matric and FA/Fsc/A-Level equivalent exams + Local GRE Type Test/SAT

Language Support

Available

Non-English Language Requirements

Nil