Message from Pro-Rector

On behalf of PIEAS, it is my pleasure as Pro-Rector to extend a warm welcome to all the new students who have chosen PIEAS as their academic home.

Your introduction to life at PIEAS begins with our orientation programme for all first-year students, specially designed to familiarise you with your new environment and to guide you as you navigate the many opportunities opening up for you. The programme will guide and assist you through the transition from your familiar school environment to the diverse challenges of student life at PIEAS. You are expected to attend all the sessions and participate fully in the programme to reap its full benefits. The orientation provides the ideal opportunity to experience the stimulating diversity of our student community at UP, to meet new people, to make new friends and to learn about the experiences and viewpoints of people from widely divergent backgrounds from all over Pakistan.

PIEAS provides and supports a holistic environment that not only provides academic qualifications, but also helps develop well-rounded individuals who will become responsible members of society. PIEAS extends full support for student governance structures, leadership development initiatives and the wide range of student societies and arts, cultural and sporting activities at PIEAS.

May you enjoy the exciting journey that lies ahead as a proud student of PIEAS.

Vision, Mission & Objectives

Vision Statement
It is the vision of PIEAS to be recognized at the national and international level as an Institute of academic excellence with high moral and ethical values, providing synergy between scientific research and technological development for national security and socio-economic benefits, encouraging and fostering an environment of mutual respect and free exchange of thoughts, where lack of resources on part of deserving students is not an impediment to acquiring quality education.

Mission Statement
PIEAS is committed to excellence in science and engineering education. We seek to impart education in fields which are essential for the technological development of Pakistan and, in particular, to play a pioneering role in fostering the establishment of educational programs in newly emerging technological fields in the country. We accord the highest priority to meeting the current and future trained manpower needs of PAEC and other technical organizations.

We aim to provide a learning environment that fully stimulates the students' intellectual capabilities and also nurtures their personal development as future technological leaders. We are committed to ensuring the highest quality in all our endeavours, encompassing teaching, research, skills and developmental activities through an effective overarching quality enhancement framework.

Objectives
For the fulfilment of its mission, PIEAS will strive to achieve the following objectives:

• Maintain the highest ethical standards in all its academic activities.
• Create and sustain a programme of teaching / learning culture which is well organized, purposeful, progressive, and informed by modern scholarship.
• Keep the focus of all its academic offerings on meeting the trained manpower needs of the country in technological fields and, in particular, the specific needs of its strategic organizations.
• Ensure that curricula in all its academic programmes are kept updated with clear, explicit and appropriately demanding aims and objectives, which are realistically attainable and also meet the needs of students in terms of personal development as well as skills for employment.
• Provide for curriculum organization and delivery which encompass a range of effective methods of promoting high quality learning, with students having a variety of learning opportunities and experiences.
• Ensure that assessment methods are clear, explicit and consistent; are framed at the appropriate level and are effective in assessing achievement of defined subject aims and objectives.
• Maintain a process through which regular and systematic account is taken of student and external views in judgment of the curriculum, its delivery, and outcomes.
• Provide students with a learning environment which is fully supportive and responsive to their needs, and contributes effectively to the development of their leadership skills.
• Foster continuous improvement in the quality of teaching through faculty development programmes.
• Encourage active participation of faculty in research and other scholarly activities.
• Deploy means for procuring evidence of student, faculty, staff and employer satisfaction.
• Ensure staffing at all levels which is sufficient in number and quality to efficiently conduct all the offered programmes and meet all administrative needs.
• Establish and maintain an academic infra-structure which fully meets all the needs of the offered programmes.
• Establish and maintain an organizational framework based on a comprehensive, coherent and transparent set of regulations, with a clear delineation of responsibilities of individuals and bodies within the institution.
• Establish and maintain an identifiable, functioning framework within which the institution measures and evaluates success in meeting programme objectives and promotes quality enhancement of all its academic endeavours.

Genesis

The seeds for this institution were sown in 1967, when a small training facility called 'Reactor School' was established to conduct courses in nuclear technology for the young engineers and scientists. Reactor School was formally affiliated with Quaid-i-Azam University (then called the University of Islamabad) for the award of a Masters' degree in nuclear technology through its Physics Department. Fellowship programme was instituted in 1972, under which science and engineering graduates were invited to compete for the award of attractive fellowships for the duration of the course.

The Reactor School was upgraded and renamed as 'Centre for Nuclear Studies' in 1976. CNS introduced several new degree programmes which included M.Sc. (Systems Engineering) in 1988; M.Sc. (Nuclear Medicine) in 1989; and Ph.D. (Nuclear Engineering) in 1990. Due to enhancements in its infra-structure that created the capability for offering programmes in many different fields, its name was changed to "Pakistan Institute of Engineering & Applied Sciences", (PIEAS), in 1997.



In April 2000, PIEAS was granted the status of a degree awarding institute by the Government of Pakistan to promote education and research at its highest standards in Pakistan. Today, PIEAS is a multi-faceted, degree-awarding university level educational institution, with academic and training programmes being conducted at the highest level in a broad spectrum of disciplines.

Institute Profile

PIEAS Insignia

PIEAS insignia is an embodiment of two mathematical visualisations.; a Mobius strip and a triangular surface. The Mobius strip or Mobius band is a surface with only one side and only one boundary component. The Mobius strip has the mathematical property of being non-orientable. It was discovered independently by the German mathematicians August Ferdinand Mobius and Johann Benedict. If one were to travel along the length of this strip, one would return to its starting point having traversed every part of the strip without ever crossing an edge. The shape of the Mobius strip probably dates to ancient times. An Alexandrian manuscript of early Alchemical diagrams contains an illustration with the visual proportions of the Mobius strip. The Euler characteristic of the Mobius strip is zero.

The three arcs of the triangular surface,formed by three adjoining spheres, represent application, research and knowledge. Research can be defined as the search for knowledge or any systematic investigation to establish facts. The primary purpose for applied research is discovering, interpreting, and the development of methods and systems for the advancement of human knowledge on a wide variety of scientific matters of our world and engineering approaches to solve the problems.

The concept for the insignia was initiated by Dr. Abdullah Sadiq (former Rector PIEAS) and Dr. Anwar Majid Mirza. The computer visualization was made by Mr. Umar Faiz. After evolutionary period, in which many people contributed and advanced the concept, the insignia in its present design was finally adopted.

Ranking, Honors & Awards

Rankings

PIEAS's excellence was recognized on the national level when PIEAS was declared to be the best Engineering University in Pakistan by the Higher Education Commission (HEC) in its first ever ranking of universities in year 2006. PIEAS successfully defended its title as the Best Engineering University in Pakistan in HEC's second ranking carried out in year 2012. Since 2018, PIEAS has also been taking part in Quacquarelli Symonds(QS) World rankings, where it has been ranked among Top 400 universities till 2023. PIEAS is also ranked on the 46th spot in the QS World Rankings of Top 50 under 50.




Faculty Awards

Performance of PIEAS faculty has been outstanding and their contribution to academia, research and national programs have been recognized through conferral of national civil awards, namely, Hilal-e-Imtiaz, Sitara-e-Imtiaz, Tamgha-e-Imtiaz and Pride of Performance.




IAEA Collaborating Centre

In 2019, IAEA has designated PIEAS as an IAEA Collaborating Centre to support Member States on RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND CAPACITY BUILDING IN THE APPLICATION OF ADVANCED AND INNOVATIVE NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGIES for the period 2019-2023. Pakistan is the only other country in Asia after China and Russia to be awarded a collaborating centre status in Nuclear power category



In 2023, IAEA redesignated PIEAS as IAEA collaborating centre for the period 2023-2027. IAEA partnership with PIEAS is based on a holistic and multidisciplinary approach in three key areas: modelling and simulations with verification and validation capabilities, experimental nuclear engineering, and education and training.

One of the constituent colleges of PIEAS, Nuclear Institute for Agriculture & Biology (NIAB), has also been designated as IAEA Collaborating Centre for CAPACITY BUILDING IN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH. IAEA is collaborating with NIAB in developing climate change resilient cotton varieties. NIAB is also a national laboratory under the IAEA's ZODIAC initiative for combating zoonotic diseases and future pandemics.

Campuses

Karachi Institute of Power Engineering (KINPOE)
Karachi Institute of Power Engineering (KINPOE), has been established by the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission, (PAEC) to develop qualified manpower for its nuclear power program. The main task of Karachi Institute of Power Engineering (KINPOE) is to develop human resource in the field of Nuclear Power Technology for which it provides education and training to scientists, engineers and technicians.
For details visit institute website: http://www.kinpoe.edu.pk/


National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE)
National Institute of biotechnology and genetic engineering (NIBGE) is one of the leading biotechnology institutes in Pakistan. The research programs at NIBGE are mainly aimed at improving agriculture, health, environment and industry, and are supported by national and international financial grants. The MPhil and PhD program has been introduced in affiliation with Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
For details visit institute website: http://www.nibge.org/


Nuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology (NIAB)
The Nuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology (NIAB)is primarily a research institute involved in goal-oriented biological and agricultural research.
For details visit institute website: http://www.niab.org.pk/


National Institute of Lasers and Optronics (NILOP)
For details visit institute website: http://www.nilop.edu.pk/

• Karachi Institute of Power Engineering
• KINPOE
• (021)99232733
• (021)99232269
• www.kinpoe.edu.pk

• National Institute of Lasers&Optronics
• NILOP
• 051-9248671-4
• 051-2208051
• www.nilop.edu.pk

• Nuclear Institute Agriculture&Biology
• NIAB
• +92-41-9201751
• +92-41-9201776
• www.niab.org.pk

• National Institute Biotechnology&Genetic
• NIBGE
• 041-9201471
• 041-9201322
• www.nibge.org

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