University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar
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| Motto | We Engineers, The Nation's Future! |
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| Type | Public |
| Established | 1980 |
| Chancellor | Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| Vice-Chancellor | Dr. Iftikhar Hussain |
| Dean | Dr. Zahid Mehmood |
| Registrar | saeed tajik |
| Students | ~4,000 |
| Location |
Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,  Pakistan
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| Campus | Urban |
| Colours | Brown, Earth Yellow, Copper |
| Nickname | UET Peshawar |
| Mascot | PUET |
| Affiliations | HEC |
| Website | www |
The University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar, (also named UET Peshawar), is a public research university located in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It is one of the premier institution of higher learning in Pakistan with a strong emphasis on the development of science and engineering.
Its programmes of civil engineering retains an international and nationwide prestige of engaging in cutting-edge research in the interdiscipline of earthquake studies, started after the massive earthquake jolted the country in 2005. The university offers undergraduate, post-graduate, and doctoral studies programmes in engineering, natural and social sciences, law, philosophy, and various other academic disciplines. The university is also a member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities of the United Kingdom. In addition, the university among one of the top institutions of science and engineering, and ranked among in the top ten universities of science by the HEC in 2013.
Research in science and engineering in UET Peshawar gained nationwide attention and the university's known for its persisting leading research in earthquake sciences and industrial management in the country.
In 1952, an engineering college was set up as a constituent college of the University of Peshawar with an enrollment of twenty students (according to the UET Peshawar Annual Report 2006 - 2007). This college was granted a charter to operate as an independent engineering university in 1980 under the name University of Engineering and Technology.
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