550 degrees conferred for engineering and non-engineering programs
PESHAWAR
The Convocation 2023 of University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar was held here today at the Convocation Hall University of Peshawar to commemorate the academic accomplishments of students of engineering and technology of academic session, 2022. Prof. Dr. Iftikhar Hussain, Vice Chancellor, UET Peshawar conferred degrees on graduating students of postgraduate (Ph.D., M.Sc.) and undergraduate programs.
In total, 550 students were awarded degrees in engineering and non-engineering programs including 507 B.Sc. degrees, 15 Ph.D. degrees while 27 students were awarded M.Sc. degrees. At the convocation, 16 Gold Medals were conferred upon graduates of undergraduate programs who achieved top positions. The leading local industries, Fast Cables Ltd., also awarded a cash prize of Rs. 100,000/- to the topper, Engr. Osama Faiz, Department of Electrical Engineering, UET Peshawar.
The Vice Chancellor UET Peshawar Prof. Dr. Iftikhar Hussain congratulated the graduates and their parents on their marvelous achievements, and said that the future of our country is dependent the way we educate and groom them to understand the real challenges. He said, UET Peshawar has twelve centers of excellence from which real outcome are now seen in form of linkages and joint applied research projects. He further said, despite limited resources, the faculty has done tremendously well in attracting research funding from Government as well as private agencies. He said, UET Peshawar is a part of four HEC funded projects, under which National Centers of Excellence in Robotics and Automation, Artificial Intelligence, Cyber Security, and Big Data and Cloud Computing afre working tirelessly in the field of artificial intelligence and IoT related things, adding, the National Center of Artificial Intelligence (NCAI), has collaborated with the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for introducing the AI-based Safe City Project for Peshawar in near future.
He said, according to the Times Higher Education Impact Ranking 2023, UET Peshawar stands first in “Engineering category” in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, fifth in Pakistan while third in “All Universities category” in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa while it is also ranked between 800-1000 universities in the world.
The Convocation was attended by members from the Syndicate, Senate and senior officials while a large number of parents were also present on the occasion
