LAHORE: The Information Technology University (ITU) Punjab has planned to establish an innovative lab at its state of the art, purpose built main campus that is Pakistan’s first focused research university being constructed at Lahore said ITU founding Vice-Chancellor Dr Umar Saif while chairing the 7th meeting of the ITU syndicate here today.
The meeting was informed that ITU has acquired a ‘W’ category ranking from the National Computing Education Accreditation Council (NCEAC) and an endorsement from the HEC, that is the highest ranking a university can achieve with regards to academic and research prowess and is awarded only to those institutions which meet the requirements as proposed by the governing bodies.
ITU has planned to increase the present number of 900 students to 1500 by the next three years with the completion of its main campus which is being constructed over a period of 18-24 months on an area of 180 acres. The project will cost five billion rupees.
Presently ITU is running ten-degree programs with 80 faculty members.
The meeting also discussed the details regarding the first convocation of its first graduating batch of students enrolled in the undergraduate bachelors’ programme in electrical engineering and computer science. The event is scheduled for December 17, 2017.
Matters pertaining to the institutionalizing of the Lahore technology award and sources for research funding also came under discussion. ITU Registrar Mr Zaheer Sarwar and the concerned members attended the meeting.
