National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Pakistan
Description
About
The National University of Sciences & Technology (NUST) was established in March 1991. It has a strong focus on multidisciplinary higher education, research and innovation.
Within three decades of its inception, NUST has achieved important milestones and gained immense significance as an institution of higher education in Pakistan. It produces professionals and researchers of high caliber, capable of developing indigenous technologies to meet the growing demands of the 21st century. It is envisioned to grow as a center of excellence for the country’s scientific and technological progress. An outstanding feature of the university is that while maintaining traditional values of excellence in teaching and research, it challenges conventional practices and creates new ways of developing and delivering courses, pertaining to emerging and cutting-edge disciplines on most modern lines.
NUST has developed linkages with international universities of repute to ensure a two-way flow of knowledge and be in step with modern trends. Split programmes and visits of eminent professors from reputed foreign universities are a regular feature of the academic activity. These eminent scholars deliver lectures on the latest developments in their respective fields and also help update and review the academic programmes.
SECTOR
Education
Country
Pakistan
SDG
04 - Quality Education
Organization Type
Academia / Think Tank