The University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar, (also named UET Peshawar), is a public research university located in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.[1] It is one of the premier institution of higher learning in Pakistan with a strong emphasis on the development of science and engineering.[2]
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.[3] 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.[4] 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.[5]
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.