undergraduate prospectus 2011 - University of Engineering and ...

UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY- TAXILA / UNDERGRAD PROSPECTUS 2011
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The Department
The department offers courses in Mathematics, Statistics, Islamic Studies and Pakistan Studies. Mathematics is an essential prerequisite
and pivotal element for various fields of engineering other sciences. In fact it plays a key-role for the comprehension of
any subject of engineering and physical sciences. A practical engineer needs an adequate knowledge of modern mathematics
to successfully cope with the complex real world problems. Therefore, all the degree programs offered by different engineering
departments of the university have courses in applied mathematics, statistics and numerical analysis.
The contents of the courses are regularly revised so as to keep abreast of the fast progress occurring in the various engineering
faculties. Appropriate courses in Islamic Studies have also bee constituted in the department to be taught to the Muslim
students of various engineering faculties. The purpose is to enlighten the soul and mind of the students and enable them to get
appraisal of tenets of Islam so that they may perform their duties with integrity and diligence when the future responsibilities
of serving the nation will be bestowed upon them.
In 1982 the Government of Pakistan also emphasized the need of subject of Pakistan Studies. The main purpose of this subject
is to make the students to be acquainted with ideology of Pakistan. The Non-Muslims students are offered courses in the subject
of Ethics and Pakistan Studies.
Research Extension and Advisory Services
The faculty members are actively engaged in research work and have produced and number of research publications, which
have been published in scientific journals of repute and presented in national and international conferences and seminars. The
current research fields of interest in the subject of mathematics are: mathematics in manufacturing, algebraic optimization,
numerical analysis, integral equations, linear programming, queuing theory and quantum mechanics.
The research in the subject of Islamic Studies is being carried out in the field of “Seerat-un-Nabi and Political System of Islam”.
FACULTY OF BASIC SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES