Dawood College of Engineering and Technology

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Dawood College of Engineering & Technology

Established:	1962
Type:	Public
Chancellor:	President Mr. Pervez Musharraf
Principal:	Dr. Muhammad Nasim
Location:	Karachi, Pakistan
Campus:	Urban
Website:	http://www.dcet.edu.pk/ http://www.dawoodcollege.edu.pk/

Dawood College of Engineering and Technology (DCET) is a Federal Govt. degree awarding institution located in Karachi,Pakistan. Established in 1962, the college is one of Pakistan's finest Engineering institutes.DCET has honor to be the pioneer to introduce the Electronics, Industrial and Metallurgical Engineering disciplines in Pakistan.

1 History
2 Departments
3 Admissions
4 Current Status
5 See also
6 External Links

[edit] History

The foundation stone of the college was laid by President of Pakistan (Late) Field Marshal Muhammad Ayub Khan in 1962. The institution was established by Dawood Foundation as Dawood College of Engineering and Technology. The Dawood College houses purpose built two campuses. The institution was established to provide top quality Engineering education to students from every walk of life regardless of their sex and ethnical background and the institute still thrives on this policy. Dawood College of Engineering (DCET) remained affiliated with the University Of Karachi,Ned university and Mehran university after which it has been awarded a degree awarding status by the Government of Pakistan, with effect from 31-10-2007.

[edit] Departments

Electronics Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Computer Engineering (starting from 2008)
Metallurgy & Materials Engineering
Industrial & Management Engineering
Architecture
Basic Science,Maths & Humanities

[edit] Admissions

As of now,the college admits students for undergraduate programmes based on their combined scores in the Entry test and HSC(intermediate) and SSC(matriculation) examinations.

[edit] Current Status

The college is currently in a process of renovation.State of the art equipment has also been added in the laboratories of all the Engineering and Architecture programmes.

[edit] See also

Advisory Board Member - DCET [Prominent Alumni] Dr. Faisal Manzoor Arain, Chair, Construction Project Management Department, SAIT, Calgary, Canada www.faisal.echoz.com