Top 5 Software Engineering Universities in Lahore

By M.Abdullah Tariq

Software engineering holds an important role in today’s world. Many developmental works are solely because of some solid Software development behind it. Fields like Military, medicine, media, aerospace, business etc. are all related with software engineering. This shows the vast importance of this field and its future.

Many universities are marked as the best but there are still some universities that need some pondering upon. A list is as follow;

1.University of Management and Technology (UMT), Lahore, is keen on making a valuable name for it. The progress in education is astonishing as UMT is gaining popularity among students and in the education department.  Like many educational programs, UMT offers BS Software engineering and keeping in mind the importance of it the university offers highly maintained Computer labs with qualified staff and have some major goals set to achieve the maximum result. Software Engineering students are taught in best possible way to let them understand and then improvise those methodologies in their careers. This enthusiasm has caused a major difference in quality of education that is being provided, creating results that matters. UMT surely makes the list as the demand is growing for Software Engineers and UMT is quite happily providing what is necessary: good Software Engineers.

2.The University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, is public university which is the first university in Pakistan that offered Bachelors in Computer Science. Quality and cheap education is the heart and soul of the University. The fact that Software Engineering center was established in 1999 shows how much the university has stressed upon the importance of computer technology. This Software Engineering center is responsible for guiding the young guns in the right direction. This makes UET an obvious choice to be in the list of top 5 universities.

3.The University of Punjab (also known as Punjab University) is definitely an institution that has established a reliable name in the field of Computer Science and Software Engineering. Demand of graduates from this university is good. Punjab University emphasizes on making good theoretical concepts of computing and using Software methodology to best use in the professional life. Software Engineering labs are available with a qualified staff. Punjab University can be a very intelligent choice as it offers the best to their students.

4.The Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) is considered among one of the finest educational institutes of Pakistan and it is not acknowledged nationally but also internationally. The unique methodology of teaching at the university is the driving force behind the success and this yielded the result in the form of world renowned Computer Scientist Umar Saif, who graduated from this university and made a name for himself and his country. In Lums there is a Software Engineering Research Lab (SERL) that is trying to reach the international level in Software Engineering and is very dedicated to its work. All these factors make LUMS an absolute choice in choosing the university for Software Engineering. If excellence is your demand, LUMS is at your service.

5.COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, (also known as CIIT) is widely regarded as one of the best university in Pakistan in the field of Software Engineering, computer Science and Information Technology. It has made its own name with constant appreciate-able work in this field. The COMSATS campus offers Computer labs, hardware labs to just offer the best that they can. They promise to build careers of their students along with software projects management and development skills. Their mission to teach technical educations is very handy in attaining the desired results.