68% of ITU students to avail scholarships

Dr Saif advises graduating batch to apply for higher education abroad

LAHORE: The 68% deserving students of Information Technology University (ITU) of the Punjab were availing scholarships to get quality education from research focused faculty in an academically oriented university.

This was said by the founding Vice Chancellor of ITU, PITB Chairman and Adviser to the CM Punjab Dr Umar Saif said while addressing the annual function held to celebrate the completion of ITU’s five years here.

He advised the first graduating batch to apply for higher education abroad during the next three months and avail this opportunity by seeking guidance from their respective faculty. ITU generated its resources through grants and research projects, he added.

He stated that ITU had planned to increase the present number of 900 students to 1,500 by the next three years with the completion of its main campus which was being constructed on and area  of 180 acres with a cost of Rs5 billion. Presently ITU was running ten degree programmes with 80 faculty members.



To mark a multitude of milestones since its inception in 2012, the university had been second home to hundreds of students. This year marked the celebration of the graduation of its first batch of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science students who had been enrolled in the undergraduate bachelors programme.

The event also celebrated the university acquiring a ‘W’ category from the National Computing Accreditation Council and an endorsement from the HEC. A ‘W’ ranking was the highest ranking a university could achieve with regards to academic and research prowess and was awarded only to those institutions which meet the requirements as proposed by the governing bodies.



The event commenced with a cake cutting ceremony for completing five years of its existence, followed by various entertaining performances by the students of ITU including singing, dancing, and acting.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 13^th, 2017.