SSUET continues to achieve 5-star grading

By Abdul Qadir Qureshi
(Pakistan News & Features Services)

The Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology (SSUET), Karachi, has continued to maintain its 5-star grading due to its excellent performance, according to a report of Charter Inspection and Evaluation Committee (CIEC), Government of Sindh.

In its 5th Inspection Evaluation and Grading of the SSUET for the period 2010-2012, the CIEC granted 5-star category to the university on the basis of its overall performance at 75% (83%) + and Academic Excellence at 75% (87%) + which amounts to excellent. 

In its report the CIEC has granted ‘excellent grade to the university in all the engineering disciplines of Bio-Medical, Civil, Computer, Electronics and Telecommunication besides Computer Science. 

The Civil Engineering has, however, earned the ‘outstanding’ grade. The criteria for obtaining maximum Grading by any private chartered in Sindh is 00-39 dissatisfactory(0 Star) 40-49 Satisfactory (2 Star) , 50-59 Good (3 Star) 60-69 very good (4 Star), 70-79 Excellent (5 Star), 80-89 outstanding (6 Star) 90-99 Extra- Ordinary / world Class (7 Star). 

The SSUET, established in 1994, has produced over 10,000 graduates in a number of disciplines ranging from civil engineering to biomedical engineering. It has gone on to become one of the leading universities in the private sector. 

The university, founded by the Aligarh Muslim University Old Boys Association (AMUOBA), has been pursuing the philosophy of the legendary Sir Syed Ahmad Khan with no restrictions on admissions on the basis of caste, creed or domicile. 

The university has been providing its students with access to all necessary tools to succeed with its state of the art laboratories equipped with modern equipment meeting international standards in order to provide them with practical knowledge to augment the conventional classroom learning. 

The SSUET holds the honour of being the first university in Pakistan to introduce biomedical engineering as a discipline in 1996. Their graduates in this specialty provide support to major hospitals across the country and ensure that the health care system is facilitated with the proper maintenance of equipment and that international standards are maintained.