Centers Of Excellence

National Institute of Urban Infrastructure Planning (NIUIP)

National Institute of Urban Infrastructure Planning (NIUIP), established in 2008 with Higher Education Commission (HEC) funding, is committed to promote sustainable urban development in Pakistan, and apply research in combating challenges facing rapidly growing urban centers in the country.

Objectives:

• To develop it into a center of excellence for teaching, research and training in urban infrastructure planning in Pakistan.
• To train and educate Maters’ and Doctoral level students with hands-on opportunities for research in an applied and problem-solving environment.
• To conduct research in emerging trends in urban planning and development.
• To identify and disseminate global best practices in urban planning and management.
• To develop national and international strategic partnerships for collaborative research.
• To train in-service professionals in government and non-government organizations in urban infrastructure planning.

Gems and Jewelry Center of Excellence (GJCoE)

The Gems and Jewelry Center of Excellence Center is a state-of-the-art facility in gem cutting and polishing. The center with its qualified teaching faculty and laboratories offers five month diploma in gemology and lapidary. The Center has been upgraded to Gems and Jewelry Center of Excellence that will not only provide training in gemology and lapidary, but value gems and precious stones.

Earthquake Engineering Center (EEC)

UET Earthquake Engineering Center is a multi-disciplinary research and education Center, established with the aim to mitigate the seismic disaster risk in the province in particular and country, in general. The center has made tremendous progress so far in the last few years. It has been upgraded to the National Institute of Earthquake Engineering with the funding of Rs. 487.219 million by HEC. The center has developed research collaborations with renowned international organizations, research centers and universities for human resource development, research and development activities.

National Center for Robotics and Automation

The Advanced Robotics and Automation Lab (ARAL), located at the Department of Mechatronics Engineering, UET Peshawar, was established in 2018 and is part of the National Center of Robotics and Automation (NCRA), Pakistan. As part of a response to our national challenges such as lack of agriculture technology and productive automation, the lab is actively involved in research and prototype development pertaining to all aspects of precision agriculture, industrial automation and biomedical devices. The lab is headed by Prof. Dr. Muhammad Tahir Khan who leads a team of established researchers having Ph.D. degrees from countries;  Canada and UK. Several research associates, assistants, and Master/PhD students are also engaged in research on different funded projects.

National Center for Big Data & Cloud Computing (NCBC)

The vision of NCBC is to effectively utilize cloud computing for Big Data applicationsfor solution to problems of national importance. Keeping in view the advantages of cloud computing in provisioning and processing of big data and its suitability for the emerging trend in mobile devices and Pakistani R&D environment having limited hardware resources, the utility of the cloud computing is plausible. In NCBC, our focus is on the following key sub-domains, which are R&D problems of National importance.

                Multimedia streaming and analytics

                Remote sensing big data analytics

                Traffic characterization and analytics

                Cloud integration and analytics for mass data platform

National Center for Cyber Security

National Centre for Cyber Security (NCCS) shall play a leading role in securing Pakistan’s Cyberspace and making Pakistan world’s premier nation in Cyber Security.

Center of Intelligence Systems and Network Research

The Center of Intelligence Systems and Network Research (CSINR) was launched at Electrical Engineering Department. The Center presents an example of industry-academia linkage, established with the active participation of faculty of Electrical Engineering Department.

National Center for Artificial Intelligence (AI)

National Center of Artificial Intelligence (NCAI) was inaugurated at the main campus of National University of Sciences & Technology (NUST) at NUST on 16th of March, 2018. NCAI is the latest technological initiative of Government of Pakistan under the government’s Vision 2025 where leading universities are its partners. The center at UET Peshawar is designed to become the leading hub of innovation, scientific research, knowledge transfer to the local economy, and training in the area of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its closely affiliated fields. The central aim is to facilitate the researchers in the field of AI; help them establish and grow AI industry following international trends and seek solutions to the indigenous problems through AI.

U.S – Pakistan Center of Advanced Studies in Energy (USPCAS-E)

The U.S.-Pakistan Center of Advanced Studies in Energy (USPCAS-E) at UET Peshawar is designed to support Pakistan’s economic development by strengthening the relevance and responsiveness of university products, including applied and policy research and skilled graduates, to the needs of the public and private sector. the Center  is proceeding efficiently towards the achievements of its goals through improving governance, innovative research and curriculum reforms. As  a pivotal and comprehensive research center, USPCAS-E UET Peshawar realizes the responsibility for finding sustainable solutions to the energy crisis in Pakistan