It’s time to go back to old, boring, studious life where you have to leave the bed early and go to bed early. It’s time to go back to schools, as most of the institutes in Punjab are reopening from 1st September, 2009 after the vacations of 3 months or so. Students feel miserable when they think of ending up with fun filled, relax, chilling life without the stress of assignments, projects, home works, and presentations. Now again there would be no music but teachers lectures, no novels but course books, no movies but horrible presentations, no chatting but assignments and home works. But at least one thing will be to blissful and cheer for and that is that we’ll be meeting our friends and fellows and welcoming our juniors. Some would be happy and excited for their new colleges or universities.
Thanks to Punjab Government, if they had not put their efforts, we would have been back to our schools for two or three weeks ago. Punjab Government issued the orders to all the educational institutions to remain closed till 31st August, 2009. If they won’t have been there, we will not be having 2 or 3 more relaxing weeks, instead we would have been going to our institutes in blistering sun and aggravation of load shedding. These unexpected extra vacations are gift to all the students from Punjab Government, so we all thank them for such an act of kindness. Our Government has really put full effort for this, they made surprise visits to the school to keep check, if they found or heard of any school opened, they went there and inquest them.
Recently University of Engineering as established its new department "Institute of Business & Management" which is offering EMBA, MBA and BBA. UET has a strong reputation in allover the country for its excellent education in engineering field. But they have now decided to go with the flow so starting a business department is because of the trend among all the universities to have a separate Business Studies department. But they have started this with a bit different style, I mean they market their MBA at best.
Classes for E-MBA are in process since May 2009 which is offering 3 courses of 9 credit hours. I must say that IBM has really shown a great future to potential students by their strong marketing. They are also offering a 4-year BBAbut here in this article I am gonna put my focus on their MBA program which is somehow hot in town.
UET under the name of IBM has started a 2-year MBA program for those who have a 16 years educational background. They got huge response from students because of two reasons, one is of course the name of UET and the other is that they have done their home work extremely well and targeted the right segment of market. They really design their product so well that every one got attracted towards this. They maintained a very strict admission criteria including test performance followed by a interview.
Some things I really liked in IBM like they give orientation sessions to their new MBA students of more then 6 hours and for more then a week, in which they helped their fresh entrants to improve their communication skills and also open up their mind for fastly changing business environment. And now they ara starting workshops on Microsoft Office to build some basic computer skills in students.
One thing I am not sure about is their faculty, I mean yes they have hired some very experienced, professional experienced personnel but only two of them are PhD and not more then 3 are have a post graduate degree. Some are of engineering background which made me thing that how can a engineer can teach Business, because he have served some multinational as a Manager it does not mean that he has enough knowledge business to teach those students. I am not quit sure that what visiting faculty their are going to have but I suggest that they must got some experienced teachers with strong Business Management background.
So far so good is best fit for IBM's MBA as they really started well, I am really looking fowarard for Market's Response for UET'sMBAs. Findout more about IBM at their official Website.
UniversityCollegeLahore is one of the institutions of Pakistan which is providing international education within national boundaries. It has its affiliation for Bachelors with University of London, External Programme and for GCE A’ Level, with CambridgeUniversity. The education and methods are set at par to provide excellent education and learning environment just as abroad. UniversityCollegeLahore is not very much recognized in Pakistan as a very less number or only a particular part of the society knows about it. Tough it is not a commonly known institute like LUM, FAST or LSE to everyone but it holds priority for those who know about it. Students, who do O or A-levels, usually prefer it. To be at UCL is a thing of status, modernity, chill, sumptuousness and class.
UCL has not got a very good repute when it comes to the environment established for students. Whenever a child asks their parents that he/She wants to be at UCL, they hesitate and some directly ban to even ask for that. The way of life at UCL does not suit our culture, religion and moral values. A high class usually opts for UCL. I hope you have got the idea what I am trying to explain. I do not consider it an institution for mediocre or decent middle class families. Being an international education providing university, education is quite costly here. Normal people can neither afford the cost of studies as well as the customs and way of life at UCL.
But its good option for those who wish to acquire international education, but somehow unable to go to abroad. They can get those degrees over here in their national boundaries. Along with education, UCL aims for the personality building of students to make them a better part of the society and the corporate world.
Its one & only campus in Lahore is located at Raiwind RoadLahore. UniversityCollegeLahore have three departments of education; A’ level GCE, LLB (Hons) and School of Economics & Management. They also provide some diploma courses regarding Law and Business Management. Since a less number of people are familiar with this university and comparatively very less number of students go there because of expenses so in market of Pakistan, they do not occupy big space.
Facilities at UCL are up-to-mark. Being the campus for international studies, it has got excellent facilities to complement the studies and to surface all the talents of the students. The library, Laboratories, cafeteria, transportation, everything matches the cost students pay to be at UCL. There is no hostel facility at UCL but they can help finding it students in the vicinity of the campus.
PROGRAMS OFFERED at UCL:
GCE A’ Level
The undergraduate programme at UCL presently offers the following degrees in the School of Economics & Management:
Bsc Economics and Management
Bsc Economics
BSc Accounting and Finance
BSc Banking and Finance
BSc Management with Law
BSc Information Systems and Management
BSc Business Administration
Diploma Courses offered are:
Diploma in Economics
Diploma in Social Sciences
The undergraduate programme at UCL presently offers the following degrees in the School of Law:
LLB (Hons.)
LLM
Diploma Course available:
Diploma in Law
To visit the official website for more details about UCL, Click Here.
The university I am going to give review on is relatively new one and yet to be come under highlights of educationalists. Just like Government College Lahore, Sargodha university is converted from Govt. College Sargodha in 2002 and charter as degree awarded institution. Since then they are efforting to give quality education in a small part of the country but unfortunately haven't got success yet. They have got a huge campus yet to be fully utilized in terms of building and quality of education. University is offering many programs under different departments including Medical, Business, Commerce, Arts, Economics.
One department which is really growing getting recognation by other institutes is "Department of Economics" . And reason behind is nothing else then the quality of education which they are giving to their students. They have excellent faculty including 8 PhDs. And when you have human capital with qualification like this, its abvious to acheive the highets of success which DOE is enjoying.
Unveristy's old building is kind of tradintional one which is well maintained but new blocks are designed with keeping in view the medern requirments of sociaty. Class rooms at UOS are not air conditioned but neat and clean and spacious.
You don't heard about UOS as its new in the field and haven't got any attention from the critics and if they continued to provide middle level education they might not got that attention ever. So they have to hire some highly qualitfied faculcty memebers as they did in Economics department. I talked to some students of UOS and according to them, there is very friendly envoirnment in class that is not bad but when its over-friendly, problems begin. So they need to improve class envoirnement to some extent to have some edge.
HISTORY:Sargodha College was first eastablished in 1929 in Shapur which was shifted to Sargodha in 1946 and since then it is facilitating all the nearby area of for high quality education.
College start graduation classes in 1987. With rapid growth college become Universtiy and started different under the name of Univeristy Of Sargodha.
STUDENT TALK:As I said above that I'av talked to number of students, ex-students of UOS and they were like not satisfied with the quality of education and atmosphere of unveristy. One of them said " sargodha unveristy is no where near the other Govt. universities like PU, Quid-e-Azam, BZU but they have to potential to gain some name in future years and for that they got to improve some basic things".
FACILITIES: Like other public sector universities unversity of sargodha also lack in the area of facilities,they have a central library which quit good but not as up-to-date as it is spoused to be, they recently installed a digital library function which is good. Class rooms are not air conditioned but yes furniture is comfortable. On campus enovirnment is very friendly infact over friendly which is not appreciated for studies. They don't have backup elecricity which is a big negative in todays Pakistan.
For me COMSATS is not a big name in educational institutes, let me very straight forward. But yes it has got a good repute in computer sciences. But I actually heard a lot about COMSATS's Chemistry department. I have asked a relative of mine who is a student of COMSATS Islamabad to write a review of COMSATS for me. So here is the guest review by Sadaf.
"COMSATS Institute of Information Technology got university charter in 2000 and today it is ranked as 7th top university in HEC ranking for research and development. This university is renowned in Pakistan for its sophistication and discipline. Its faculty and students mutually create a healthy learning atmosphere where one feels motivated and enthusiastic to learn. I am enrolled in its MS Mgmt program for last 2 years and each minute I’m spending here increase my overall knowledge base in a positive manner. The library is up-to-date and we have the facility of digital library as well. Digital library enables us to access online databases of journals and research papers. The faculty is highly qualified and experienced. Comsats offers its students bus and hostel facility. The main campus is in Islamabad and there are various campuses in prominent cities of Pakistan like Rawalpindi, Lahore, Abbottabad etc.
Comsats is famous for its IT and business studies. Along with these departments Comsats is offering courses in Engineering, Architecture, biological sciences and meteorology. These academic programs are available on both graduate and post graduate levels.
My experience with this university is remarkable in all aspects. I’ve learnt a lot from my esteemed teachers and colleagues. Join this university to add professionalism in your academic life."
So according to her this institute is really got something to offer to its students and students are quite satisfied as well, but ME? still not impressed. But yes you can join COMSATS for its low fee and average studies. Quality of study is higher then the price of it.
HISTORY: The CIIT operates under the supervision of The Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in the South. CIIT become functional in 1998 and after a good response got charter in 2000 as degree awarding institution.Since then it is providing educational facilities in more then 6 cities.
BASIC INFORMATION: CIIT have campuses in Islamabad, Lahore, Wah, Abbottabad, Attock and Sahiwal. Besides of these they have planned 6 more campuses in different cities of Pakistan including Karachi, Quetta, Vehari and Gujrat. Their Islamabad campus is a vast campus covering acres of land and having a well purpose build building on it with full facilities.
STUDENT TALK: I have been studied with one of students of COMSATS and also one of my co-worker was a MBA from COMSATS Lahore. What I have observed is that the quality and presentation skills were lacking in them and after talking to them about CIIT, both of them were not satisfied with the level of education of at CIIT. But when it comes to campuses and classrooms and cafeteria and lawns and library and Lab, they were like almost satisfied. Being with them is my main source of knowledge about CIIT.
MARKET WORTH: CIIT haven't got a repute in market like oh you are from COMSATS, come and sit, you are selected. Basic staring level after doing MBA from COMSATS is not more then 15K average. And when it comes to Computer Sciences when you got a competitor like FAST you have to give to 200% to compete in market. But jobs are available for students of CIIT and they have a good scope for further admissions.
FACILITIES: As I said above that they are facilitating their students with good facilities but their cafeteria needs to be improve in its taste and variety. Other then this, things are quit well at Lahore and Islamabad campuses of CIIT. Don't any reference in other campuses so can't say anything about them. Just hope they are also good.
PROGRAMS OFFERED: CIIT offered these programs in its campuses.
Under Graduate Programs:
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science – BS CS
Bachelor of Science in Telecommunication & Networking – BS TN
Bachelor of Science in Electrical(Telecommunication) Engineering – BS TE
Bachelor of Science in Electronics Engineering – BS ELE
Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering – BS EPE
Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering – BS ChE
