SBASSE Chemical Engineering Programme Receives a Green Signal from Pakistan Engineering Council

Monday, September 10, 2018

The Syed Babar Ali School of Science and Engineering (SBASSE) at the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) has been authorised by the Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC) to launch its BS Chemical Engineering Programme after successful zero visit. The Programme aims to provide world-class teaching and research in Chemical Engineering. The programme is housed at the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, which provides an excellent training platform to the students pursuing their education in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering disciplines.

The history of chemists working in the groundbreaking research and chemical engineers helping them in upscaling the products toward commercialisation, is long. The Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering will provide an opportunity to the chemists and chemical engineers to work together in close coordination in accordance with the no-boundaries vision of Syed Babar Ali School of Sciences and Engineering. This would substantially contribute towards the provision of high-quality education unparalleled in Pakistan, and offer a unique environment to carry-out cutting edge research translatable to real life products and processes.

Through this Programme, SBASSE builds on a decade long history of attracting high-quality faculty and offering high-quality academic programmes. The School's programmes are bringing a paradigm shift in quality education and research in various science and engineering disciplines that is unequivocally evident from the placement of our students in reputed organisations and world-class universities as well as quality publications in the top-notch journals across the globe.

PEC is a prestigious professional body, and statutory federal institution to accredit the engineering education and regulates engineering profession in Pakistan. Their efforts are directed towards setting standards for professional competence in engineering.