PIEAS

The Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS) ,  is a public research university located in Islamabad, Pakistan. The university is modelled on international standards with a strong focus on the scientific advancement of the nuclear science-related STEM fields and medical sciences.

Founded in 1967 as Reactor School from the sponsorship of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission in response to support and manage the nuclear energy infrastructure in the country, the institute started its educational activities with the affiliation of Quaid-e-Azam University, and became Centre for Nuclear Studies (CNS) in 1976— the center gained its new name and became independent as public university in 1997. In 2000, the PIEAS was granted the status of a doctorate degree awarding institute. PIEAS is based on a 150 acres (0.61 km2; 0.23 sq mi) campus and has around 135 full-time faculty members.

As of 2017, Higher Education Commission rated PIEAS as the 1st leading engineering university in Pakistan. The QS World University Rankings ranked it as 375th worldwide while QS Asia University Rankings ranked it as 1st in Pakistan, 146th overall in Asia in 2019.[4] It is ranked 47th in QS top 50 under 50.

In 1967, the institute was found and established as the Reactor School by I. H. Usmani who put the administrative management of the school under the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC)— the school was originally aimed towards providing technical training to support Pakistan's nuclear energy infrastructure.[5] The first college classes were offered in a lecture auditorium at the Pakistan Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology (PINSTECH), and had only one faculty member Dr. Inam-ur-Rehman from the Mississippi State University to teach courses in engineering.Its training program was very limited in its scope apart from teaching basics in engineering and the institute itself was housed in a 625 sq.ft– the auditorium of the Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology