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Engineering and technologyPublic university, chartered by Government of Punjab

University of Engineering and Technology, Taxila(UET Taxila)

Public engineering university in Taxila, near Islamabad and Rawalpindi, chartered in 1993. It teaches computing through a PEC-accredited B.Sc. Software Engineering, a B.Sc. Computer Engineering, a BS Computer Science, and engineering technology programmes in cyber security and software.

PublicHEC recognisedBachelors, Masters, PhDFounded 1993
Where to apply
Admissions pageApply onlineProspectusWebsite

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Campus cities

Taxila

Degree levels

Bachelors, Masters, PhD

Computing programmes

12

Entry tests

TCAT (UET Taxila entry test), ECAT (UET Lahore)

When admissions open

IntakeApplicationsTestClassesSource
Fall, bachelorsread from Fall 2026MayNot publishedAugustOfficial · UET Taxila admission schedule, Fall 2026 +1
  • Fall bachelors: Online admission forms opened 4 May 2026, the first merit list was due 4 June 2026 and first-semester classes were scheduled for 31 August 2026. No closing date was published; merit lists continued into September 2026. TCAT sessions ran in February 2026 and again in July and August 2026.

These are the months each cycle has usually run, read from the cycle named beside them. Exact dates are announced by the university every year, so check the admissions page before you plan around them.

How admission works

  1. 1

    Sit TCAT or ECAT

    Official · UET Taxila admission eligibility and merit formula +1
    Entry testBachelors (BS)

    Engineering, computer science and engineering technology applicants need a TCAT, ECAT or equivalent score acceptable to PEC and UET Taxila. The TCAT registration fee is Rs. 3,000.

  2. 2

    Pay the processing fee and apply online

    Official · UET Taxila undergraduate admissions FAQs +1
    Online applicationBachelors (BS)

    Generate the Rs. 4,000 processing fee voucher on the admission portal and pay through the HBL app or a Bank of Punjab branch. Group 01 (engineering and computer science) and Group 02 (BS Mathematics and Physics) need separate application forms and processing fees. Fill the preference table carefully: the order is final once submitted.

  3. 3

    Merit lists on the admission portal

    Official · UET Taxila undergraduate admissions portal (Fall 2026 notices) +1
    Merit listBachelors (BS)

    Several merit lists are posted on the portal. If a seat in a higher preference falls vacant you are moved up automatically unless you freeze your admission.

  4. 4

    Pay the semester fee and upload the challan

    Official · UET Taxila undergraduate admissions FAQs +1
    Fee and confirmationBachelors (BS)

    Selected candidates pay the first-semester fee and upload the paid challan to the portal. To stay in later merit lists for a higher preference you must pay the first-semester dues and upload all documents.

  5. 5

    Submit original documents

    Official · UET Taxila undergraduate admissions FAQs
    Document verificationBachelors (BS)

    SSC, HSSC or DAE, TCAT or ECAT result card, CNIC or B-Form, father's CNIC, domicile and photographs, on the schedule the admission office announces.

Entry tests they consider

How merit is worked out

Bachelors (BS)

Who can apply

Open merit (category A) seats are for Punjab domicile; category S (all Pakistan) and X (overseas Pakistanis) are partially subsidised and cost far more. Rounding a percentage up to reach the eligibility cut-off is not allowed.

Computing programmes and course outlines

The Department of Computer Science says it offers the HEC-designed curriculum, and the 2025 prospectus says the university implemented the HEC Undergraduate Education Policy 2023 from Fall 2023.

Bachelors (BS)

BS Computer ScienceOfficial · UET Taxila Undergraduate Prospectus 2025 (PDF) +1
4 years136 credit hoursTaxila20 core courses listed

Scheme of studies from the 2025 undergraduate prospectus, which states a minimum of 134 credit hours while its semester table totals 136. One third of seats in every category are reserved for pre-medical candidates. No NCEAC accreditation statement was found.

Core courses

  • Programming Fundamentals
  • Object Oriented Programming
  • Digital Logic Design
  • Probability and Statistics
  • Data Structures
  • Computer Organization and Assembly Language
  • Discrete Structure
  • Linear Algebra
  • Operating Systems
  • Software Engineering
  • Computer Architecture
  • Database Systems
  • Theory of Automata
  • Advance Database Management System
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computer Networks
  • Analysis of Algorithms
  • Compiler Construction
  • Parallel and Distributed Computing
  • Information Security
Full scheme of studies
B.Sc. Software EngineeringOfficial · UET Taxila Undergraduate Prospectus 2025 (PDF) +1
4 years134 credit hoursTaxilaPEC accredited20 core courses listed

An engineering degree (60% intermediate minimum). The department states that all graduated batches are PEC-accredited and current batches are accredited in turn.

Core courses

  • Computer Programming
  • Object Oriented Programming
  • Software Engineering Fundamentals
  • Discrete Structures
  • Computer Architecture and Logic Design
  • Data Structures and Algorithm
  • Software Requirements Engineering
  • Database Systems
  • Operating Systems
  • Software Design and Architecture
  • Software Construction and Development
  • Formal Methods in Software Engineering
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Web Engineering
  • Design and Analysis of Algorithms
  • Software Quality Engineering
  • Computer Networks
  • Information Security
  • Human Computer Interaction
  • Final Year Design Project I and II
Full scheme of studies
B.Sc. Computer EngineeringOfficial · UET Taxila Undergraduate Prospectus 2025 (PDF)
4 years136 credit hoursTaxila19 core courses listed

Started in 2001. Engineering degree requiring 60% in intermediate. No explicit PEC accreditation statement for this programme was read, so none is recorded.

Core courses

  • Applications of ICT
  • Circuit Analysis
  • Digital Logic Design
  • Programming Fundamentals
  • Electronic Devices and Circuits
  • Computer Organization and Architecture
  • Discrete Structures
  • Object Oriented Programming
  • Data Structures and Algorithms
  • Operating Systems
  • Microprocessor and Interfacing
  • Signals and Systems
  • Computer Communication and Networks
  • Digital Signal Processing
  • Database Management Systems
  • Digital System Design
  • Software Engineering
  • Control Systems
  • Final Year Design Project I and II
Full scheme of studies
B.Sc. Cyber Security Engineering TechnologyOfficial · UET Taxila admission eligibility and merit formula +2
4 yearsTaxila

Engineering technology programme run by the Department of Telecommunication Engineering in the afternoon. Open to applicants from all of Pakistan including AJK, with 50% in intermediate (any combination with mathematics, pre-medical or ICS) or a relevant DAE, plus TCAT or ECAT.

B.Sc. Software Engineering TechnologyOfficial · UET Taxila admission eligibility and merit formula +2
4 yearsTaxila

Engineering technology programme run by the Department of Telecommunication Engineering in the afternoon, with a field training component. Same eligibility as Cyber Security Engineering Technology.

BS Artificial IntelligenceOfficial · UET Taxila Undergraduate Prospectus 2025 (PDF) +1
4 yearsTaxila

Approved by the Academic Council in 2024 and described in the 2025 prospectus as a future programme pending NCEAC approval. The Computer Engineering department site lists a BS Artificial Intelligence Technology. Check the admissions portal before counting on it; it was not on the 2026 undergraduate programme list.

Masters (MS or MPhil)

MSc Computer ScienceOfficial · Department of Computer Science, UET Taxila
Taxila

Listed on the Department of Computer Science site.

MSc Software EngineeringOfficial · UET Taxila programmes offered (admissions portal)
Taxila
MS Computer EngineeringOfficial · Department of Computer Engineering, UET Taxila +1
2 yearsTaxila
MS Artificial IntelligenceOfficial · Department of Computer Engineering, UET Taxila
2 yearsTaxila

Listed by the Department of Computer Engineering.

Campuses

  • Main campus, Taxila

    Main campus

    Taxila

    On the outskirts of Taxila, 5 km from the city and about 35 km from Islamabad and Rawalpindi, with university buses from Islamabad, Rawalpindi and Wah Cantt. All teaching departments and hostels are on this 163-acre campus.

    Official · UET Taxila Undergraduate Prospectus 2025 (PDF)

What it costs

ProgrammeFeeSource
Undergraduate engineering and computer science, first semesterBachelorsPKR 105k to 340k/semesteras of 2026Approximate first-semester totals from the admissions FAQ, excluding hostel: about 104,800 for subsidised categories and 339,800 or more for S and X categories. The 2025 prospectus lists tuition of 38,000 (subsidised) and 130,000 (S and X) per semester.Official · UET Taxila undergraduate admissions FAQs +1

Fees are read from published fee structures and change every year. They exclude hostel, transport and one-off admission charges unless the row says otherwise.

Scholarships and financial aid

Companies that recruit from here

Runs campus hiring· Holds a recruitment drive, test or interview day on this campus.

Many alumni work there· A large number of graduates work there, on public profiles or in reporting.

Each link says how the company is tied to the university and where that is published. It is not a claim that the company hires only from here, or that a degree from here guarantees an interview.

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Dates, the test format, where merit closed and how long each step took are the parts nobody else publishes.

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How to actually get in

  • Take TCAT as well as ECAT if you can. UET Taxila accepts either, and TCAT runs several sessions through the year.
  • Your HSSC Part I marks carry half the merit. The formula is 50% HSSC Part I, 33% entry test and 17% matric.
  • Pre-medical students have a real route into BS Computer Science: one third of CS seats in every category are reserved for them, with a 50% minimum.
  • Software Engineering here is a PEC engineering degree with a 60% minimum, while BS Computer Science and the engineering technology programmes need 50%.
  • Pay first-semester dues on time if you want to stay in the running for a higher preference in later merit lists.

About University of Engineering and Technology, Taxila

UET Taxila started in 1975 as the University College of Engineering, a constituent college of UET Lahore that ran at Sahiwal for three years before moving to its campus outside Taxila in 1978. It became an independent university under the University of Engineering and Technology Taxila Ordinance in October 1993. The 2025 undergraduate prospectus puts enrolment above 5,500 students on a 163-acre campus about 35 km from Islamabad and Rawalpindi.

Computing sits mainly in the Faculty of Telecommunication and Information Engineering. The Department of Computer Engineering started its B.Sc. in 2001 and runs the Swarm Robotics Lab under the National Centre of Robotics and Automation. The Department of Software Engineering offers a B.Sc. Software Engineering that the department says is PEC-accredited for all graduated batches, which makes it an engineering degree rather than a computing one. The Department of Computer Science offers a BS Computer Science that admits pre-medical students into a reserved share of seats.

The Department of Telecommunication Engineering also runs afternoon B.Sc. Engineering Technology programmes in Cyber Security and Software Engineering. Admission to engineering and computer science is based on ECAT or UET Taxila's own test (TCAT).

Sources

Whole profile last checked 2026-09-17.

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What are you adding?

This decides how the claim is labelled on the page. Only someone representing the university can produce an “official” label, and I check that separately.

Year and month.

Comma separated topics, not the questions themselves.

Dates, the test format, where merit closed and how long each step took are the parts nobody else publishes.

Credit

Anonymous is the default. If you keep it anonymous, nothing identifying you reaches the page: it is published as a student account and your name stays with me. Never send test papers, leaked questions or anyone else’s personal details.

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