HITEC University was conceived as a part of Heavy Industries Taxila Education City. The premises were already having educational institutes of nursery, school and college level. In 2007, in affiliation with UET Taxila, BS in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, BBA and BS Islamic Studies were launched. HITEC university was granted its own Charter by the Government of the Punjab on 17 November 2009 and all students were transferred to HITEC University. HITEC University offers undergraduate, postgraduate and doctorate programs in engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering , civil EngineeringMathematics, Islamic Studies and Business Administration. the inauguration was presided by then president General Pervez Musharraf. Five years later, the university opened a new department for computer science and in 2019 it launched the Department of Civil Engineering.
The admissions are strictly based on merit. The University is open to all persons without prejudice to gender, religion, race,creed, color or domicile. Admission is granted on the basis of eligibility criteria. Applicants, who have appeared in a prerequisite examination prescribed for admission in a program and are awaiting results, will be provisionally admitted against an undertaking that they will pass their examination as per admission criteria. Students awaiting results are required to submit attested copies of their certificates/degrees within two weeks after the declaration of results, failing which the University will cancel their admissions. Only those students will be registered who would complete all admission formalities including deposit of their fees and other dues on prescribed date. Every undergraduate student shall be expected to take the full load of the courses prescribed for the semester. A master level student, however, will have the option to enroll for fewer courses. Students applying for graduate programs are required to be qualified as per criteria laid down by HEC.
Degree programs
The disciplines and the degree programs offered by HITEC have been tabulated below. The minimum duration of BS and MS / M Phil degree programs is 4 and 1.5 years, respectively.
Student societies
Engineering and non-technical societies in the university campus include:
Adventure and Social Welfare Society.
Literary and Debating Society.
Science Society.
Creative Arts Society.
Sports Society.
Character Building Society.
Girls Society.
HITEC Robotic Society.
The university has the following co-curricular societies:
Administration took a step to meet the needs of students by building a new hostel with all facilities which has become a success. Now the university has two internal hostel buildings for boys.
Masjid and Religious Education Complex
There is a masjid in HITEC University premises where students can offer prayers. It has a capacity of 700 worshipers. There is one Religious Education Complex under the Masjid where Hifz and Nazira Quran classes are conducted.
Library
General collection
The general collection is organized according to Dewey Decimal Classification and shelved subject-wise according to call numbers pasted on the spine of each item.
Journals and magazines
The library has a good collection of periodicals and all leading newspapers: seven daily national newspapers including Dawn Business Recorder, etc. The library has national magazines of computers, general and current affairs.
Digital Library
To meet the information requirements of students and researchers with the provision of quality scholarly there is an information-based electronic Digital Library. Access to all these resources is free from within the HITEC University .
Islamic Library
Adjacent to the university masjid, a separate library for Islamic and religious books is situated.
Sad Incident
Due to gas leakage and blast dr Zubair Farooqui and Mr Rasul Naib Qasid were seriously injured and subsequently succumbed to injuries. Incident occurred due to switching on the light in one of the class room of the university.
