BALOCHISTAN UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION

TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING & MANAGEMENT

SCIENCES (BUITEMS), QUETTA

DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE
Name

Orientation of Undergraduate Program in

Architecture

Waqas Ahmed Mahar, PhD

Assistant Professor of Sustainable Architecture & Urbanism
BUITEMS Quetta, Pakistan.

architectwaqas@hotmail.com
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 Outline
• BUITEMS – An Overview

• Faculty of Engineering & Architecture (FoE&A)

• Department of Architecture (DoA)
• Scheme of study

• Lecture Series (Architecture & Critical Thinking)

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• Research at DoA BUITEMS

• Trainings/ Lectures by DoA Faculty

• Collaborations

• Self-assessment and Student Evaluation

• Examination

• Library

• Other Facilities
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Key Facts
• Faculties: 06

• Programs: 60+

• Campuses: 05
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• Faculty: 700+

• PhD: 170+

• Alumni: 11K+

• United Nations Academic Impact Hub for UN SGD8 (Decent Work

and Economic Growth)

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Campuses (05)
 Takatu Campus – 108 Acres
• Faculty of Basic Sciences
• Faculty of Engineering & Architecture
• Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies
• Faculty of Life Sciences & Informatics
• Faculty of Social Sciences & Humanities
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Faculty of Management Sciences

 City Campus
• Law School

 Chiltan Campus – 421 Acres

• Faculty of Life Sciences & Informatics
• Research Farm

 Muslim Bagh Campus

• 04 programs

 Zhob Campus
• 04 Programs 4
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Departments (08)

 Department of Architecture

 Department of Civil Engineering

 Department of Chemical Engineering

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 Department of Geological Engineering

 Department of Mechanical Engineering

 Department of Mining Engineering

 Department of Petroleum & Gas Engineering

 Department of Textile Engineering

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Disciplines related to Architecture & Planning

• Department of Architecture
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• Department of Urban and Regional Planning (proposed)

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Programs related to Architecture & Planning

• Bachelor of Architecture (B. Arch.)

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Proposed programs

• Bachelor of Urban and Regional Planning (BURP)

• Master of Architecture (M. Arch.)

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Key Facts

• Operation started: Fall 2009

• Faculty: 22 (Permanent). 02 (Study Leave), 02 (Deputation),

03 (Temporary)
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• PhDs: 02, Enrolled (02)

• MS: Foreign (04), Local (12)

• APs: 16

• Lecturers: 05

• Students: 156

• Student/Teacher Ratio: 1:8.6

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Vision

Our vision is to be among the best architecture schools, where students

and teachers find their identity as professional architects of all times and
situations, where they explore, discover and build culture artistically with
creativity and difference.
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Mission

At department of architecture, we are committed to train students through

in-depth study and research in social, cultural, political and historic
context; and to provide a comprehensive architectural design solution for
the region in general and for Baluchistan in particular with emphasis on its
spatial needs.
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List of Faculty Members (Active)

S.No Name Designation Qualification

Highest degree Year
1 Ar. Palwasha Amanullah AP/ In-charge M.A. in Research Architecture, UK 2012
Chairperson
2 Ar. Dr. Waqas Ahmed Assistant Professor PhD in Architecture & Urban Planning, ULiege, 2021
MaharName Belgium
3 Ar. Dr. Sohrab Ahmed Marri Assistant Professor PhD in Architecture History and Project, Polito, 2021
Italy.
4 Ar. Mohammad Sohail Assistant Professor B.Arch., DECT, Pak 1991

5 Ar. Azra Alvi Assistant Professor B.Arch., DECT, Pak 1991

6 Ar. Tahira Shaukat Assistant Professor MS in Environmental Management & Policy, 2020
BUITEMS, Pak
7 Ariana Bazai Assistant Professor BS in Interior Design, Pak 2008

8 Ar. Umer Ahmed Assistant Professor B.Arch., NCA Pak 2012

9 Ar. Gullalay Javed Assistant Professor B.Arch., UET Peshawar Pak 2009

10 Ar. Naveed Ur Rehman Assistant Professor MS in Environmental Management & Policy, 2020
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List of Faculty Members (Active)

S.No Name Designation Qualification

Highest degree Year
11 Ar. Shehroze Shah Assistant Professor MS Urban & Regional Planning, NUST, Pak 2021

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Ar. Maska Khan Assistant Professor B.Arch., BUITEMS, Pak 2014

13 Ar. Adeel Zahoor Assistant Professor B.Arch., BUITEMS, Pak 2014

14 Ar. Asma Batool Assistant Professor B.Arch., BUITEMS, Pak 2014

15 Ar. Abdullah Sami Assistant Professor B.Arch., BUITEMS, Pak 2014

16 Ar. Ali Gul Assistant Professor B.Arch., BUITEMS, Pak 2014

17 Ar. Jahangeer Khan Lecturer B.Arch., BUITEMS, Pak 2014

18 Ar. Urooj Fatima Nagi Lecturer B.Arch., BUITEMS, Pak 2015

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Faculty Members (On Study Leave)

S.No Name Designation Qualification

Highest degree Year
19 Ar. Sabeen Mehmood Lecturer MS Interior Architecture & Built Environment, 2021
Durrani Yonsei University, Korea. PhD (continued)
20 Ar. Babar Khan Lecturer B.Arch., NCA RWP, Pak 2016
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Faculty Members (On deputation)

S.No Name Designation Qualification

Highest degree Year
21 Ar. Mamoon Ur Rashid Assistant Professor MS in Environmental Management & Policy, 2019
BUITEMS, Pak
22 Ar. Jalal Faisal Khan Assistant Professor MS in Environmental Management & Policy, 2020
BUITEMS, Pak

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Admission

 Admissions Quota
• Seats reserved for Balochistan 90%
• All Pakistan Merit 10%

 Eligibility
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• Pre-engineering/A-Levels from any recognized board or equivalent
qualification with at least 50% marks
• Diploma in the same field (Architecture), securing at least 60% marks

• Determination of Admission Merit (Fall ‘13 and onwards)

• F.Sc. (Pre- Engineering) 50%
• Matriculation/O-Levels. 20%
• BUITEMS Entrance Test 10%
• Aptitude test, free hand drawing and interview 20%

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Students

 Admission Response For Fall 2022

• No. of Applications: 135

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Students to be Admitted: 45

 Maximum Intake

• 45 Students/ Annum from Fall ‘21 and onwards

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Students

Batches Semester Students

Fall 2016 Graduating 22

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Fall 2017 9th 17

Fall 2018 7th 24

Fall 2019 5th 26

Fall 2020 3rd 30

Fall 2021 1st 45*

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Curriculum
 Updated Curriculum: From Fall ‘16 Batch and onward
 Revised : 2015
 Members of BoS-III:
• Prof. Dr. Ehsan Ullah Kakar
• Ar. Mamoon-ur-Rashid
Name • Ar. Dr. Anis Ahmed Siddiqi
• Ar. M. Arif Changezi
• Ar. Muhammad Sohail
• Ar. Imran Ahmad Khan
• Ar. Jalal Faisal
• Prof. Dr. M.A.K Malghani
• Dr. Zahid Rauf

 Total No. of Credit Hours: 173

 No. of Credit Hours/Semester: 14 to 18

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Lecture Halls & Studios

 Hall 1:
• 3 Design Studios, 5 Lecture Halls, 2 Computer Labs & Faculty
offices

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 Sir Syed Block-A:
• 2 Design Studios

 JICA Hall:
• 2 Labs/workshops (Model Making & Material Lab)

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Labs
 Computer Lab
 Material and Construction Lab
 Model Making Lab
 Archives and Research Lab
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Other Facilities

 Plotter
 Scanner
 Printer
 Art/ Stationery Shop

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Study Tours, Trainings and Workshops

 Semester 4th on wards (Study Tour)
• “Trans-figural Sensual Experience”. Analyze, Translate & Transform. July
2018, UET Peshawar ATD.
• “Transcending Art & Architecture Challenges” Reinventing Abstraction.
May 2017, UET Peshawar ATD.
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• IAPEX Karachi 2017 and architecture institutes in Karachi.
• Participated in Architecture Jamboree 2018 at Lahore

 Workshops:
• Found In Translation (Material Workshop)
By : Ar. Umer Ahmed & Ar. Babar Khan
• Junk Sculptures ( Material Workshop)
By : Ar. Ariana Bazai & Ar. Sabeen Mehmood

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Architecture & Critical Thinking

Persons involved: Sohrab Ahmed Marri, Palwasha Amanullah,
Waqas Ahmed Mahar, Abdullah Sami

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Urban Issues and Problems

Collaborators: Naveed Ur Rehman Anwar, Waqas Ahmed Mahar, Sohrab Ahmed

Marri, Shehroze Shah, Sabeen Qureshi and Gohram Khan Malghani

Date: 2014 to date

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Labs:
1. Department of Architecture, BUITEMS Quetta, Pakistan
2. Department of Architecture, Mehran UET Jamshoro, Pakistan
3. Department of Environmental Science, BUITEMS Quetta, Pakistan

Key themes:
• Urban Sprawl
• Walkability in Cities
• Water Scarcity
• International influences on Planning (Gwadar) 21
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Environmental Research

Collaborators: Anila Ali, Palwasha Amanullah, Ariana Bazai, Umer Ahmed, Waqas
Ahmed Mahar, Abdullah Sami, Urooj Fatima Nagi, Shehroze Shah and Muhammad
Najam Malghani

Date: 2018 to date

Name

Labs:
1. Department of Architecture, BUITEMS Quetta, Pakistan
2. Department of Environmental Science, BUITEMS Quetta, Pakistan

Key themes:
• Indoor Air Quality in Shops
• Noise and its effects (Residents, Rikshaw drivers)
• Beach Management
• Effects of Radioactive frequencies
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Thermal Comfort, Energy Management and Renewable Energy

Technologies in Pakistan: Practice, Prospects and Challenges

Collaborators: Waqas Ahmed Mahar, Naveed Ur Rehman Anwar, Jalal Faisal

Khan, Waqas Khalid, Adeel Waqas, Mushk Bughio, Adeel Zahoor, Syed Kamran
Sami, Gohram Khan Malghani, Maska Khan and Muhammad Habib.
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Date: July 2018 to date

Labs:
1. Department of Architecture, BUITEMS Quetta, Pakistan
2. Department of Civil Engineering, BUITEMS Quetta, Pakistan
3. Department of Chemical Engineering, BUITEMS Quetta, Pakistan
4. Department of Environmental Science, BUITEMS Quetta, Pakistan
5. Department of Architecture, DUET Karachi, Pakistan
6. Department of Architecture, SKKU, South Korea
7. NUST Islamabad, Pakistan
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Adaptive Reuse and Heritage Management

Collaborators: Waqas Ahmed Mahar, Mamoon Ur Rashid Mengal, Naveed Iqbal,

Syed Hamid Akbar and Sabeen Qureshi

Date: 2020 to date

Name
Labs:
1. Department of Architecture, BUITEMS Quetta, Pakistan
2. Faculty of Art and Architecture, Hasselt University, Belgium
3. Department of Architecture, MUET Jamshoro, Pakistan

Key themes:
• Adaptive reuse of industrial buildings
• Colonial architecture

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Climate Change and Outdoor Thermal Comfort

Collaborators: Waqas Ahmed Mahar, Mohamed Elhadi Matallah, Mushk Bughio,

Atef Ahriz and Kahina Labdaoui

Date: 2020 to date

Labs: Name
1. Department of Architecture, BUITEMS Quetta, Pakistan
2. Department of Architecture, DUET Karachi, Pakistan
3. Department of Architecture, SKKU, South Korea
4. Department of Architecture, University of Biskra, Algeria
5. Department of Architecture, University Badji Mukhtar, Algeria

Key themes:
• Outdoor thermal comfort in oases settlements
• Walkability and outdoor thermal comfort
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Housing Research at DoA BUITEMS

Research Philosophy

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Housing paradigm shift model for Pakistan (Mahar et al., 2019)

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Building Defects, rework and maintenance

Collaborators: Waqas Ahmed Mahar, Mahmud Bin Mohd Jusan, Zarak Khan Kasi,
Sabeen Qureshi, Jam Zeeshan Ali, Jalal Faisal Khan and Tahira Shaukat

Date: 2011 to date

Name
Labs:
1. Department of Architecture, BUITEMS Quetta, Pakistan
2. Department of Architecture, Mehran UET Jamshoro, Pakistan
3. Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Malaysia

Key themes:
• Building defects and rework
• Building maintenance
• Building management
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Disaster Mitigation and Housing after disasters

Collaborators: Waqas Ahmed Mahar, Mamoon Ur Rashid Mengal, Shehroze Shah

and Yasmeen Lari

Date: 2013 to date

Name
Labs:
1. Department of Architecture, BUITEMS Quetta, Pakistan
2. Heritage Foundation, Pakistan

Key themes:
• Housing after disaster
• Reinforcement of Brick Masonry houses
• Retrofitting and design interventions

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Housing Performance Characterization and Thermal Comfort in

Pakistan

Collaborators: Waqas Ahmed Mahar, Shady Attia, Griet Verbeeck, Sigrid Reiter,
Manoj Kumar Singh, Michal Krajcik, Jahangeer Khan and Anila Ali

Name
Date: Nov 2015 to date

Labs:
1. Department of Architecture, BUITEMS Quetta, Pakistan
2. Faculty of Art and Architecture, Hasselt University, Belgium
3. Sustainable Building Design Lab, University of Liège, Belgium
4. LEMA, University of Liège, Belgium
5. University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
6. Slovak University of Technology at Bratislava, Slovakia
7. Department of Environmental Science, BUITEMS Quetta.
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Thesis Completed

MS thesis at BUITEMS
An investigation of defects in residential buildings in Quetta, Pakistan (2020)
Jalal Faisal Khan

Study of adobe structure damages: A case study of Awaran earthquake 2013 (2019)
Mamoon Ur Rashid Mengal

Unplanned Sprawl, Inequality of Resources & Needs to Access the Urban Services (A Case
Name
Study of Quetta City)
Naveed Ur Rehman Anwar

A case study of the structural defects of residential buildings in Quetta (2017)

Zarak Khan Kasi

MS thesis at Mehran UET

Common building defects in residential building stock of Qasimabad, Hyderabad (2018)
Jam Zeeshan Ali

Exploring Walkabiliy: Comparative analysis of old & new neighbourhoods of Hyderabad

(2018)
Andul Waheed Memeon

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Related Publications
1. Bughio, M., Schuetze, T., Mahar, W.A. (2020). Comparative analysis of indoor environmental quality of architectural campus
buildings’ lecture halls and its’ perception by building users, in Karachi, Pakistan. Sustainability, 12(7), 2995. DOI:
 https://doi.org/10.3390/su12072995
2. Mahar, W.A., Verbeeck, G. Reiter, S., Attia, S. (2020). Sensitivity analysis of passive design strategies for residential buildings
in cold semi-arid climates. Sustainability, 12(3), 1091. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/su12031091
3. Mahar, W.A., Verbeeck, G., Singh, M.K., Attia, S. (2019). An investigation of thermal comfort of houses in dry and semi-arid
climates of Quetta, Pakistan. Sustainability, 11(19), 5203. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/su11195203
4. Khalid, W., Waqas, A., Mahar, W.A. and Khalid, F. (2019). Thermal comfort, energy management scenario of Pakistan.
Pakistan Observer. 18 Sep 2019. Islamabad, Pakistan. Retrieved from https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/256943
5. Mahar, W.A., Anwar, N.U.R., Attia, S. (2019). Building energy efficiency policies and practices in Pakistan: A literature
review. 5th International Conference on Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development (EESD) 2018. 14-16 Nov 2018.
Name
Jamshoro, Pakistan: Mehran University of Engineering and Technology (MUET). AIP Conference proceedings 2119, 020005
(2019). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5115364
6. Anwar, N.U.R., Mahar, W.A., Khan, J.F. (2018). Renewable energy technologies in Balochistan: Practice, prospects and
challenges. In the proceedings of 5th International Conference on Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development (EESD)
2018. 14-16 Nov 2018. Jamshoro, Pakistan: Mehran University of Engineering and Technology (MUET). Retrieved from
 https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/229334
7. Mahar, W.A., Amer, M., Attia, S. (2018). Indoor thermal comfort assessment of residential building stock in Quetta,
Pakistan. European Network for Housing Research (ENHR) Annual Conference 2018. 27-29 Jun 2018. Uppsala, Sweden:
Uppsala University. Retrieved from https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/226537
8. Kasi, Z.K., Mahar, W.A., Khan, J.F. (2018). Structural defects in residential buildings: A study of Quetta,
Pakistan. 1st International Conference on Advances in Engineering & Technology (ICAET) 2018. 2-3 Apr 2018. Quetta,
Pakistan: Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engineering and Management Sciences (BUITEMS). Retrieved
from https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/223736
9. Mengal, M.U.R, & Mahar, W.A. (2018). Disaster mitigation strategies for adobe houses: A case study of District Awaran,
Balochistan, Pakistan. 1st International Conference on Advances in Engineering & Technology (ICAET) 2018. 2-3 Apr 2018.
Quetta, Pakistan: Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engineering and Management Sciences (BUITEMS).
Retrieved from https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/223847
10. Mahar, W.A., Knapen, E., Verbeeck, G. (2017). Methodology to determine housing characteristics in less developed areas in
developing countries: A case study of Quetta, Pakistan. European Network for Housing Research (ENHR) Annual Conference
2017. 4-6 Sep 2017. Tirana, Albania: Polis University. Retrieved from https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/222584
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Training on AutoCAD and Quantity Surveying

 Professional Development Program under Balochistan Integrated
Water Resources Management And Development Project
(BIWRMDP)

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Instructors: Abdullah Sami, Adeel Zahoor

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Training on AutoCAD

 On Job Training For the Trainers of Training Fund Program in

Women Technical Training Centre, Quetta

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Instructors: Ali Gul

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 Collaborations

National Platform for Housing Research

 Establishment of Housing Research centre

Name Defence Housing Authority (DHA) Quetta

 Development of Smart and sustainable city

Institute of Development Studies and Practices, Quetta

 Development of sustainable campus

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 Self-assessment and Student Evaluation

Self-assessment report
 Done annually
 By DoA and Quality Enhancement & Accreditation (QE&A)

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Student Evaluation
 Previously conducted in labs
 Now available online at http://buitemssurveys.com/

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Grading System: CGPA

Distribution of Marks (Theory)

• Mid Term Examination: 25%
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• Final Examination: 50%

• Sessional: 25%
o Quizzes
o Assignments
o Presentations
o Attendance

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CGPA Grades

Marks Range Grade Point Grade

85 and Above 4.00 A+

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75-79 3.70 A-
70-74 3.30 B+
65-69 3.00 B
61-64 2.30 C+
58-60 2.00 C
55-57 1.70 C-
50-54 1.00 D
0-49 0.00 F

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Total Area: 15,000 SQ. FT

Total No. of Books: 40178

Architecture
Name Books:
• Books available in Library 3120
• Recommended Books by DoA in 2019 275
• HEC Digital Library Link

Other Facilities:
• Printer
• Scanner
• Photostat
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Auditorium
Bank
Cricket Stadium
Day Care Center
Expo Center
Family Residences (for Faculty/ Staff)
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Free Internet Access (Wi-Fi)
Girls Hostel
Medical Center
Mosque
Seminar Halls
Sports Complex
Teacher Hostel
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 Five Years Plan

 Extension of existing building, Hall-I (To accommodate maximum

facilities of Architecture department under one roof)

 Faculty Development (Strengthening/ Recruitment)

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 Establishment of Housing Research Centre with the collaboration

of the National Platform for Housing Research (NPHR)

 Faculty/ students exchange programs

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