Karachi February 17, 2021 Being one of the oldest institutions in Pakistan for teaching and producing engineering graduates, the NED University of Engineering and Technology is going to complete 100 years of its foundation this year. The academic journey of the varsity was started in 1921, previously known as the Prince of Wales Engineering College, located on James Strachan Road in the Old City Area. At present, more than 540 faculty members are employed at the varsity. Among these faculty members, more than 200 have doctorate degrees while the remaining members are perusing PhD degrees. The varsity offers 34 undergraduate, over 50 masters, and 21 PhD programmes. According to the NEDUET Vice Chancellor Prof Dr. Sarosh Hashmat Lodi, in the beginning, a few students were selected to be trained as civil engineers. At that time, Karachi was a developing city, for which a number of engineers were required, and the British government had planned to construct the Sukkur Barrage.