Pakistan Navy Engineering College
The Navy Engineering College, (Urdu: نيوى انجنيريگ كالج; Initials: PNEC), is an accredited research university operated by the Pakistan Navy. Located in Karachi, Sindh Province of Pakistan, it grants bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees in the science and engineering disciplines and is also a constituent colleges of the National University of Sciences and Technology.
The school offers fellowships and research through the Pakistan Science Foundation at the postdoctoral level, and maintains a research associateship program for both civilians and military officers. While the majority retains cadets, and active-duty officers active-duty officers from all branches of the Pakistan Military, Pakistan Government civilians and civilian students can also attend the school; the faculty of school are civilians employed by the Pakistan Navy. The student body and the faculty consist of both civilians and naval officers. The Air Force Institute of Aviation Technology (AFIAT) served as the same purpose. The Pakistan Army also operates College of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering and Military College of Engineering also is counterpart of this institution.
The school does not offers military Staff or war courses but instead, the schools concentrated to developed the science and technological applications for the government and the armed forces of the country. Previously, the school was referred to as PNS Jauhar but gained university level accreditation and renamed it as "Navy Engineering College" by the Pakistan Government.
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