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Microsoft & HEC Pakistan to host Imagine Cup with $100,000 prize money
Higher Education Commission (HEC) and Microsoft are teaming up again to bring Microsoft’s Imagine Cup – the premium student technology competition- to Pakistan. Started in…
HEC to to establish Technology and Innovation Support Centre in Pakistan
The Higher Education Commission of Pakistan (HEC) is going to establish a state-of-the-art Technology and Innovation Support Centre (TISC) Network in Pakistan, in collaboration with…
HEC being given Rs. 91 billion for promoting research and higher education
The government is releasing around Rs. 91 billion to the Higher Education Commission (HEC) in order to promote and improve the state of research and…
HEC announces Technology Development Fund, applications are now open!
Higher Education Commission(HEC), Pakistan is taking steps to promote applied research in the country. Their new Technology Development Fund will finance proposals of completed interdisciplinary…
TechHub Connect discusses different issues for the Punjab ICT Policy
TechHub Connect, a project by the Entrepreneurial Wing of the Punjab Information Technology Board (PITB), has jointly held a focus group discussion with collaboration of…
Higher Education Commission to establish three technology universities
Higher Education Commission (HEC) announces establishment of three technology universities at National Technology Council (NTC). The universities to be established are: National Skills University in Islamabad,…
HEC Pakistan establishes Innovation Steering Committee to fuel country’s entrepreneurial ecosystem
The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has formulated an Innovation Steering Committee to focally accelerate entrepreneurship activities in the country’s academic institutions. This strategic step targets…
Karachi’s first HEC backed business incubation center holds its inaugural pitching session
CINETIC – Center of Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Technology Incubation and Commercialization at NED University, Karachi is the first business incubation space in Sindh being funded by…
HEC’s latest Pakistani university rankings are here, some unexpected names in the list
Yesterday Dr. Mukhtar Ahmed, Chairperson HEC, unveiled HEC’s 5th ranking of Pakistan’s Higher Education Institutions (HEI). National University of Sciences & Technology (NUST), Pakistan Institute…
HEC to Only Recognise Local CIIT Degrees Under Dual Degree Programme
HEC has decided to recognize only the degrees and transcripts from Comsats Institute of Information Technology (CIIT) for its dual-degree programme. A 10-member commission on Tuesday endorsed…
“Prime Minister Scheme” laptops are still up for sale, even after HEC call for action!
About a year ago, the report concerning actions to be taken against the sellers of the Prime Minister Scheme laptops, and the Higher Education Commission…
Universities cannot hold their admission test through NTS anymore
According to the Higher Education Commission (HEC), universities are no longer under an obligation to conduct Graduate Assessment Test (GAT) through the National Testing Service…
