Around 16,860 candidates from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, FATA, AJK and Gilgit Baltistan appeared in the entry test for the academic session of 2017-18 of the University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar, simultaneously conducted at Peshawar, Abbottabad, Swat and D I Khan on Sunday. According to details, in Peshawar, the test was conducted on two venues including Islamia Collegiate Ground and Cricket Ground at University of Peshawar; in Abbottabad test was conducted in Ayub Medical College; in Swat at Grassy Ground Saidu Sharif and University Wensum College in D I Khan.
The officials said the test was conducted by the Educational Testing and Evaluating Agency (ETEA) of Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Around 16860 candidates from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, FATA, AJK and Gilgit Baltistan appeared for the entrance test. The result will be announced on 17th July, 2017 (Monday) and available on ETEA website (www.etea.edu.pk). The same will be displayed on UET's main notice board.
The Vice Chancellor University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar Professor Dr Iftikhar Hussain, who was present on the occasion, expressed his satisfaction over the arrangements for the Entrance Test. He said, due to large number of students appearing for the test in Peshawar, it was conducted at two places which gave candidates a comfortable environment.
He also thanked Campus Police for providing foolproof security for the test. At Peshawar Centre, a total of 10221 candidates appeared in the test with 9828 candidates for admission in engineering disciplines, and 393 candidates appeared for Computer Science group. At Abbottabad Center among 2135 candidates, 2065 candidates appeared for engineering group, whereas 179 candidates for the computer science group, at Swat Centre, 2844 candidates appeared in the test with 2790 candidates for engineering disciplines, and 17 candidates appeared for Computer Science group while at D I Khan Center 1652 candidates appeared in the test with 1611 candidates for engineering disciplines, and 41 candidates appeared for Computer Science in the entrance test. Altogether 647 female candidates and 16205 male candidates appeared in all centers.
Pro-Vice Chancellor UET Peshawar, Engr Professor Dr Noor Muhammad, Registrar UET Peshawar, Dr Khizar Azam, Director Admissions UET Peshawar Dr Misbahullah, Secretary Higher Education Department (HED) KP, Syed Zafar Ali Shah, Additional Secretary HED Dr Khalid Khan, Vice Chancellor Khyber Medical University Dr Arshad Javed, ETEA Officials, faculty members and administrative staff of UET were also present on the occasion.