Department of textile engieering at BUITEMS

Department of Textile Engineering

Introduction

Balochistan having fertile land and growth environment is quite suitable for growing cotton.
Balochistan is also rich in wool production. Keeping in view the need of expertise in the field
of wool processing in particular and cotton / manmade fabrics in general, BUITEMS launched
the BS Textile Engineering program with the intake of 20 students in Fall 2004 at Takatu
Campus in the former Bolan Textile Mills, Baleli, Quetta with the high spirit and hope to produce
quality textile engineers with the expertise in processing the wool, cotton and manmade fabrics.
It is an accredited program by the Pakistan Engineering Council.
After graduation, Textile Engineers of this University will serve in the textile industry of
Pakistan particularly the areas of Hub district Labella which caters more than 30 textile units. In
near futur Gawadar will be the Centre of industrial zone and demand of Textile Engineers will be
increased.

VISION

o BUITEMS should be one of the best in producing quality textile
engineers for the textile industry.
o To Make the department a Centre of Excellence in education and
research on textiles including operation and design of textile
processes and machinery.
o To Solve the industry’s technical and managerial issues.
o To become a major source of ideas and expertise for the long term
competitiveness of the entire textile industry of Pakistan.

MISSION

The Department of Textile Engineering believes in establishing conducive
environment for top of the class professional education and research in the field of
Textile Engineering. The Department is committed to produce quality textile
engineers with expertise in operation and design of textile processes and machinery.
The Department of Textile Engineering is also devoted to solve the industry’s
technical and managerial issues targeting not only the current needs of industry but
also acting as a key source of ideas and expertise for the long term competitiveness
of the entire textile industry of Pakistan. This will also be source centre for technical
human resources, executives and consultants.

OBJECTIVES

o To produce professional textile engineers of high calibre and expertise
to meet the demand of textile industry of Pakistan.
o To enable the youngsters of Pakistan in general and youngster of
Balochistan in particular to acquire expertise in the different areas /
fields of textile engineering.
o To develop trained human resources for textile process industry and
textile machine manufacturing industry of Pakistan.
o To establish a Centre of Excellence in textile engineering in general
and wool development and processing in particular.

OUTCOME OF THE DEPARTMENT

The Department intends to produce 40 to 50 BS Textile Engineering, 10 to 20 Master’s
in Textile Engineering and 1 to 5 PhD in the near future. Present intake is from 35-50
students each year.
The courses offered by the Department of Textile Engineering are intended to result
in:
o Minimization of unemployment.
o Improvement of living standard of the people of Balochistan
o Industrialization in the province
o Improvement of technical and scientific approach for production of
textile commodities.
o Effective utilization of textile resources of the province (wool/ cotton)
o Inducement of entrepreneurship (textile industry), in Balochistan as
well as Pakistan.