BEIJING: Chinese Universities will collaborate with the Government ofPakistan to open campuses in Pak-Austria Institute of Applied Sciences andTechnology Haripur in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) province.
The five Chinese along with three Austrian universities will handle variousdepartments of the institute to contribute to the country’s technologicaladvancement. This huge project will take another 5 to 7 years to be fullycompleted, China Economic Net (CEN) reported on Thursday.
The institute will offer around 30 most modern courses to studentsincluding artificial intelligence, material engineering, mineraldevelopment, food technology and agricultural sciences. The modern robotsand drones used in agriculture will also be taught to students.
The prime focus of establishing such institution is to meet the workforcedemands in key growth sectors such as industry, IT, information andcommunication technologies, medical technologies, electrical and mechanicalas well as mineral resource development, extractive metallurgy andconstruction.
For the first two years the students will receive education in Pakistanwhile the rest of the education will be completed either in China or inAustria. Later after completing their degrees, the young professionals cancome back and serve the country.
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The project’s location is especially important because it is near theHatter industrial estate where around 80 Chinese companies will shift theirbusinesses.
The country’s first digital city is also in this area where the most modernsoftware park will be established. The 50 acres park will open doors forsoftware development in the KPK province. The place also has due importancedue to the Havelian dry port which will be the trade route to China in nearfuture.
Pak-Austria Institute of Applied Science and Technology is a leap forwardto assist the government of Pakistan in acquiring the much-needed pool ofquality human resource in order to enhance the prosperity of Pakistanthrough developing a knowledge economy.
