USPCAS-W Outreaching in Balochistan

One of the important components of the USPCAS-W Project is to reach out to underprivileged areas of Pakistan and especially relevant graduate female students for taking admission in the Center.

In this connection, the USPCAS-W team comprised of three faculty members i.e. Ms. Uzman Imran, Dr. Asmatullah and Mr. Muhammad Ali visited three universities of Balochistan province. The team visited Sardar Bahadur Khan Women University (SBKWU), Balochistan University of Information Technology (BUITEMS) Quetta, and Baluchistan University of Engineering & Technology (BUET) Khuzdar on April 17-18, 2017.

During this outreach visit, the team informed the participants about the Center’s scope, aims, and objectives. The given presentations covered the introduction of Centers for Advanced Studies (CAS) project of USAID, the partnership with the American Universities in general and about the technical support provided by The University of Utah (UU) to MUET for strengthening of USPCAS-W, in particular.

It focused on activities being carried out by this partnership like course development, mentoring process, UU mission visits, exchange visits, research facilities and so on. Further participants were informed about the admission policy, eligibility criteria, exchange scholarship opportunities, research facilities at the Center. At the end, team shared about Center’s gender policy and its achievements. The events were attended by 400 to 500 relevant participants including students, faculty members, and administration staff. The printing and promotional material also distributed among the participants.