Institute of Information Technology,

Phenomenal rapid development of technology led the University of Sindh to establish independent “Institute of Information Technology”, bifurcating the former Institute of Physics & Technology working since 1979, to extend its scope as a beacon for Information Technology education at national and international levels. Currently (2008) the nomenclature of the Institute has been redesignated as Institute of Information and Communication Technology (IICT). The institute imparts cutting-edge education with outstanding quality through its highly qualified faculty at undergraduate and graduate levels to produce top-notch professionals in core IT related disciplines.

Programs are run jointly by the four discipline components of Electronics, Telecommunications, Information Technology and Software Engineering. The institute is offering programs, under revised scheme, of 8-semesters in Bachelor of Information Technology BS (IT), BS Telecommunications, BS Electronics and BS Software Engineering. The 8-semesters Bachelor degrees lead to 4-semester MS programs in the respective disciplines.

In addition, the Institute has introduced Evening programs in the disciplines of Information Technology BS(IT), Software Engineering BS(SE) , M.Sc Telemedicine & E-Health, M.Sc E-Commerce, M.Sc Multimedia, two-years MIT for BSIT(Pass), and one year Post Graduate Diploma in Information Technology.

The Institute aims to produce graduates with learning outcomes necessary to design hardware and software systems, apply the technologies effectively for diverse environments, adopt analytical and logical approach, and foster independent judgment and ability to work cooperatively with others.

Institute also offers MS, M.Phil and Ph.D degree programs and has been enrolling students since its inception in addition to its Bachelor level programs. The faculty is always makes continues quest to publish its research work in Journals of National and International repute.

The Institute is well furnished with all required infrastructure of excellent learning including state-of-art computer, electronics, and communication laboratories connected to information cyberspace via PERN link of 16MB bandwidth, spacious class rooms with multimedia facilities, the information resource, internal library, other than center library, located within the premises of IICT with abundant and dynamic collection of books, journals and magazines related to the disciplines being offered and provides indoor and outdoor co-curricular and extra co-curricular facilities for students.