countriessuch as South Korea and Thailand. This loss can be partly attributed to lack of adequately trained manpower available in the country that could properly study the situation and incorporate way and means to improve the product and guarantee quality. Keeping in view this need, the Department of Textile Engineering was established in Mehran University in 1993 and a Batch of 25 students was admitted for a four-year degree program. This, in fact, is the second department established in the country after National College of Textiles Engineering Faisalabad.

In general the curriculum of the “Bachelor of Textile Engineering” includes relevant subjects such as fibre science, yarn manufacturing, fabric manufacturing, textile testing and quality control, textile chemistry, pre-treatment, dyeing & printing, finishing of textile product and textile project planning. The four-year course also includes completion of a project and dissertation in the final year that is usually based on some practical aspects of textile production & machines and carried out in collaboration with a textile industry. Lecturing of the subjects is adequately supported by practical training within the Department. In addition, students are sent to the various textile mills throughout the Pakistan during Summer and Winter vacations for internship so that they can be acquainted with the actual field work.

The building of the Textile Engineering department has been completed recently including the Spinning, Weaving, Textile Testing & Quality Control, Wet Processing and Software laboratories. All Laboratories are equipped with the State-of-Art equipment/machines exported from Switzerland, Germany, Italy, Taiwan and China along with some local equipment/machines. The full potentials of the laboratories are used to impart practical knowledge to the undergraduate students. The laboratories are also being used by the teacher of this department for research purposes.

In order to produce quality product of Pakistan, laboratories are being used to provide testing and consultancy services to the local textile industry. Textile Institutes, throughout the Sindh, are also taking advantage of the latest laboratories of this department by conducting practical to impart up-to-date practical knowledge of the field of textile to their students.