About CIIT
COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT) is an institution for higher education in Pakistan. It comes under the umbrella of Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in the South (Asia) or COMSATS, an international organization with a wide range of interests and facilities.
Currently CIIT imparts education to over 10000 students nationwide. CIIT attained the status of degree awarding institute vide the Presidential Ordinance No. XXXVIII issued on 12th August, 2000.
CIIT is ranked at 7th number in the Engineering discipline according to the HEC ranking issued in 2008.In terms of Research output; CIIT has ranked at number 5 among institutions of higher education numbering more than 114 in the country during 2005-07. While in terms of research citations, the research produced at CIIT has been ranked at number two in Pakistan, as verified by web of Sciences.
CIIT has currently six campuses around Pakistan equipped with modern facilities for the students and the faculty:
• Islamabad
• Lahore
• Wah
• Abbotabad
• Attock
• Sahiwal
• Vehari