RSI Research & Strategic Initiatives Initiatives

NUML established ORIC for promotion of research, commercialization, developing university-industry linkages, capacity building and policy development. ORIC at NUML aims to protect and promote the interests of NUML and is working on long-term, sustainable planning and progress of all of its units in integration with the departments of the university. ORIC-NUML has identified key industries with exceptional opportunities, long-term and cutting-edge challenges.

It also aims to develop contacts with the corporate sector/market/industry to ensure compatibility between research and requirements to increase its utility to the optimum. Therefore, this office facilitates, promotes, monitors, and publishes research conducted with the view to maximize both production and utility of research studies attempted in this regard. In line with HEC guidelines ORIC NUML provides the following facilities in terms of research.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Research awareness and guidance
• Research audit 
• Research facilitation and management
• Research grant management
• Research planning and coordination with faculty and scholars

 Research & Development Achievements

Research Funding Opportunities

Consultancy Opportunities

Research Management, Ground Floor, Ibn e Rushd Block

National University of Modern Languages (NUML)

Sector H-9 Islamabad-44000. Pakistan

Tel: 051- 9265100 Ext: 2033

E-mail: manager-rs@numl.edu.pk

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Overview:

We nurture the computing skills of the students and alumni (with IT and non-IT background) to meet the industrial demands and enhance the job opportunities. We have already trained thousands of students to do free-lancing or acquire job at national or international level or launch their own company.

The Following Classes have been Started from 8 October, 2024:

1. Digital Marketing & SEO
2. Graphic Designing (Ps, Ai)
3. Web Front End (HTML, CSS, JavaScript & ReactJS)

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Registeration has been Opened for New Courses Now.

Steps to Follow for Enrollement at NPDC Courses:

1. Online Course Registeration (at Click Here),
2. Get Challan from NPDC office, 1st floor Ibn e Rusd Block NUML Islamabad.
3. Deposit the Fee at Askari Bank.
4. Submit paid fee slip at NPDC Office.

Social Media Platforms Links (View progress about Trainings):

• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100094576131188
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/numl-professional-development-centre-computing-skills-889379272/recent-activity/all/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/NPDC17

Expected date to confirm start of Classes:

When Min Count of Students is completed, we shall contact you on Email and Call as well, when first class to start for any Course.

Fee Structure

Generally, the fee for 3 months is as follows; (Fee may vary based on the level of course and strength of class.)

Rs. 30000 -  Student / staff  from other universities and organizations

Rs. 25000 - NUML students/ alumni/ faculty / administrative staff

The fee for 1.5 months (6 Weeks) is as follows; (Fee may vary based on the level of course and strength of class.)

Rs. 18000 -  Student / staff  from other universities and organizations

Rs. 15000 - NUML students/ alumni/ faculty / administrative staff

Additional fee as per course ($40 to $110) who choose International Certification for International exposure and Job opportunities.

No Refund of Fee After 3rd Class.

Class Timings:

Morning: 09:30am - 12:00pm,     Afternoon: 03:30pm - 06:00pm

Certificate will only be issued to the Trainees:

• Who attand a minimum attandance of 75%.
• Complete all assignments
• Complete final project and successfully defend viva.
• Pass the final practical exam.

Grading Policy:

Contact Us:

For queries, contact us at +92-51-9265100 Ext: 2041

Contact Email: info.npdc@numl.edu.pk

Address: 1st Floor Ibn e Rushd Block, NUML, H-9/4, Islamabad.

Upcoming Courses

You may deposit the fee timely by visiting NPDC at NUML to secure your seat for the upcoming trainings.

Other than these courses, you may also register yourself for listed courses Click Here. We shall contact you in email when relevant trainings will be offered in coming months.

• Selected applicants may avail the NUML transport as per availability and during the summer as per the fee criteria for other students.
• NUML Placement Centre will also help to arrange internship / Jobs for the students who will meet the selection criteria.
• Software developers and Senior student developers at ITCON (Software house of NUML) may also engage the trainees for the projects.

For other courses, you can deposit the fee to confirm your seat.

For trainings of your choice, a group of 7 to 10 students can also contact us to start the courses separately for On-Campus or Online as well.

Training Model 

Duration: 03 Months

We follow 2 + 1 Model : 02 months of lab based training and 01 month of guided Project.

Professional Trainers will take the training sessions with practical work.

Students will be engaged in live projects as well, as per the level of understanding and effort

In addition to technical content, each course will also include the training for free-lancing where the learner will create his/her own account at free-lancing websites to get it ready as per professional demands, training track, the candidates will appear in the international certification relevant to the training track.

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The Office of Research Coordination primarily looks over the funded projects at NUML and facilitates from receiving to project submission stage. Office of Research Coordiantion performs following key roles:

1. Providing awareness by sharing upcoming calls of funded projects and consultancies

2. Collaborating for conducting trainings on project proposal preparation, execution and submission

3. Assistance in Financial record keeping

4. Mentoring the projects under progress

5. Reviewing the project activities throughout the project duration

Researcher's Lounge, a dedicated co-working space, is available to all project teams for research work. Other than above key roles, this office also coordinates for certain fellowships opportunities for faculty, Scholarships for students, MoUs , and assists in Steering Committees Meetings, Academic Research theme Discussions etc. 

FUNDED PROJECTS/GRANTS OPPORTUNITIES

CONSULTANCY OPPORTUNITIES

Faculty-wise Contribution in NRPU project: (2020-2024)

HEC PROJECTS (2020-24)

NON-HEC PROJECTS

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Technology Commercialization – Corporate Linkages – IP Protection

About

ORIC promotes the development of public-private partnerships in support of University research, links the University’s research community with the needs and priorities of the industry, develops opportunities for applied research and explores opportunities for technology transfer and commercialization of University research. The Office identifies and establishes collaborations and/or licensing agreements associated with the University’s intellectual property. It is working to enhance the culture of IP capture, including an ongoing evaluation of University research for IP potential. ORIC tracks the success of University technology in the hands of licensees and devises policy briefs.

Objectives

- Promote innovation and commercialization.

- Identification of synergies, and development of relationships with external partners.

- Develop the University's IPR (Intellectual Property Rights) Policy, and ensure that the interests of researchers and faculty members are fully protected.

- Identify, build, and market the intellectual property of the University personnel through a range of licensing and spin-off arrangements.

Report 2023-24

Report 2022-23

Report 2021-22 

What we do

- Prepare policy briefs.

- Sign agreements for collaboration with industry / government.

- Negotiate IP licensing and signing.

- Arrange visits of representatives of industry, community members regarding potential research subjects.

- Organize events for industry, entrepreneurial stimulus, community engagement and awareness.

Achievements

- Devised policies, procedures and strategic plan.

- Published newsletter, reports, manuals, booklets and guidebooks.

- Published profile of the University.

- Wrote proposals, research and concept paper.

- Gave a comprehensive proposal to start 2-year MS/M.Phil. Degree Program in “Project Management”.

- Applied to ‘QS World University Rankings’, ‘Times Higher Education’ (THE) World University Rankings and Impact Rankings.

- Assisted in Restructuring of the University (year 2020) through documentation.

- Crafted numerous presentations.

- Made contacts with local, national and international organizations to collaborate with NUML to create linkage between academia and industry.

- Got membership of ‘Association of Commonwealth Universities’ (ACU) and United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI).

- Played key role in signing of MoUs with various firms/organizations.

- Provided Intellectual Property framework.

- Mapped University’s work according to United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals.

- Organized seminar and hosted ceremonies.

- Launched social media platforms of ORIC and EDC + designed logos.

Contact Person:

Atif Abbas – Manager Innovation & Commercialization

Office of Research, Innovation and Commercialization (ORIC)

Phone: +92 51 92 65 100 – Ext: 2038

E-mail id: aatif@oric.numl.edu.pk

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National University of Modern Languages (NUML) is an internationally recognized institution of higher learning for excellence in academics. "International linkages" is one of the most important aspects for improvements of curriculum in line with the international standards and grooming of the faculty and students in the international environment. National linkages also play a very vital role in progression of the university in line with the changing demands. Hence, the University encourages the faculties/departments to develop mutual beneficial relationships with Foreign Embassies, well reputed HEIs, Industry/Corporate Sector, research based institutions and other government/private organizations across the country.

In recent past MOUs with following different International/ National Institutions/ organizations have been signed:

 Services we Offer 

List of MOUs National & International

• NUML and  with Sakarya Univeristy Turkey  signed MOU on 09-10-2024 to provide exchange program to NUML  Faculty / Staff  / students.
• NUML and  Meezan Bank signed MOU on 16-09-2024 to provide capacity building in islamic banking to NUML  Faculty / Staff  / students.
• NUML and  Turkish Embassy Islamabad signed MOU on 29-08-2024 to provide facilities in overseas to NUML  Faculty / Staff  / students.
• NUML and Ministry of Education, Russian Federation for USPU  signed agreement on 26-08-2024 to provide exchange program to NUML  Faculty / Staff  / students.
• NUML and NAVTTC signed agreement on 07-08-2024 to provide exchange program to NUML  Faculty / Staff  / students.

• NUML and  Ural State Pedagogical University - USPU signed MOU on 23-07-2024 to provide exchange program to NUML  Faculty / Staff  / students.
• NUML and Islamabad Diagnostic Centre (IDC) signed MOU on 04-07-2024 to provide Discount on Complete Medical Health services to NUML  Faculty / Staff  / students.
• NUML and NUTECH signed MOU on 25-06-2024 to provide exchange programs to NUML  Faculty / Staff  / students.
• NUML and Fauji Foundation Overseas Employment signed MOU on 23-05-2024 to provide Overseas employment to NUML  Faculty / Staff  / students.
• NUML and Medxol Pvt Ltd  signed MOU on 02 March 2024 to provide Discount on Complete Medical Health services to NUML  Faculty / Staff  / students.

• NUML and Chughtai Lab signed MOU on 02 March 2024 to provide Discount on Medical Treatments and Tests to NUML  Faculty / Staff  / students.

• NUML and Danubius Consulting SMC-Consulting Pvt Ltd Agreement on 19 March 2024 to provide Program promotion and outrage and enrollment managemnt and support to NUML students.

• NUML and TradEX Pioneer Limited signed MOU on 15 March 2024 to provide Language Training programs to NUML students.

• NUML and Hazza Institute of Technology signed MOU on 14 March 2024 to provide master trainers for language courses to NUML students.

• NUML and Ankara University, Turkey signed MOU on 05 September 2023 to provide students exchange program to NUML students.

• NUML and Foundation University signed MOU on 31 August 2023 to provide entrepreneurship opportunities to NUML students.

• NUML and Innova Technology signed MOU on 08 August 2023 to provide entrepreneurial opportunities to NUML students.

• NUML and Amazon Gymkhana signed MOU on 08 August 2023 to provide Training Program Oppertunities to NUML students and faculty members.

• NUML and Duzce University, Turkey signed MOU on 24 July 2023 to provide enterpreneuriship  Oppertunities to NUML students.

• NUML and University of Tehran, Iran signed MOU on 30 May 2023 to provide Training Program Oppertunities to NUML students.

• NUML and Azerbaijan University of Languages, Azerbaijan  signed MOU on 17 March 2023 to provide Training Program Oppertunities to NUML students.

• NUML and Hubei University China  signed MOU on 21 March 2023 to provide Training Program Oppertunities to NUML students.

• NUML and  LEXICON School of Business and Finance signed MOU on 5th June 2023 to joint educational and research activities and special short and long term capacity training sessions NUML students.

• NUML and National Skills University, Islamabad signed MOU on 22nd February 2023 to provide different skills-based technical education NUML students.

• NUML and Leverify LLC signed MOU on 05th January 2023 to provide MTO Progaram Oppertunities to NUML students.

• NUML and Alberuni Private Tech Limited signed MOU on 5th January 2023 to provide Training Program Oppertunities to students of NUML

• NUML and Institute of Cost Management and Accountants Pakistan (ICMAP) has signed MOU on 29th December 2022 to facilitate student / alumni / faculty / staff in their Continuous Professional Development Programs through various initiatives.

• NUML and Plus W, Tokyo, Japan signed MOU on 16th December 2022 to provide job opportunities with Japanese Corporations to NUML students/alumni.

• NUML and Islamabad Wildlife Management Board (IWMB) signed MOU on 1st December 2022 to create awareness campaigns to protect wildlife at Margalla Hills.

• NUML and Physicians Revenue Group (PRG) Pakistan signed MOU on 30th September 2022 to provide Internship and Job Placement opportunities for NUML students & Alumni. 

• NUML and Pakistan Girl Guides Association (PGGA), Islamabad signed MOU on 10th June 2022 for promotion of physical and outdoor activities for upbringing the female students.

• NUML and The Diabetes Center (TDC) signed MOU on 18th May 2022 to promote cooperation in clinical services and patient consultancies.

• NUML and Socio Engineering Technologies (SET) signed MOU on 27th December 2021 for the pursuit of common business goals by conducting the Certiport Authorized Testing Centers (CATC).

• NUML and She Means Work (SMW) signed MOU on 27th December 2021 for building internships, placements and jobs for the NUML students/alumni..

• NUML and Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL), Islamabad signed MOU on 09th August 2021 for building Internship and Joint Research opportunities for NUML students & Faculty.

• NUML and National Institute of Electronics (NIE), Islamabad signed MOU on 06th July 2021 for training and certification opportunities for NUML students.

• NUML and Tajik State Institute of Languages, Dushanbe, Tajikistan signed MOU on 02nd June 2021 to promote cooperation in the academic, educational and scientific fields.

• An MOU between NUML and Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce & Industry (RCCI), Rawalpindi renewed on 01st June 2021 for further enhancing the Internship and Job Placement opportunities for NUML students.

• NUML and Islamabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry (ICCI), Islamabad signed MOU on 20th April 2021 for building Internship and Job Placement opportunities for NUML students.

• NUML and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA), Islamabad signed MOU on 26th February 2021 for developing cooperation in training of diplomats, departments as well as personnel deployed in foreign missions abroad to enhance their language and translation proficiency.

• An MOU between NUML and Pakistan Bait Ul Mal (PBM), Islamabad renewed on 17th February 2021 for enhancing welfare of the poor and needy students to NUML.

• NUML inked and MOU with The Hanns Seidel Foundation (HSF), Islamabad on 18th January 2021 for training of NUML students especially for students of Faculty of Social Sciences.

• NUML and Alliance Française D’ Islamabad signed MOU on 17th August 2020 for cooperation in promotion of French language and culture in Pakistan and conduct of International level of examination at NUML.

• NUML and Institute of Regional Studies signed MOU on 27th July 2020 to collaborate and cooperate in academic and training activities

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The NUMLProfessional Development Centre (NPDC) at NUML was established in June 2015; it is a platform to enhance and develop ethical values, thinking ability, analytical skills, creation and construction of knowledge to develop a holistic skillset that is essential to achieve an optimal performance for the organization. The Center closely works with the experienced internal and external faculty members and with seasoned market trainers to bring in a blend of academic insights and real world practices. We at NUML are committed to a continuous improvement and capacity building of our faculty, academicians, professionals, and students in the multiple areas to keep them up-to-date in their relevant fields. PDC offers capacity building programs in two streams, stream- I caters to internal employees and stream-II caters to the professionals from the external market. PDC – NUML offers development programs for SMEs, Public and Corporate Sector executives. We also provide trainings on Social and Environmental aspects of sustainability to staff and students. The centre also works in close collaboration with multiple institutes at national and international level to open broader avenues of training and development for the faculty, students and staff members.

OUR DESIGN PROCESS

PDC-NUML believes in learning through experience & exposure. We follow wide range of procedures for capacity building like Training Need Assessments (TNA), Training Design, Customized Training Process, Training Follow-ups, Mentorship, Counseling and Coaching, Formal Education, Capacity Building Projects and Networking.

We at NUML value continuous professional development in all areas of teaching, research, and services. In this regard, while drawing a distinction between training and development, the department of Research & Strategic Initiatives – NUML is focused towards creating and facilitating the learners with best possible opportunities.

PDC-NUML believes in co-creation of the learning journey where we work with the client to design an innovative program that is aligned with the needs and goals of the organization to achieve RESULTS THAT MATTER.

Upcoming Activity - Year 2024

Latest Completed Trainings

Training Workshop on Newly Appointed & Existing HoD's 2024

The training was meant for the newly appointed Heads of the Departments to build their capacity for the new responsibilities. In order to meet the training objectives, the program was designed by assimilating result-oriented strategies. The modules were packed with interactive presentations, exercises, case studies, and relevant tips and techniques to achieve results in their role. Role plays and round-table discussions were also used to provide an opportunity for the participants to share their unique perspective and arrive at the right mindset for scaling the business to the next level. The methodology of ‘Do-review-learn-apply’ served as the key.

Faculty Development Program Level - I for Newly Hired & Existing Faculty Members  - 2024

As a capacity development initiative by the top management, NUML has conducted a series of Faculty Development Programs Level-I starting from 2nd to 6th September, 2024 which cater to the new to mid-level audience to equip them with knowledge and skillset that can help them take on the role of teaching in an effective manner. The programs emphasized on areas of knowledge construction and how learning works, university teaching in a contemporary environment, research methodologies, learning management systems, creating social capital, empathy at workplace, conflict resolution, time management, leading trough diversity and many other essential topics. NUML sourced internal and external resource persons based on their experience and expertise to provide learners a platform where they can learn from experts from the corporate market as well as from the field of academia. The program was well received by the participants and they were appreciative of the efforts by NUML management in contributing towards their capacity development as one of the very rare institutions to arrange Development Programs for the existing and newly hired faculty.

Archived Activity - Year 2023-2024

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Overview of BICON

Business Incubation Center of NUML (B ICON) is a flagship project of Higher Education Commission (HEC) and formally started its operations in October 2016. B ICON triggers entrepreneurial spirit, provides state-of-the-art infrastructure, supports problem solving innovation, strengthens business development. B ICON promotes the entrepreneurial culture for the start-ups, accelerators and spin-offs from the students, alumni and faculty members.

We encourage business ideas from students, alumni and faculty members to register for different batches  / Cohort.

We help to flourish your basic ideas into business opportunities. We help you to link with Industrial experts for grooming your ideas. We also provide funding opportunities by the National and International Organizations. Teams from regional campuses can also apply.

For Registeration:

Cohort 9 is Open for Idea Registration Kindly Contact Your Concern Department

What We Offer

• BICON Hall for providing place to Incubates
• Idea Room for Discussions and Sessions
• Meeting Place for Clients and other Companies
• Free Internet, No charges for facilities at Incubation Hall
  Mentoring support for faculty and student Startups
• Furnished co-working space 
• Support for video-conferencing rooms, meeting rooms, discussion rooms, idea room, conference rooms and auditorium.
• Free trainings / capacity building sessions / Mentorship
• Meet ups with industry experts / practitioners

Social Media Platforms Links

• Facebook: www.facebook.com/BICONpk/
• Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/BICONpk
• Twitter: www.twitter.com/BICONpk

Funding Opportunities

Roles and Responsibilities of BICON

• Promote faculty, students and alumni to start their businesses.
• Facilitate the access to laboratories, libraries, ICT-facilities, technical workforce, subject matter experts, and seed-funding opportunities.
• Provide guidance, including lectures, mentoring, access to materials, and technical advice on launching startups,
• Encourage the startups to generate opportunities for students to get internships, part-time and full-time jobs
• Transfer the skills and lessons from the incubators to the other universities to enhance the competitiveness and networking
• Provide physical infrastructure to entrepreneurs for incubation and Co-working space.
• Select business strategies for;
  • protecting intellectual property
  • mobilizing resources
  • converting innovative ideas into successful enterprises.

Location: B ICON office, First floor, Ibn e Rushd Block, Near Gate 3, NUML, Islamabad

Timings: Morning:  08:00:00-13:30:00

         Evening:  14:00:00-19:00:00

Contact: Phone:  +92-51-9265100 ext 2040, Director: 2039

Email:  info@bicon.numl.edu.pk

Social Media Links: Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100088434801936

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bicon-numl-95092225a/

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Established in July 2021, the NUML Placement Center is a testament to our commitment to student's holistic development and professional success. Its core objective is to assist students in defining their career goals and furnish them with the requisite skills and information for achieving success in the competitive landscape of jobs and internships. Through meticulous communication strategies, including emails, WhatsApp groups, and active presence on social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn, the Center ensures the timely dissemination of information regarding available internships and job opportunities to departmental focal persons, faculty, and students.

The corporate sector is invited regularly to visit the NUML Placement Centre to identify, opportunities for collaboration and to strengthen industry and academia relationships.  Selected profiles of distinguished Alumni are shared regularly Students from different faculties visit the NUML Placement Centre for guidance, career counseling, internships, and job placement support services provided regularly.

Mission

• To assist our students, graduates and alumni to build useful relationship with various stakeholders to achieve rewarding and professional careers as interns, employees and even as entrepreneurs.

• To facilitate, develop and maintain a network of relationship with industry, corporate, development sector and public sector for seamless assimilation of NUML graduates in the job market.

• To help the students through their capacity building in order to define their career goals and equip themselves with the skills and information necessary for a successful job search.

Objectives

• Identification of various opportunities for the students Internships and Job Placements and their dissemination among students / faculty / administration.

• Development of  an active Student Database for sharing with stakeholders and institutional memory.

• Development of Corporate / Industrial Linkages for wider stakeholders’ connectivity.

• Capacity development of students to improve their Presentation and Job Seeking Skills.

What We Offer

The following services are offered by the Center:

• Establishment of linkages with the corporate sector.

• Notification of internship and job opportunities to students through various platforms.

• Coordination and execution of job fairs and campus recruitment drives.

• Management of NUML Placement Software.

• Student clearance facilitated by clearance software.

• Compilation and development of comprehensive CV profiles for students.

• Arrangement of visits to corporate sectors and industries for students.

• Implementation of alumni engagement activities.

• Training sessions for Focal persons at NUML main campus and regional campuses.

• Conducting workshops on job searching, CV writing, and interviewing skills.

• Organization of mock interviews and corporate grooming sessions to enhance soft skills.

• Provision of opportunities on social media platforms for students to connect with the corporate sector.

                                                            NUML Job Fair 2024

The NUML Job Fair 2024 was attended by large National & International Companies including Fauji Foundation, Askari Bank, Suzuki Motors, Nayatel, National Bank of Pakistan, HUM TV, TCS, Pearl Continental Hotel etc. We witnessed significant corporate participation, with a total of 92 companies initially registering their presence. Ultimately, 80+ companies were finalized to participate actively. The event drew an impressive attendance, with over 2500 plus students and alumni in attendance. Notably, faculty members from diverse departments also actively participated in the event, contributing to its overall success. The following is a list of prominent attending partners, showcasing the diverse and collaborative engagement between the academic institution and the corporate sector.

                                                                           NUML Job Fair 2023

                                                                           NUML Job Fair 2022

                          Activities & Achievements Since September 2021

• Developed effective linkages with Islamabad Chamber of Commerce & Industries (ICCI) for internships and job placements.

• Developed effective linkages with Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce & Industries (RCCI) for internships and job placements.

• Developed a student/alumni Database Software - NUML Placement System

• Organized NUML Annual Job Fair 2022. (67 companies participated.)

                                               Activities NUML Placement Centre 2023

                                                     Corporate Grooming Session

For internships, jobs and scholarships opportunities please visit our page https://www.facebook.com/numlpc/.

To Login the "Placement System" by the Studnets/Alumni, Open "E-Registration system" (on NUML website), where you were already registered to bind courses and perform online feedback for QEC records. After Login, you will see an option "Job Placement", Click that option and start filling your CV related details in all sections......... or Contact: 

Placement Office, Ground Floor, Ibn e Rushd Block

National University of Modern Languages (NUML)

Sector H-9 Islamabad-44000. Pakistan

Tel: 051- 9265100 Ext: 2042

E-mail: placements@numl.edu.pk

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Industry Technology Cell – ORIC NUML (IT CON) was established in August 2016 to enhance the academic and software development skills of the students during their degrees. It also helps to transform research and ideas of students, faculty and/or staff into commercially viable products.

In IT CON, students join to learn and then develop projects / modules in variety of state-of-the-art tools and technologies. Students are encouraged to come for internship to enhance their designing and software development skills as per availability of time after classes. In collaboration with software companies, we also work for commercial projects from the software industry and other organizations. Students may avail the stipend as per development efforts in respective projects. These development skills improve the student capabilities during the degree. It enhances the opportunities for job or new own startups with business ideas.

Main Objectives

• Enhance Professional Software Development Capabilities of Students
• Transform IT based ideas of NUML faculty, staff, and students into commercially viable products
• Facilitate NUML students, alumni, faculty and employees to support in commercial tasks and technology transfer
• Improve Academic Courses with State-of-the-art Tools and Technologies
• Develop the in-house and outsourced project modules by involving students
• Reduce Industry-Academia Gap by enhancing skills on latest tools and Technologies
• Facilitate students in getting job at Software Industry

Expected Benefits

• Professional Grooming of Students and Better Job Opportunities
• Collaboration among students of FECS, FMS, MassCom and English Departments
• Promotes innovation and transform it into commercially viable products
• Earning opportunities for Internees
• Generating Income to manage Marketing Costs for our Products and Consultancy Charges

Software Tools:

• Android (Java, Kotlin)
• Python (DJango)
• PHP, Laravel
• Node JS
• Java (J2SE, J2EE)
• C#, ASP.net, .net Core, MVC
• Graphic Designing
• Front-end Development (including Angular, REACT, VUE JS)
• Unity 3D Game Development

A list of prominent projects at IT CON from July 2019 – November 2024 are listed as follows;

Location: 

IT CON Centre: Room no 06, First floor, Ibn e Rushd Block, NUML, Islamabad.

Timings

Morning:  08:00 am - 06:45 pm

Contact

Phone:  92-51-9265100 ext 2039

Email:  director-itcon@numl.edu.pk

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The promotion of research is one of the core strategic goals of the ORIC along with improving the trends of research activities and transforming ideas into innovative products and services. ORIC is a platform that encourages multidisciplinary research and it works for managing and escalating the research activities.

To enhance research productivity and disseminate evidence based scientific knowledge, NUML is publishing research journals in eight disciplines.

All journals are using open journal system (OJS) for paper submission and review processes for the purpose of publications in the interest of transparency, efficiency and integrity.

What We Offer

• Guide journals' editors about annual accreditation process with HEC.

• Assistance about Open Journal System.

• Arrange workshops on Editorial Work Flow in OJS.

• Collaborate with CrossRef which is parent body for awarding DOIs for research journals. 

• Seek and collaborate with major indexing and copyright agencies, e.g, IPO, EBSCO, CROSSREF, DOAJ, COPE, SCOPUS etc.

• Streamline journals’ policies; that include copyright, licensing, open access, plagiarism, peer review, ethical policy, privacy, subscription, publishing policy etc.

Achievements

• Six NUML journals, which have met the required criteria for inclusion in HEC, are recognized as HEC 'Y' category journals. 

• Seven functional NUML journals are indexed in Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ). DOAJ is the largest open access database and its indexing is important for inclusion in HEC.

• Two journals have applied in Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Awiting COPE's response.

• According to requirement of HEC, all journals are keeping their editorial workflow on OJS.

• Acquire Creative Commons Licence, which is essential for indexing in DOAJ and HEC.

Activities

• Higher Education Journal Recognition division annually calls applications for accreditation of journals. Manager journal publication assist editors in their application process to HEC.

• One day training to journals' editors explained OJS functionalities and editorial work flow processes.

NUML Journals' Prominent Indexes & Abstracting

• Uniform journal policies have been made regarding copyright, licensing, plagiarism, open access etc. All journals are licensed licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).

• NUML journs are adhering the Budapest Open Access Initiative definition of open access. Both, license and openaccess statesments are embedded on every published research article. 

• For copyrights, NUML journals have applied in Intellectual Property Organization of Pakistan (IPO).

• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) is an eminent indexing agency which keeps records of open access journals of the world. Moreover, indexing in DOAJ directs towards indexing in SCOPUS. By grace of Allah, SEVEN functional NUML journals have been indexed in DOAJ.

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