Centers of Excellence (CoE) are groups that are known for doing a particular activity very well or are involved in new developments and ways of working. CoEs provide leadership, share best practices, support research, and provide training in a focused area through collaboration between institutions. Important CoEs in Pakistan include the National Institute of Psychology in Islamabad, the National Centre of Excellence in Geology in Peshawar, and the Centre for Applied Molecular Biology in Lahore.

1. Centers of Excellence
M.Phil 2018-2019

2. CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE
• A group of people or a place or an organisation that
• is known for doing a particular activity very well
OR
• involvement in a new development , new ways of working
• Centre of Excellence” is becoming increasingly popular
• Group of scientists
• Group of Universities
• Group of Companies

3. CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE
Objectives of CoE
Centre of Excellence
Provides leadership
Best practices
Research support
Training on a focus area.
Network of institutions collaboration
Academia bring together faculty members from different disciplines and provide
shared facilities.

4. ROLE OF CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE
• The centre of excellence concept is often associated with
• New software tools,
• Technologies or associated business
• Forming.
• Agriculture
• Industries, etc

5. Important centers of Excellence
• National institute of Psychology, Islamabad,(NIPS)
• National Centre of Excellence in Geology (NCEG) Peshawar
• Centre for Applied Molecular Biology (CAMB),Lahore
• National Center for Physics, (NCP) Islamabad.
• National Center of Cyber security, Islamabad.(NCCS)
• .

6. National institute of Psychology, Islamabad,(NIPS)
• The organization has passed through three distinct phases.
• The NIP was established in 1976 by the Ministry of Education
• In 1983, the Federal Ministry of Education decided to give NIP the
status of a Centre of Excellence in Psychology and to locate it in
Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad.
• As a Centre of Excellence in Psychology, the objectives of this Institute
have been defined in Parliament's Act No. IX of 1976. They are as
follows:

7. Goals of NIPS
• to engage in goal-oriented high-level teaching and research.
• to train research workers
• to establish MPhil, Ph.D. and other educational program in
psychology
• to promote co-operation in inter-disciplinary relationship with other
teaching and research establishments.
• to arrange conferences, seminars and refresher courses for the
development of teaching and research.
• to conduct teaching and research in psychology as assigned to it by
the Federal Government in consultation with the University.

8. National Center of Robotics and Automation,
Air University, Islamabad (NCRA) 11 Labs
• College of Electrical & Mechanical Engineering, (NUST College of E&ME)Islamabad
• UET Lahore & UCP, Lahore
• Industrial Monitoring and Automation, Information Technology University (ITU)Lahore
• MEMs Sensor Design and Testing, Air University
• Agricultural Robotics,LUMS,Lahore
• AV Dependability, FAST National University of Computer & Emerging Sciences, NUCES
• Swarm Robotics,UET Taxila
• Haptics, Human-Robotics and Condition Monitoring,NED Karachi.
• Control Automotive and Robotics, MUST, Mirpur
• Advanced Robotics and Automation,UET Peshawar
• Robot Design and Development
• Robot Maker NUST College of E&ME

9. List of universities
• National University of Science & Technology, NUST,Islamabad.
• Lahore University of Management Sciences, Lahore.
• Air University ,Islamabad.
• Mirpur University of Science & Technology, MUST, AJ&K.
• University of Engineering and Technology,Taxila.
• University of Central Punjab, Lahore.
• University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore
• University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar
• University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi.