The LUMS SSE campus is adjacent to the Defence Housing Society, a developed suburb of Lahore with shops, restaurants, hospitals and other facilities. The Lahore International Airport is six kilometers from the campus, and provides convenient connections to all major cities within Pakistan and some important cities in USA, Canada, UK, the Middle East, Far East and India.

In the first year 200 students will be enrolled in the program. We expect that by the year 2020, SSE will have 1200 undergraduate and 800 graduate students, with 200 faculty members.

A Freshman Orientation Session will be held for students admitted to SSE a few days prior to start of classes.

Yes. On-campus accommodation is available for students. There are separate hostels for male and female students.

Each hostel block offers a friendly and secure environment to its inhabitants, and is equipped with a wide range of facilities including laundry rooms, kitchens, TV lounges, and easy access to dining facilities. Dedicated hostel staff is accessible to students for help at all times, and emergency services, including transport and medical facilities, are available.

All hostels have recently been wired to the campus network via high-speed fiber connectivity. Each room is equipped with two network nodes to facilitate students. Network access has also been provided in the common areas so that students can share computing resources if desired.

Yes. Students, including freshmen, can have cars on campus. There is a designated and convenient student parking.

You can apply for a hostel room after your admission to SSE is confirmed. The LUMS website will give you the hostel policy, as well as the application form for residential accommodation and other important information.

Applicants from outside Lahore are given first priority. We try to accommodate all those who apply for residential accommodation, though we cannot guarantee you a room if you are a resident of Lahore.

Student societies, clubs, and associations, some with multinational affiliations, help to meet the recreational needs of students. We have societies for dramatics, debates, sports, literature, adventure, music, media arts, astronomy, culture and religion among others.

LUMS SSE will offer undergraduate programs in the areas listed below:

    1. Biology
    2. Chemistry
    3. Computer Science
    4. Electrical Engineering
    5. Mathematics
    6. Physics

We do not admit applicants into a particular program; we admit them into SSE. For the first year, all admitted students will study a common rigorous curriculum in science and mathematics. Only at the end of the first year do we ask them to choose specialized courses in one of the six majors listed above. By postponing this decision for a year, we believe students will make an informed choice that is more likely to bring them fulfillment and success.

Upon graduation, the degree certificate will specify this chosen major.

All students will study a rigorous, common, core curriculum over the first year and part of the second year. This core will consist of a required set of fundamental sciences and mathematics courses, introductory level technology courses, as well as a certain number of social sciences and humanities courses that you will choose.

You will declare your intended major at the end of the first year. Subsequently, you will take specialized courses and do independent research.

Classes at SSE will be taught in English.

You will be expected to declare your intended major at the end of your first year.

SSE does not plan on offering degrees in Civil and Mechanical Engineering in the near future.

Typically, you should be able to complete your undergraduate degree in 4 years, though this may vary from case to case.

The SSE BS is a full-time degree which will require complete commitment. Given our academic requirements, it will be impossible to pursue the degree part-time.

Currently, SSE does not have provisions to allow a double degree. The curriculum followed at SSE will be exceedingly rigorous and would render it impractical to pursue another degree simultaneously.

However, a substantial portion of our curriculum comprises humanities and social science electives, offering students the opportunity to experience a diverse range of subjects while at SSE.

The curriculum followed at SSE will be exceedingly rigorous and would render it impractical to pursue another major simultaneously.

The core curriculum will make it imperative for all students to complete at least one year in all the specializations being offered at SSE. Therefore, after obtaining your B.S. degree in the primary field of your choice, you will be equipped to pursue an M.S. in your secondary field.

Yes. The decision making processes of each school will be independent of each other. Keep in mind that, if granted admission to both schools, you will have to choose one. Ours is a full-time program that must be pursued exclusively.

Yes. In addition, after you have been granted admission, you will receive a reading list for the summer. Going through those recommended books should provide you with ample background to take our introductory courses.

At the SSE, there are no fixed numbers of students who will be allowed to choose a particular major.

Yes. All programs will be accredited by the HEC. In addition to this, the Electrical Engineering program will be fully accredited with the PEC.

Several well reputed national and multinational companies are investing in the SSE and providing it financial support. All are interested in recruiting our graduates. Through our summer internship program and otherwise, we will arrange job interviews for our students at these firms. Our graduates will be qualified to apply to all national research organizations in Pakistan. Their excellence will be so apparent that hiring them will be the obvious choice. With an SSE degree, you will be at par with the best foreign graduates and should be at a competitive advantage when applying for jobs anywhere in the world. Keep in mind that the SSE is an engine that will drive social change. Our graduates will have the capacity to not only brilliantly execute any existing project but to go ahead and devise new projects, fill new job descriptions in emerging high-tech industries and, should they so choose, start their own companies. For those of you who apply to graduate school, we expect you to be snapped up by the SSE faculty into their research groups or by the top international universities.

Our entire faculty is highly research active and we fully intend to start a world-class graduate program soon. Part of the reason we are commencing the undergraduate classes first is so that we can train - to an appropriately high caliber - the people who will go on to become our graduate students.

You are eligible if you have done your O 'levels/Matriculation and A 'levels/F.Sc. or equivalent by August 2009.

If you entered an undergraduate program in 2008 and have decided to apply to SSE, you should be prepared to forgo up to one year of education if admitted.

We believe that students who excel in a curriculum like the one listed below are well-suited for the demands of the rigorous courses offered at SSE:

    4 years of Mathematics (including Calculus)
    2 years of all basic sciences (Biology, Chemistry, Physics)
    3 years of English (4 years recommended)

Applicants submit their Online Application Form by February 2, 2009. An application is not considered complete until two Teachers Evaluations are also received by postal mail on the same date.

All domestic candidates are required to take the SSE Admissions Test, which is held simultaneously in Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Multan, Peshawar and Quetta. Students who clear the test are called for an interview and the final admit list is decided a few weeks after that.

Please note that admission to SSE is highly competitive and an outstanding academic record is a pre-requisite. SSE is looking for well-rounded individuals, so your extra-curricular activities are also an important consideration during the admissions decision.

The test will consist of 5 sections. The Basic Mathematics section will be compulsory. From the remaining four Subject Sections (Advanced Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry and Physics) the best three will be counted towards your final score.

We do not prescribe specific textbooks but you can refer to any A 'levels and/or F.Sc. course books. Also, please make sure you go through our test syllabi and attempt the sample test questions available on our website, which are indicative of what you will encounter on the actual test.

All necessary material and information required for the test is provided by the SSE.

The Admissions Test is held simultaneously in Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Multan, Peshawar and Quetta. Exact venue locations will be communicated prior to the test.

This is difficult to quantify, not because we have trouble finding the appropriate words but in fact because we are not looking for applicants to fulfill a rigid set of constraints. We are looking for geniuses, the leaders of tomorrow and we fully recognize that such individuals have highly varied qualities and traits. The interview is your chance to show us those aspects of your personality that make you unique, and it is our chance to assess your potential.

Each student is interviewed by a panel of multiple faculty members, who have spent years cultivating 'the jeweler's eye' and are trained to recognize a diamond in the rough. The interview does not follow any set format. It is up to the discretion of the faculty members what they choose to ask you. There is no recommended preparation. The only advice we can give you is to be yourself and let your own special attributes shine through. You can decide at the interview whether you wish to converse in English or Urdu.

We want our students to have a well-rounded education, which is why we require them to have a thorough understanding of a range of subjects. It is not mandatory for Engineering students to take Biology, but they must take three out of our four subject tests which would mean they would have to take Advanced Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry.

Additionally, the common, core curriculum for students in the first and second year will make it mandatory to take courses in all the six specializations being offered by SSE.

You do not have to clear any pre-requisites in order to apply. It is not necessary that you have taken Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics or Physics in your F.Sc./A 'levels. It is essential, however, that you have a sufficient grasp of these subjects so that you can clear our Admissions Test. This requires you to take at least three of the four Advanced Subject tests, and you may prepare for them on your own, or at a school. If this poses a problem, it is perhaps not a good idea to apply to SSE. We strongly believe in providing our students with a sound grounding in all the basic sciences and will have a rigorous set of core courses to ensure that. If studying for the admissions test is a stumbling block, you will probably find it difficult to do well in our courses.

We will grant Conditional Acceptances to successful applicants who will take their final A 'levels/F.Sc. exams in 2009. We will require successful completion of the course of study but the minimum marks/grades we ask for may vary case to case. We do not expect our requirements to be difficult to meet for any student who is brilliant enough to be granted admission to the SSE. However, we do want to ensure that you do not merely rest on your past laurels; we want to see you actively strive for excellence.

No. Even though it is true that you would have undergone 12 years of school by next September, we do not encourage students to drop out of their current schooling, whatever it may be, without obtaining the certificate or diploma they had enrolled for.

Only if you will have completed no more than one year of your program by September 2009. If so, you may apply to the SSE, but you will have to start all over in the first year here. If you are granted admission, we will consider your case individually and see if you can be given credit for some of the courses you have already taken elsewhere; however there are no guarantees that you will receive credit and so, when applying, you should be aware that you might have to write off up to an entire year of coursework. We will limit these admits to a small number and admission for them will be exceptionally competitive.

No. But we would like to know what you have done with your time. You might well have gained some experience that makes you a more interesting candidate.

We will not grant deferrals at the SSE. In such a case, you must re-apply next year.

Our admissions will open on November 17, 2008.

You will fill out the SSE Admission Application online and upload your photographs, transcripts and other supporting material. However, two Teachers Evaluations must be sent by postal mail to the SSE Admissions Office, in one package, by February 2, 2009 to the address listed below:

    SSE Admissions Office
    LUMS, School of Science & Engineering
    Sector U, DHA, Lahore Cantt 54792
    Pakistan

There are two categories: MUST be posted and MAY be posted. These are detailed below:

The following documents must be posted and received at the SSE Admissions Office by February 2, 2009 in one package:
    - Two Teachers Evaluation Forms
    - Application Fee Waiver Form (if applicable)

There are other items which you may choose to post in the same package as your Teachers Evaluations, these include:
    - Photographs
    - Creative Space
    - Transcripts
    - Other supporting material

Please note that the Teachers Evaluations and any supporting material you choose to send must be sent in one package. Multiple packages will not be entertained.

No. The Teachers Evaluation forms cannot be submitted online. They have to be downloaded and posted to the following address, in one package, by February 2, 2009:

    SSE Admissions Office
    LUMS, School of Science & Engineering
    Sector U, DHA, Lahore Cantt 54792
    Pakistan

No. The Financial Aid application cannot be submitted online. The deadline for the submission of Financial Aid Application and all supporting material is April 12, 2009.

The Creative Space can be scanned and uploaded along with the online application. However, you may choose to post it with the Teachers Evaluations. In this instance all material must be sent in one package. Multiple packages will not be entertained.

If you face any difficulties, while applying online or you wish to ask any questions regards your online application, please email at ssetechsupport@lums.edu.pk.

Admissions will open on November 17, 2008.

The application processing and test fee is Rs. 2000/-. However, if applicants feel that they are unable to afford it, they can apply for an Application Fee Waiver.

To apply for the Application Fee Waiver, please download the Application Fee Waiver Form from our website and post it along with the two Teacher Evaluations in one package by February 2, 2009.

Please note that any misrepresentation will adversely affect your application.

The deadline to submit the application online is February 2, 2009. Your two Teachers Evaluations must also be received by the same date, by post in one package.

The earlier you submit your application, the sooner we can create a file for you and track receipt of your application materials. You will also be able to track the status of your application online. However, applications submitted earlier will not receive preferential review.

No. Once enrolled, you are free to explore from among our various majors and you do not need to declare a major until the end of your first year.

No. The activities section is optional but if you have something to share with us please do so. Do not upload a resume to your application since we will not be able to review it.

You will submit your application online by February 2, 2009. You must also post two Teachers Evaluations, in one package, which must be received at the SSE Admissions Office by the same date.

Under no circumstances will we accept forms or documents that are emailed.

No.

All Pakistani applicants must take the SSE admission test. SAT-I, SAT-II and TOEFL scores are not required from local candidates. However, if you have given these tests, you may mention your scores in the application form.

Foreign applicants who cannot make it to the SSE admission test will be required to take instead, the SAT Reasoning Test and three out of the following SAT-II Subject Tests: Biology-M, Chemistry, Mathematics-IIC and Physics. The TOEFL is not mandatory.

We should receive all official test scores no later than February 25, 2009.

The SAT test is offered every month. The last date on which you may take your SAT-I/II, to ensure that official scores reach us on time, is January 24, 2009.

Please make sure that your official SAT score reports are sent to us electronically, by the respective testing agencies. The college code for LUMS School of Science & Engineering is 5788.

The college code for LUMS School of Science & Engineering is 5788.

The SSE does not have clearly defined, required minimum scores. We regard test results as helpful indicators of academic ability and achievement when considered thoughtfully among many other factors.

For domestic applicants, SAT scores are optional. Think of them as extra-curricular activities. They are not required, but if you have taken the tests and performed well, by all means submit the scores. Declare them if you think they will help your application, but we leave this up to you.

Yes.

You should upload scanned copies of your transcripts using the online system. You may also choose to post them along with the two Teachers Evaluations. In the latter case, the transcripts and the Teacher Evaluations should all be received in one package by February 2, 2009.

In case you have attended multiple high schools/colleges the Teachers Evaluations need to be filled out by teachers who have taught you a science subject (Biology, Chemistry, and Physics) or Mathematics in the last two years. Both evaluations must be posted in one package to the following address:

    SSE Admissions Office
    LUMS School of Science & Engineering
    Sector U, DHA, Lahore Cantt 54792
    Pakistan

Admission to SSE is highly competitive, but we do not have clearly defined, required minimum scores. We regard your marks and/or percentages as helpful indicators of academic ability and achievement when considered thoughtfully among many other factors.

Our tuition fee for the academic year 2009-10 is Rs. 412,750/-. This amount may seem large, but is only a fraction of what it actually costs us to deliver a state-of-the-art science and engineering education. If you cannot afford to pay our fee, please submit an application for financial aid. We will evaluate your financial needs only after we decide to admit you. We will use separate criteria to determine the financial needs of students who apply from outside Pakistan.

Yes. To attract the most talented students, admissions will be need-blind and financial aid will be provided to all those who demonstrate a genuine need.

This means that, except for some international student applications, we will not consider your family's financial circumstances when we evaluate your application for admission. You will know whether or not you have been offered admission to SSE based on your own achievements and efforts, not on your family's financial strength.

You can download the Financial Aid form from our online system. The deadline for the submission of Financial Aid Application and all supporting material is April 12, 2009.

No. Each admission decision is made without consideration of a candidate's financial need - a policy we call 'need-blind' admissions.

No. There is no automatic cutoff level for financial aid eligibility. A number of factors, including, but not limited to, taxable and untaxable income, net value of assets, family size, number of family members in college, and taxes paid, will be used in determining the amount the family can reasonably be expected to contribute towards SSE's costs. The SSE Financial Aid Office will carefully review individual family circumstances; students and families who feel that financial assistance is needed are encouraged to apply.

We will adjust individual financial aid packages to accommodate significant changes in a family's financial situation. Students apply for financial assistance each year, and we will meet students' demonstrated need for all four years.

You may apply for financial aid. However, currently SSE does not offer scholarships.

Transfer admissions into second year will not be possible in September 2009.

In case you enrolled in another undergraduate program in 2008, you will be eligible to apply to SSE if you are willing to forgo up to one year of education. All incoming students will be admitted to the freshman class.

You will be considered a foreign applicant if:

    1. You are currently residing at a foreign address
    2. Your last year of schooling was at a foreign high school
    3. You are corresponding with us from a foreign address

Please note that we have limited spaces for foreign applicants. Therefore, you will need to have very high SAT scores and an exceptional academic record in order to be considered for admission.

Please click here to access our online application system.

Yes, it is mandatory for all foreign applicants to state their (current) passport number as a form of positive identification.

Your request for financial aid does not impact the evaluation of your application or the pre-screening stage of the admissions process in any way. We will only refer to your financial aid request (if you have submitted one) in the event that you are admitted to our program. For domestic students who are granted admission, financial aid is guaranteed; for international students however, our funds are limited and we might offer partial aid, at best. Please note that this means there will be international students who are admitted, but their requests for financial aid are not granted.

Those international applicants who cannot make it to the SSE Admissions Test are required to take their SAT I and SAT II in three of the following four subjects: Biology-M, Chemistry, Mathematics-IIC and Physics. Please make sure you take all your tests early enough so that your official scores reach us by February 25, 2009.

No. The TOEFL is not a requirement for applying to SSE.

Our aim is to pick the two hundred brightest minds we can find and as part of this selection process, we value our interview highly. All international students who are short-listed may be expected to travel to Lahore for the interview.