Defining Innovation

NUST, with its comprehensive Knowledge and intellectual base, has established an ecosystem that fosters research, innovation and entrepreneurship. To ensure that every genuine business idea gets a chance, and every innovative venture plays a role to help the community, we need support and trust of Pakistani diaspora.

National Science & Technology Park

Pakistan’s first National Science & Technology Park is being established at NUST to facilitate high tech R&D by bringing industry and academia from 8 key sectors at one location.

Intellectual Property

We established Pakistan’s first university based IP office in 2011 to foster the culture of novel intellectual work amongst our researchers. Patents Filed: 362 Awarded: 90

From Lab to Market

NUST is also the only university in Pakistan to license innovation to industry, and thus take research outputs to communities where they are most needed. 7 IPs transferred in 2018, 5 in pipelines.

Cross Border Technology Transfer

We are all set to establish China Pakistan Technology Transfer Centre (CPTTC) at our campus to facilitate two way transfer of technology with our counterparts in China.

Technology Incubation Centre

84 companies have been incubated till date and with inception of STP on campus, the university has now expanded the place to be Pakistan’s largest incubation centre.

National Centres of Excellence

NUST is also the proud host of two out of the four national centres of excellence: The National Centre of Artificial Intelligence (NCAI) and The National Centre of Robotics and Automation (NCRA).

Medical Devices Development Centre

Pakistan’s first facility for indigenous production of cardiac stents and angioplasty balloon catheters based on German Technology.