Pakistan's first National Skills University to announce admissions in March.

ISLAMABAD -- National Skills University (NSU) Islamabad would announce its first admissions for diploma and short courses in March this year while the admissions for the five degree programmes of BS level would be offered in September 2020.

The university has planned to start BS degree programmes in four categories, including automotive engineering, bio-medical engineering, electronics, building technology and environment and computer engineering.

The fist Skills University would launch the computer engineering programme with support of the artificial intelligence programme, said Vice Chancellor of the University Professor Dr Muhammad Mukhtar here on Sunday.

Talking to reporter he said that the industry would also be taken on board while adopting the artificial intelligence programme.

He emphasized upon the future goals of the university and said that the skilled workforce would not only provide employment opportunities in the local industry, but also to the other Muslim countries. "Pakistan had small number of industries so the focus would be made on the other Muslim countries to adjust our degree holder skilled youth,' he remarked.

He believed that it was the first university of country, which would play a role of bridge between the graduates and employers as academia-industry relation were need of the hour.

He said that all steps were being taken in collaboration with the Higher Education Commission.

He said the curriculum of the short courses and diplomas would be prepared by university...