Explore BS Computer Science – QUEST Nawabshah at University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar, including duration, eligibility and connected admission resources.

BS Computer Science at QUEST Nawabshah is a four-year, eight-semester degree in the Faculty of Science, offered in both the morning and evening shifts. It is among the most sought-after non-engineering programmes at the university and carries a self-finance fee equal to that of BS IT and BS Artificial Intelligence.

Program Overview

The programme follows the HEC computing curriculum: programming fundamentals, object-oriented programming, data structures and algorithms, discrete mathematics, digital logic, computer organisation, operating systems, databases, software engineering, computer networks, theory of automata, web and mobile development, artificial intelligence and a final year project. Elective tracks let students lean towards AI, security or software development.

BS Computer Science is the right choice for students who want a broad, theory-grounded computing education and the flexibility to go into software, research or further study. It is a science degree, not a PEC-accredited engineering degree, which matters only for government engineering posts.

Quick Facts

Degree	BS (4-year)
Duration	4 years (8 semesters, semester system since Batch-17) – Source: QUEST undergraduate programmes page
Department / Faculty	Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Science
Campus	QUEST main campus, Sakrand Road, Nawabshah (Shaheed Benazirabad), Sindh
Intake	Once a year (Batch-26 for 2026; applications opened 25 April 2026)
Official page	quest.edu.pk/programmes/undergraduate.php

Eligibility Criteria

The official 2026 notice sets the bar for BS admission at a minimum of 50 percent marks in HSC-II, DAE or equivalent, with Hifz-ul-Quran marks and grace marks excluded; passing years from 2021 to 2026 are accepted, and SSC-II must not be older than 2019. Pre-engineering, pre-medical and computer science groups are all considered for BS degrees, though the notice says admission of pre-medical candidates to BS Physics needs HEC permission. Regular and self-finance seats are for candidates domiciled in Sindh; applicants from other provinces can apply only under the self-finance scheme, and some seats are reserved for overseas Pakistanis and differently-abled candidates. All applicants must sit the QUEST Pre-Admission Test and score at least 40 marks. Source: quest.edu.pk/news/212.

Admission Process

Register on the QUEST online admission portal at admissions.quest.edu.pk and fill in the application form (Batch-26 applications opened on 25 April 2026).
Generate the processing-fee challan from the portal and deposit it at any HBL branch; self-finance applicants also submit a bank draft in favour of the Director Finance, QUEST.
Upload a blue-background photograph and the paid challan before the deadline (24 May 2026 for Batch-26).
Download the admit slip from your portal account and appear in the computer-based Pre-Admission Test, held at QUEST Nawabshah from 9 June 2026 on a district-wise schedule.
Check the merit list on the portal, attend the interview or document verification if called, and pay the admission fee to confirm your seat.

Full details of the cycle are on our QUEST Admissions 2026 (Batch-26) record and the QUEST Pre-Admission Test page. Source: official QUEST admission notice.

Fee Structure

The 2026 admission notice gives a one-time self-finance fee for this programme of Rs. 840,000 (self-finance, one-time), inclusive of government tax. Overseas and foreign applicants pay US$ 6,000 by demand draft. Semester fees for regular (merit) seats are not stated in the notice, so check the official website or prospectus for the regular fee schedule. Source: QUEST admission notice Batch-26 (2026), quest.edu.pk admission advertisement PDF.

Career Scope in Pakistan

Computer science graduates are employed across Pakistan’s software export industry, in banks, telecom companies, start-ups, government IT boards and universities. Common first jobs are software developer, web developer, mobile app developer, QA engineer and system administrator, with freelancing and remote work popular among graduates from Nawabshah and surrounding districts. MS and MPhil routes are also well established.

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