Explore BE Software Engineering – QUEST Nawabshah at University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar, including duration, eligibility and connected admission resources.

BE Software Engineering at Quaid-e-Awam University of Engineering, Science and Technology, Nawabshah is a four-year professional engineering degree offered in the morning shift. Along with Civil Engineering it carries the highest self-finance fee at QUEST, which reflects how competitive its regular seats are.

Program Overview

Software Engineering treats software as an engineered product. Beyond programming languages and data structures, the degree covers requirements engineering, software design patterns, software architecture, testing and quality assurance, project management, DevOps practices and formal methods. Students build systems in teams across several semesters, with the final year project usually delivered for a real client or department.

It suits students who enjoy problem solving and structured teamwork and who want a PEC-recognised engineering title rather than a plain computing degree. Candidates with pre-engineering intermediate are the norm; the discipline is one of the two at QUEST that also accepts the ICS (Computer Science) group at intermediate level, so check the current prospectus for your combination.

Quick Facts

Degree	BE (Bachelor of Engineering)
Duration	4 years (8 semesters, semester system since Batch-17) – Source: QUEST undergraduate programmes page
Department / Faculty	Department of Software Engineering, Faculty of Electrical, Electronics, Telecommunication and Computer Systems Engineering
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

QUEST admits BE students on the basis of HSC-II, DAE or an equivalent qualification with no less than 60 percent marks (Hifz and grace marks not counted), passed between the 2021 annual examination and 2026, as stated in the Batch-26 admission notice. Pre-engineering is the standard group; pre-medical candidates are accepted only for Biomedical Engineering. Software Engineering and Computer Systems Engineering candidates may check the prospectus for the ICS group rule. 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. 1,155,000 (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

Software engineers are hired by software houses in Karachi, Hyderabad, Lahore and Islamabad, by banks and telecom operators building in-house systems, and increasingly by remote and freelance clients abroad. Graduates typically start as developers, QA engineers or support engineers and grow into team-lead, architect and product roles. PEC registration adds eligibility for government engineering posts.

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