Bahauddin Zakariya University College of Textile Engineering, Multan

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Bahauddin Zakariya University College of Textile Engineering, also known as BZU college of textile engineering, is an institute in southern Punjab, which provides engineering degrees in the field of textile. It is situated on 6-km Khanewal road in Multan, Pakistan.

Multan is not only famous as the most ancient city of South Asia but also skills of its artisan & craftsman in the sector of pottery, textile, leather, embroidery products etc. On the top of the above Multan is also at the heart of cotton growing area. Cotton is raw material for Textile products which is also synonym to white gold that indeed is back bone of the economy of Pakistan and contributes more than 57% of overall exports.[1][2]

Initially it was an Institute of Hand Loom and Home Textile Technology,[3][4] which was a project of the Export Promotion Bureau and the Ministry of Science and Technology, established in 1996. The institute was offering 3-years diploma in textile for providing skilled workforce to the industry. In 2004, the status of the institute was elevated to an engineering college by handing it over to Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan.[4] Before the takeover, there was no institute in southern Punjab that offered a textile engineering degree.

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