Pakistan Educational Research Network

The Pakistan Education and Research Network (PERN) connects universities and research institutes through high-speed Internet bandwidth. The main purpose of this network is to facilitate researchers/students in sharing data and to coordinate with each other though video conferencing. Currently 56 Pakistani educational institutes are interconnected; in the future the PERN-II project would further include 59 other educational institutes national-wide at speeds of up to 10 Gbps.

List of universities interconnected

	OFS	Dxx	DRS / VSAT	Islamabad	Lahore	Karachi
Aga Khan University	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes
Air University	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No
Allama Iqbal Open University	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No
Bahauddin Zakariya University	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No
Bahria University, Islamabad	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
BUITMS	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes
College of Agriculture Engineering	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
College of Physicians & Surgeons Pakistan	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
Command staff college	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes
COMSATS Institute of Information Technology	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No
COMSATS institute of Information Technology, Wah Cantt	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
Fatima Jinnah Women University	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
Gomal University	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
Government College University, Lahore	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No
Hamdard University	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes
Higher Education Commission	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
HEJ Institute of Chemistry	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes
International Institute of Space & Technology	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
International Islamic University	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
Institute of Business Administration	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes
Islamia University	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
Karachi Institute of Information Technology	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
Lahore College of Arts	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
Lahore College for Women University	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
Lahore School of Economics	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
University of Management and Technology	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
Lahore University of Management Sciences	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No
Liaquat University of Health and Medical Sciences	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes
Mehran University of Engineering and Technology	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes
National College of Arts	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
National Defense College	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
NED University of Engineering and Technology	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes
National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
National University of computer and Emerging Sciences, FAST	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
National University of computer and Emerging Sciences, FAST	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
National University of Modern Languages	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
National University of Sciences and Technology	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
NWFP University of Agriculture	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
Pakistan Administrative Staff College	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
Pakistan Institute of Engineering & Applied Sciences	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
Pakistan Military Academy	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
Pakistan Naval Academy	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes
Peshawar University	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No
Quaid-e-Azam University	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No
Quaid-e-Azam University of Engineering & Technology	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
Shah Abdul Latif University	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes
Sindh Agriculture University	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes
Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
SZABIST	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
University of Agriculture	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
University of Arid Agriculture	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
University of Azad Jammu & Kashmir	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
University of Balochistan	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes
University of Engineering	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
University of Engineering & Technology	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
University of Karachi	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes
University of the Punjab	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No
University of Sindh	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes
	OFS	Dxx	DRS / VSAT	Islamabad	Lahore	Karachi

Notes

• Reference of table Connection summary
• Column heading of Cities: Islamabad Lahore and Karachi Represent "Location of Routers" placed in.

Membership and affiliation

• PERN (Pakistan Educational Research Network) is primary member of APAN (Asia Pacific Advanced Network) Reference
• PERN has mirror site of MIT OpenCourseWare,

See also

• Higher Education Commission
• Pakistan Academy of Sciences
• Hussain Ebrahim Jamal Research Institute of Chemistry

External links

• PERN Official Website

Partners links:

• MIT OpenCourseWare Mirror site
• NTC developer of PERN