With phenomenal increase in students enrollment in 1970's, a plan to establish additional campuses of the University of Engineering and Technology Lahore was conceived. As a result of that ,the University College of Engineering Taxila was established in 1975. For three years it functioned at Sahiwal. In 1978 it shifted to its permanent location at Taxila. The College continued its working under the administrative control of the University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore till October 1993. During this month it received its charter as an independent university under the University of Engineering and Technology Taxila Ordinance 1993.At the present the total enrollment of graduate and post graduate students is 1500.

Location

The University campus is located on the outskirts of Taxila at a distance of 5 km from the city. It is situated near of railway station Mohra Shah Wali Shah on Taxila-Havelian branch line. The city of Taxila is 35 km from the twin cities Islamabad and Rawalpindi on the main Rawalpindi-Peshawar highway. The University buses commute daily between the campus and the cities of Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Wah and Hassan Abdal. The campus covers an area of 113 acres and houses all the teaching departments, residential colony for teachers/ employees, student hostels, guesthouse, post office and bank. Acquisition process of 65 acres of land in the south of the existing campus is in its final stage. The main entrance to the campus shall, then, be from the Taxila-Khanpur Road.