COMSATS, through a notification in 1997, setup the COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT), which became functional in April 1998. CIIT is a world-class teaching institute, creating knowledge base and advance technologies that are intended to shape the new direction of the country and educate its future leaders for the 21st century.

The aim of the Institute is to train the country’s human resource in the field of Information Technology so as to equip them with emerging IT trends. The CIIT is fully equipped to cope up with the needs of growing and fast-paced IT industry and flexible enough to adapt to the challenges of the future. The CIIT has a mission to deliver new ideas and products through research, development and education in strategic partnership with IT industry and organizations.

CIIT has a total of five campuses in the country, two in Islamabad and, one each in Wah, Abbottabad and Lahore.

Admission Tests for CIIT

National Testing Service (NTS) conducted Admission Tests for CIIT at its all campuses during July, 2002. The General tests were conducted for admissions at the Graduate and Post-Graduate levels for candidates from different educational backgrounds i.e. NAT-IS, NAT-IIS, NAT-IG and NAT-IIG.

Plans are underway now to conduct NAT Tests for CIIT for its Spring Session in early 2003.