Islamabad, July 08, 2022 (PPI-OT):The students selected under STEM careers program are undergoing coaching/training before participation in International Physics Olympiad (IPhO) 2022 at PIEAS. This year IPhO will be organized by Switzerland and the event will be held online from July 10 to July 17. This year 4 students Usman Siddique, Muhammad Bilal Asmatullah, Saaim Ahmed, and Muhammad Ali Hasnain joined the final training camp at PIEAS.
STEM Careers Program is a joint venture of Higher Education Commission (HEC) and Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS) to inspire the potential youth of the nation to pursue careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).
Besides, STEM teams also represent Pakistan in International Science Olympiads (ISOs) in Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics organized across the world, exhibiting the natural talent of the country in these competitions through National Science Talent Contest (NSTC). NSTC, one of the two main activities of STEM Career Project, is an extension of the National Physics Talent Contest launched by PAEC in 1995.
Four leading education/research institutions of the country are Home Intuitions for different subjects of NSTC, where students are trained and tested and further screened for the subsequent phases of the contest. The students selected in Physics subject are trained by PIEAS.
For more information, contact:
PIEAS
Lehtrar Road, Nilore, Islamabad
+92 (51) 1111 PIEAS
+92 (51) 1111 74327
+92 (51) 924 8611-20
+92 (51) 924 8600
registrar@pieas.edu.pk
Website: www.pieas.edu.pk