NFC Institute of Engineering & Fertilizer Research

Importance of agriculture in Pakistan's economy needs no stressing. In order to increase the agricultural yield, first fertilizer plant was established in 1958. Since then fertilizer capacity has been added both in public and private sector. To ensure optimum benefits from these investments, problems have to be solved locally. With that view Fertilizer Research & Development Institute (FR&DI) was established at Faisalabad in 1986 with technical and financial assistance of United Nationas Industrial Development (UNIDO) with objectives to conduct research in the field of fertilizers and process industries. UNIDO and National Fertilizer Corporation of Pakistan provided the funds of 20 million rupees for starting this project of national importance. In this background and considering the requirement of the country, it was decided to upgrade FR&DI and start Bachelor Degree program in Chemical Engineering in May 1998, while retaining its function of R&D. Approval from the Government of Pakistan was obtained and University of Engineering & Technology Lahore granted affiliation. In order to reflect both educational and research functions, the Institute had been renamed as NFC-Institute of Engineering and Fertilizer Research (IEFR). Institue is under the management of National Fertilizer Corporation of Pakistan, which is a subsidiary of Ministry of Industries and production Government of Pakistan, containing large number of industrial facilities, which provides a strong technical back up to the students for practical trainings and internships.