Brief History Dated back to June 9, 1995, upon the government decree No. 50/PM, Faculty of Engineering & Architecture (FEA) was established by the merging of five higher Institutes: such as National Polytechnic Institute (founded in 1984), School of Electronics (founded in 1977), School of Communication and Transportation (founded in 1983), School of Architecture (founded in 1979), and School of Irrigation Tad Thong (founded in 1983).The Faculty has grown to be the largest faculty of National University of Laos. From June 2004 the Department of Architecture was separated from Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, and become the Faculty of Architecture. Faculty of Engineering and Architecture now is renamed Faculty of Engineering (FE).

Missions The Faculty of Engineering, one of those twelve faculties under the National University of Laos (NUOL), is set up with the following objectives::
•  To create competent and ethical engineers.
•  To encourage teaching development as well as research promotion.
•  To preserve and promote art and culture of the country.
•  To be a center of information and technology.
•  To be a social servicing unit, in particular in technology and engineering aspects..

        International Linkages
The Faculty of Engineering links with universities and International institutions worldwide, i.e., France, Switzerland, Germany, Japan, Vietnam, New Zealand, Canada, and Thailand. With such a cooperation program, FE has established link at various levels and activities. For instance; student exchange, staff exchange, joint research and administrative experience exchange.

•  Since 1997 the JICA has supported to FE .
•  Since 1997, a filial of the Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF) has established and functioned within the Department of Civil Engineering.
•  Tripartite cooperation program between NUOL-JICA-KMITL (Thailand) for upgrading FE staffs on the fields of Electronic and Computer Engineering.
•  FE has become a full member of AUN/SEED-Net that aims to upgrade an Engineering Education in the South East Asia .
•  FE (NUOL) and Hanoi University of Communication & Transport have cooperated for Master degree program.
•  Tripartite cooperation program between NUOL-JICA-KMITL (Thailand) for upgrading FE, NUOL staffs on the fields of information technology (IT).

Academic Departments
At present, the Faculty of Engineering comprises 6 departments, namely:

• Department of Civil Engineering.
• Department of Mechanical Engineering.
• Department of Electrical Engineering.
• Department of Electronic Engineering.
• Department of Transportation Engineering.
•  Department of Water Resources Engineering.

State at a Glance
Students who have passed their secondary level can continue either diploma course or bachelor degree course. A 2-year foundation study at NUOL main campus (SFS) is common for those who applied for bachelor degrees. Engineering science is followed by a 3(4)-year course provided by FE. H. Dip. courses are 3(4)-year courses FE offers all level of studies. The total number of student is about 4,380 (February 2005). The number of staffs in each department is different, depends on the number of course and students under their responsibility. FE. hold 340 staffs including 238 lectures, and qualifications are ranged as: (February 2005) Doctorate: 6 (2.3%) , Master degree: 51 (19.6%) , Bachelor degree: 115 (44.2%) , Higher Dip. 56 (21.5%) , Lower 32 (12.3%) , Total 260 (100%) .

Postal Address:
Faculty of Engineering, National University of Laos , 01005,
Sokpaluang Rd. , P.O. Box 3166 , Vientiane . Lao PDR.
Tel: (+856-21) 312072, Fax: (+856-21) 314382
E-mail: feaadmin@laotel.com