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PhD Textile Engineering

The PhD Textile Engineering is a full-time program that includes 18 credit hours of course work followed by comprehensive examination and research. This is a rigorous program aimed at enabling and promoting high-quality research in textile engineering to benefit the world in general and Pakistan in particular. The program emphasizes not only depth in fundamental textile engineering but also an interdisciplinary approach to understanding technologies in which textile engineers and scientists can take a leading role.

This program attracts graduates who want to continue their careers in academia and the textile industry. The program enables the students to gain a high-quality doctoral qualification with capabilities to develop an understanding of engineering-driven business and to innovate and respond to the challenges faced during product and process development. Students must demonstrate the ability to apply scientific principles to meet engineering needs due to social and economic factors and within a reasonable time constraint.

Program Educational Objectives (PEOs)

The Ph.D. Textile Engineering graduates will be able to:

  1. Demonstrate the knowledge of textile engineering and allied disciplines to identify and investigate the technical as well as societal problems and propose a viable solution based on scientific studies
  2. Conduct and manage research and development activities to address local and global challenges keeping in view sustainability.

Program Learning Objectives (PLOs)

At the time of completion of PhD Textile Engineering degree, the students will be able to:

  1. Identify research problems and research gap after critical analysis of literature.
  2. Apply scientific approaches to plan and conduct research to devise solution of the problem keeping in view the environmental, social, and legal aspects.
  3. Design a product or process to meet the desired needs within realistic constraints and conditions. 
  4. Select and apply modern techniques and tools to infer the meaningful conclusions.

 

First Semester
Code Course Title Credit Hours
 TE-7001  Advanced Statistical Methods for Research  3
 TE-7002  Recent Development in textile Engineering  2
 TE-7003  Modern testing and Characterization Methods  3
 TE-7004  Prototype/Review Paper  1
   Understanding of Holy Quran-V/ Fehm-e-Quran-V  1
 TE-7005  Introduction to textile manufacturing and processing  Zero CR course for non-textile background students
 Total   10

Second Semester

Code Course Title Credit Hours
 TE-7XXX  Elective – I  3
 TE-7XXX  Elective – II  3
 TE-7XXX  Elective – III  3
   Understanding of Holy Quran-V/ Fehm-e-Quran-V  1
 Total  10
 Total Credit Hours of Taught Courses 20
 

Semester III - VIII
Code Course Title Credit Hours
TE-8090  Research Thesis  30
  Total Credit Hours 50
 

 List of Elective Courses

Sr. No Code Course Title
1 TE-7096 Advance Fiber and Yarn Manufacturing Techniques
2 TE-7097 Advance Textile Processing Technologies
3 TE-7098 Advance Clothing Technologies
4 TE-7099 Textile Machinery and Instrument Design
5 TE-7019 Textile Surface Modification and Chemical Treatments
6 TE-7100 Strategy and Economic Concepts of Garments Production
7 TE-7101 Production Planning & Control
8 TE-7102 Non-woven Technology
9 TE-7072 Physical Properties of Fiber Forming Polymers
10 TE-7077 High Performance Fibers
11 TE-7048 3D Textile Structures
12 TE-7022 Mechanics of Textile Assemblies
13 TE-7051 Surfaces and Interfaces
14 TE-7042 Nanocomposites
15 TE-7013 Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites
16 TE-7103 Quality Management in Textiles
17 TE-7021 Textile Modeling and Simulation
18 TE-7091 Numerical Methods in Textile Engineering
19 TE-7086 Applied Statistics and Regression
20 TE-7018 Medical Textiles
21 TE-7024 Protective Textiles
22 TE-7028 Technical Textiles
23 TE-7104 Nanomaterials for Textiles
24 TE-7105 Electrospun Materials
25 TE-7045 Biomaterials
26 TE-7106 Smart Materials for Textiles
27 TE-7050 Shape Memory Materials
28 TE-7053 Textiles for Energy Production
29 TE-7054 Electronic and Magnetic Materials
30 TE-7058 Heat and Mass Transfer
31 TE-7037 Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Materials
32 TE-7059 Fluid Flow in Porous Media
33 TE-7080 Polymer Rheology
34 TE-7081 Polymer Chemistry
35 TE-7085 Air Conditioning in Textiles
36 TE-7090 Wastewater Treatment
Note: Any other subject recommended by the supervisor with the consent of HoD and approved by DBOS.

 

Course Specifications

Course Name Description Books
Advanced Statistical Methods for Research The nature of probability and statistics; Frequency distributions and graphs; Data description; Probability and counting rules; Normal and discrete probability distributions; Confidence intervals and sample size; Hypothesis testing and testing the difference between two means/proportions/variances; Correlation/regression and Chi-Square testing; Analysis of variance; Nonparametric statistics; Sampling and simulation. Understanding Advanced Statistical Methods by Peter Westfall, Kevin S. S. Henning, 2013.
Recent Developments in Textile Engineering Air vortex spinning technique; MVS spinning technique; Rotor spinning technique; Advance fibers; Auxetic yarn; Recent development in fabric manufacturing (woven and knitted); Enzymes in textile industry; Plasma and ozone treatment of textiles; Digital printing; Functional finishes (flame retardant, antibacterial, UV protection); Textile composites for personal protection, automobiles, and aerospace.
  • Advances in Textile Engineering and Materials by Huawu Liu et al., 2013
  • Advances in Functional and Protective Textiles by Shahid ul-Islam & Bhupendra Singh Butola, 2020
Modern Testing and Characterization Methods Moisture management tester; Air permeability tester; Fabric touch tester; Water vapor tester; Kawabata Evaluation system; FTIR; SEM; XRD.
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Vol. 37 by G. A. Webb, 2008
  • Materials Characterization Techniques by Sam Zhang, Lin Li, Ashok Kumar, 2008
Prototype/Review Paper The student is required to write a publishable review on a topic related to textile engineering areas such as: Textile Materials, Yarn Manufacturing, Fabric Manufacturing, Nonwovens, Coloration and Finishing, Apparel Production, or Textile Measurement and Control. —
Advance Fiber and Yarn Manufacturing Techniques Explores high-performance synthetic fibers, air-jet, compact, and vortex spinning, hybrid yarn structures, fiber-matrix interactions, structure–property relationships for smart/technical/biomedical textiles.
  • Textile Yarn Spinning by Carl A. Lawrence (2020)
  • Man-Made Fibres by R. W. Moncrieff (2022 Reprint)
Advance Textile Processing Technologies Recent advancements in coloration, functional finishing, sustainable wet processing, low-liquor dyeing, CO₂ dyeing, enzyme and plasma treatments, smart finishes, lifecycle analysis.
  • Sustainable Textile Processing by S.S. Muthu (2022)
  • Textile Processing and Properties by J.W.S. Hearle (2021)
Advance Clothing Technologies Integration of smart systems, 3D virtual prototyping, AI-driven adaptive design, wearable electronics for defense, healthcare, and spacewear applications.
  • Clothing Biosensory Engineering by Y. Li & A.S.W. Wong (2021)
  • Apparel Manufacturing Technology by T.R. Rathinamoorthy (2023)
Textile Machinery and Instrument Design Design of high-speed textile machinery, robotics, servo systems, smart sensors, mechatronic integration for automation in spinning, weaving, knitting, and finishing.
  • Principles of Textile Machinery by N.G. Patel (2022)
  • Mechatronics for Textile Machines by W. Smith (2023)
Textile Surface Modification and Chemical Treatments Focus on nano-coatings, photo-crosslinking, hydrophobic/hydrophilic/antimicrobial finishes, environmental compatibility, and performance testing of modified textiles.
  • Textile Surface Functionalization by Q. Wei (2023)
  • Surface Modification of Textiles by C. Federici (2022)
Strategy and Economic Concepts of Garments Production Advanced economic modeling, lean enterprise systems, sustainable sourcing, and data-driven decision making for global garment production.
  • Garment Manufacturing by Prasanta Sarkar (2023)
  • Textile Economics and Costing by J. Singh (2022)
Production Planning & Control AI-based scheduling, ERP integration, lean-agile manufacturing, predictive maintenance, sustainability-oriented planning in textile manufacturing.
  • Production Planning and Control by S.K. Mukhopadhyay (2022)
  • Operations Management in Apparel Industry by S. Gulati (2023)
Non-woven Technology Manufacturing and bonding of nonwovens, filtration theory, electrospun nanofibers, sustainability, and medical/industrial applications.
  • Nonwoven Fabrics by Wilhelm Albrecht et al. (2023)
  • Handbook of Nonwovens by S.J. Russell (2022)
Physical Properties of Fiber Forming Polymers Polymer crystallinity, orientation, viscoelasticity, spinnability, and performance of fiber-forming polymers under environmental conditions.
  • Introduction to Polymer Viscoelasticity by M.T. Shaw (2022)
  • Fiber Science by G.E. Hearle (2020)
High Performance Fibers Covers aramids, UHMWPE, carbon, basalt fibers and their synthesis, structure, performance, and applications in aerospace, military, composites.
  • High Performance Fibres edited by J.W.S. Hearle (2001)
  • Advanced High Performance Materials by W. Wong (2020)
3D Textile Structures Design and modeling of 3D woven, knitted, braided, and spacer fabrics for technical applications using CAD and structural simulations.
  • 3D Fibrous Assemblies by Jinlian Hu (2008)
  • Advances in 3D Textiles by Xiaogang Chen (2015)
Mechanics of Textile Assemblies Mechanical testing and modeling of yarns, fabrics, and composites including tensile, shear, and compressive behavior under load.
  • Textile Mechanics and Calculations by L.V. Spivak (2021)
  • Modelling and Mechanics of Textiles by Xiaogang Chen (2015)
Surfaces and Interfaces Surface science in textiles, adhesion, surface energy, interfacial bonding, and nano-scale modifications for performance improvement.
  • Surface Modification of Textiles by Q. Wei (2021)
  • Interfaces in Polymer Nanocomposites by K. Friedrich (2016)
Nanocomposites Development of textile-based nanocomposites using carbon nanotubes, graphene, nanoclays; property enhancement and applications.
  • Polymer Nanocomposites by Joseph Koo (2019)
  • Nanocomposites: Design and Technology by Nicolais & Carotenuto (2019)
Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites FRP composite design and manufacturing using textile reinforcements; lamination theory, failure analysis, RTM, pultrusion, filament winding.
  • Fiber-Reinforced Composites by P.K. Mallick (2022)
  • Textile Fibre Composites in Civil Engineering by T. Triantafillou (2016)
Quality Management in Textiles Textile quality assurance frameworks including ISO, TQM, Six Sigma, SPC, and sustainability-driven defect control strategies.
  • Textile Testing and Quality Control by V.K. Kothari (2023)
  • Managing Quality in Apparel Industry by P.V. Mehta (2021)
Textile Modeling and Simulation Finite element/process modeling in textiles, fabric deformation simulation, dyeing CFD, virtual prototyping, and optimization.
  • Computational Modelling of Textile Structures by A. Majumdar (2020)
  • Modelling & Simulation of Micro- and Meso-Porous Materials by C. Mellot-Draznieks (2022)
Numerical Methods in Textile Engineering Numerical approaches (FDM, FEM, FVM) for solving textile heat, flow, and mechanical problems using MATLAB and ANSYS.
  • Numerical Methods for Engineers by Chapra & Canale (2020)
  • Applied Numerical Methods Using MATLAB by Won Y. Yang (2018)
Applied Statistics and Regression ANOVA, hypothesis testing, regression, correlation analysis, design of experiments, statistical optimization for textile R&D.
  • Applied Multivariate Statistical Analysis by Johnson & Wichern (2019)
  • Statistics for Engineers and Scientists by William Navidi (2021)
Medical Textiles Textiles in healthcare: wound dressings, implants, surgical gowns, tissue scaffolds, antimicrobial fabrics, regulatory issues.
  • Medical Textiles and Biomaterials by S. Anand (2016)
  • Medical and Healthcare Textiles by S. Rajendran (2023)
Protective Textiles Textiles for thermal, ballistic, chemical, biological, and UV protection; comfort-performance trade-offs; multilayered designs.
  • Textiles for Protection by R. Scott (2020)
  • High-Performance Apparel by J. McLoughlin (2017)
Technical Textiles Functional textile applications in aerospace, automotive, filtration, and civil sectors; testing, sustainability, market trends.
  • Handbook of Technical Textiles by Horrocks & Anand (2016)
  • Textiles for Industrial Applications by R. Alagirusamy (2022)
Nanomaterials for Textiles Use of nanofibers, particles, graphene in UV protection, conductivity, antimicrobial, and self-cleaning textiles; safety and testing.
  • Nanotechnology in Textiles by A.K. Haghi (2021)
  • Nanomaterials for Sustainable Development by A. Majumdar (2022)
Electrospun Materials Electrospinning theory, nanofiber production, biomedical/filtration/wearable applications, post-processing and scalability.
  • Electrospinning by Sill & von Recum (2021)
  • Electrospun Nanofibers by B. Ding (2019)
Biomaterials Biocompatible polymers and composites for textile-based medical devices, scaffolds, drug delivery, clinical/ethical concerns.
  • Biomaterials Science by B.D. Ratner (2020)
  • Textiles for Biomedical Applications by S. Anand (2023)
Smart Materials for Textiles Smart materials like shape memory alloys, thermochromics, responsive coatings, integrated sensors and electronics in textiles.
  • Smart Materials by G. Song (2021)
  • Smart Textiles for Designers by R. Pailes-Friedman (2020)
Shape Memory Materials Study of shape memory polymers and alloys used in adaptive garments, morphing surfaces, and wearable actuators.
  • Shape Memory Materials by K. Otsuka & C.M. Wayman (2022)
  • Shape Memory Polymers and Textiles by Jinlian Hu (2019)
Textiles for Energy Production Conductive yarns, thermoelectrics, piezoelectric, and triboelectric textiles for wearable energy harvesting and storage.
  • Flexible and Wearable Electronics by T. Lin (2020)
  • Textile-Based Energy Harvesting Devices by Xing Fan (2022)
Electronic and Magnetic Materials Conductive polymers, dielectric/magnetic materials, textile sensors and actuators, energy-field interactions, smart integration.
  • Electronic and Magnetic Materials by R.W. Cahn (2021)
  • Smart Electronic Materials by Jasprit Singh (2020)
Heat and Mass Transfer Textile thermal modeling, drying, comfort science, porous heat/mass transport, radiation/convection mechanisms in textiles.
  • Heat and Mass Transfer by Yunus Cengel (2020)
  • Textile Thermophysiology by Y. Li (2019)
Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Materials Phase transitions, polymerization, degradation, kinetic models for textile polymers, and behavior under service conditions.
  • Thermodynamics of Materials by D.V. Ragone (2020)
  • Kinetics of Materials by R.W. Balluffi (2016)
Fluid Flow in Porous Media Capillarity, permeability, multiphase flow in fibrous structures, filtration modeling, dye transport, and numerical simulation.
  • Transport Phenomena in Porous Media by Ingham & Pop (2020)
  • Flow in Porous Media by M. van Genuchten (2018)
Polymer Rheology Non-Newtonian flow, viscoelasticity, melt rheology, rheometers, fiber spinning, polymer behavior under shear/stretch.
  • Polymer Rheology by Osswald & Rudolph (2020)
  • Intro to Polymer Rheology by M.T. Shaw (2022)
Polymer Chemistry Synthesis of PET, Nylon, aramids; step and chain polymerization; degradation; fiber functionalization; polymer structures.
  • Principles of Polymerization by G. Odian (2021)
  • Polymer Chemistry by Hiemenz & Lodge (2020)
Air Conditioning in Textiles Humidity, ventilation, HVAC design for mills, effect of air conditions on fiber/fabric behavior, comfort optimization, energy control.
  • Air Conditioning by Edward G. Pita (2021)
  • Environmental Aspects in Textile Engineering by A.R. Horrocks (2022)
Wastewater Treatment Advanced techniques for treating textile effluents; ZLD, membrane technologies, sludge, environmental policy, lifecycle analysis.
  • Textile Wastewater Treatment by S.S. Muthu (2021)
  • Industrial Wastewater Treatment by V.V. Ranade (2014)

Career opportunities for students after Completion of the Program

The PhD Textile Engineering program aims to create a higher learning culture that enables participants to work in

  • Research and development of textile industry,
  • Research institute
  • Researcher and teacher in academic/research Universities
  • Companies for development and manufacturing of machines/parts/textiles/polymer

  1. MS/M.Phil Textile Engineering/Mechanical Engineering/Chemical Engineering/Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering/Product and Industrial Design/Materials Engineering/Environmental Engineering/Mechatronics Engineering/Chemistry/Textile Chemistry or equivalent degree with minimum CGPA 3.00/4.00 or 3.50/5.00 in semester system or 60% marks in annual system.
  2. Applicants having terminal degrees as prescribed in condition no. 01, are required to qualify NTU-GAT (General) test with minimum 60% score while applicants having different terminal degree are required to qualify NTU-GAT (Subject) test additionally with minimum 50% score as per HEC.
  3. Applicant having MS or equivalent degree without thesis is not eligible to apply.
  4. It is mandatory to pass interview in order to compete on merit.
  5. Applicant must not be already registered as a student in any other academic program in Pakistan or abroad.
  6. Result waiting applicants may apply for admission, however their merit will be finalized only on submission of final MS/M.Phil or equivalent official transcript or degree.
  7. Relevant Admission Committee will determine relevancy of terminal degree and decide deficiency course/s (if any) at the time of admission interview, the detail of which will be provided to the student in his/her admission letter/email.
  8. Deficiency course/s will be treated as non-credit and qualifying course/s for which student will also pay extra dues as per fee policy. Those course/s will neither be mentioned in student’s final transcript nor will be included for calculation of CGPA. However, the student may obtain his/her a separate transcript for completion of deficiency course/s.

Merit Criteria

The admission merit list will be prepared according to the following criteria:

 MS/Equivalent  60% weightage
 B.Sc/BE/Equivalent  20% weightage
 Interview result  10% weightage
 Publication/relevant experience  10% weightage (05% + 05%)

Fee Structure of Postgraduate Programs for Admission 2025

Programs Total One Time Dues at Admission (Rupees) Tuition Fee (1st Semester) (Rupees) Total Other Charges (Per Semester) (Rupees) Total 1st Semester Dues (Rupees)
Ph.D. Textile Engineering 32,400 42,150 8,000 82,550

 

Detail of One Time Admission Dues and Other Charges

Particulars Rupees
Admission Fee (Once at admission) 25,000
Certificate Verification Fee (Once at admision) 2,000
University Security (Refundable) 5,000
Red Crescent Donation (Once at admision) 100
University Card Fee (Once at admision) 300
Library Fee (Per Semester) 3,000
Examination Fee (Per Semester) 3,000
Medical Fee (Per Semester) 2,000
Student Activity Fund (Per Semester) 2,000
Endowment Fund (Per Semester) 1,000
Degree Fee (Once in the Last Semester) 5,000
Total 32,400

 

Note:

  1. Tuition Fee will increase @ 2.5% Per Annum in Subsequent Years.
  2. The security deposit is against breakage and/or any other damage caused by the students.
  3. The security deposit is refundable within two year after the completion of degree or leaving the University without completion or expulsion from the University. After Two years all the unclaimed securities will be forfeited.
  4. If any student fails to submit semester dues till sixth week from the commencement of semester then the student's admission will be cancelled. Student may sit in mid exam after the payment of re-admission fee of Rs.15,000/- long with semester dues

 

HEC National Fee Refund Policy

Application for a refund of Fee can be made by completing the appropriate form and submitting the proof of payment.

REFUNDABLE FEE:

Tuition Fee:

The Refund of Tuition Fee is Subject to the following schedule:

TimelinePercentage of Fee
Upto 10th day of commencement of classes 100% fee refund
Upto 15th day of commencement of classes 80% fee refund
Upto 20th day of commencement of classes 60% fee refund
Upto 30th day of commencement of classes 50% fee refund
31st day onwards of commencement of classes No Refund

Note: The timelines for refund of tuition fee are inclusive of the weekends.

Library Fee:

The library/digital library fee is completely refundable.

Transport Fee:

The transport fee is 100% refundable minus (-) the days a student has availed of that facility(es).

Security/Deposit Fee:

This fee is refundable after deductions are made for the damage/loss (if any) caused by the student.

Examination Fee:

The fee submitted as an examination fee is completely refundable.

Fee for Curricular/Co-Curricular Activities:

The Curricular/co-curricular, extra-curricular, fee is 100% refundable minus (-) the days a student has availed of that activity(es).

NON-REFUNDABLE FEE:

Admission Fee and Registration/Application Fee are non-refundable.

Certificate Verification Fee, Card Fee, Red Crescent Fund, Medical Examination Fee, Exhibition Fee and Endowment Fund are also non-refundable.