Students from Mehran University of Engineering and Technology in Jamshoro have won Third Prize at the Huawei ICT Skills Competition Global Finals 2025-26, held in Shenzhen, China from June 2 to June 5, 2026. The competition is one of the most prestigious international platforms for assessing the technical knowledge and practical skills of university students across information and communication technology disciplines, drawing over 120,000 participants from more than 2,000 universities globally in its current edition. A total of 25 teams from different regions advanced to the Global Finals, where they competed across domains including networking, computing, cloud technologies, innovation, and industry solutions.
The winning team comprised Ms. Navera Iqbal and Mr. Inamullah Brohi from the Department of Telecommunication Engineering at MUET Jamshoro, joined by Mr. Muhammad Noman Khan from Sindh Agriculture University in Tandojam. The collaboration between two institutions from Sindh reflects a growing culture of inter-university academic partnerships in the region, with the joint team demonstrating that exceptional results can be achieved by combining talent across institutional boundaries. The team was guided by their instructor Engr. Saqib Hussain, whose mentorship was credited as a key factor in the squad’s preparation and performance at the international stage.
The Third Prize at the Global Finals is particularly significant given the scale and competitiveness of the Huawei ICT Skills Competition, which is internationally recognised for the rigour of its challenges and the calibre of participating institutions from across Asia, Europe, the Americas, and Africa. Advancing to the Global Finals from a field of over 120,000 students already represents a top-tier performance, making the podium finish a substantial achievement for MUET and for Pakistani technical education more broadly. The result also extends what is now a seven-consecutive-year legacy of achievements for MUET in Huawei ICT competitions, a track record that is rare among universities globally and speaks to the consistency of talent development, faculty commitment, and institutional support within the Department of Telecommunication Engineering.
The win adds MUET to a growing list of Pakistani academic institutions recording internationally competitive results in technology and engineering competitions, reinforcing Pakistan’s presence on the global information and communication technology stage. For students, faculty, and the wider engineering education community in Sindh and Pakistan, the result serves as a concrete demonstration that locally trained engineering talent can hold its own against counterparts from some of the world’s most well-resourced universities, given the right guidance, preparation, and opportunity to compete at the highest levels.
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