HEC has developed a number of faculty hiring programs focused to ease the critical shortage of qualified faculty in the public sector institutions of higher education and also to produce fine engineers and scientists across a broad range of disciplines by only hiring experienced pedagogues where ever available, specially expatriates.

In a nutshell, through the Faculty Hiring Program, HEC aspires to bring a positive change in the culture of higher education institutions in all domains of academic activities including development of infrastructure, academic standards, curriculum, knowledge dissemination through refined teaching / examination / grading methodologies, industry-academia linkage, international collaborative research and fine supervisory acumen which results in creation of knowledge. There has been a considerable progress in all areas in which it was anticipated that the Faculty Hiring Programs will bring improvements.

The faculty programs are divided into two parts, the hiring of foreign experts and researchers from abroad and local retired eminent faculty members. The foreign experts, who will bring tremendous wealth of knowledge and research experience, will be expected to impart modern and progressive outlook academic standards to be emulated by their local colleagues. The Program will generate linkages between local and foreign institutions, encouraging long-term sustainable scientific collaborations. Foreign faculty members will be expected to supervise world class graduate level research and deliver cutting edge graduate level courses in their academic disciplines. The retired national eminent scholars shall be engaged in teaching and research in public sector institutions of higher education hence making use of the experience amassed by them which is vital for capacity building of local faculty wherever it is required.