Indigenous Scholarships for PhD 2017 HEC Pakistan

Higher Education Commission-Pakistan

Phase-II (Batch IV)

Applications are invited from outstanding Pakistani/AJK nationals for PhD studies from HEC recognized Universities / Degree

Bachelors/ Masters 16 years completed Masters/MPhil 18 years completed

Last Date to Apply: January 31, 2017 Eligibility Criteria a) Pakistani/AJK national. b) For

MS/MPhil studies, the candidates must have minimum of 16 years of education at the closing date of application, January 31, 2017, with no 3. Division or Grade D in degree / certificate of entire academic career. c) Candidates applying for direct PhD scholarships must have minimum CGPA 3.0 (out of 4.O) and first division in MS/MPhil or equivalent degree. d) Maximum age at the above-mentioned closing date of application. i., 40 years for full-time regular faculty members of public sector university/DAls and regular employees of the public sector / R&D organizations. ii. 35 years for all others. e) Candidates who are already availing any other HEC / Government scholarship are NOT eligible. f) Applicants enrolled into PhD programme before Spring 2015 semester are NOT eligible. g) This offer of scholarship is valid for full-time regular students and in case of employment, study leave will be required for full duration of study programme.

Application Procedure

a. Applicants are required to submit only online application available at HEC website www.hec.gov.pk. Hard copy of application and any other documents are not required at this stage.

b. Applicants are required to upload and keep the record of original online deposit slip / ATM Transfer Slip of Rs.500/-(non-refundable) as application processing fee in favour of Director General Finance, HEC. Fee can be deposited through any bank in Account Number 1742-79001334-01 Habib Bank Limited. Hard copy Will be required at later stage.

Higher Education Commission Aptitude Test

An aptitude test will be conducted within one month of the closing date of application in the following four categories based on relevant discipline mentioned by the applicant. Candidates applying through online process will get rol number slips at their provided mailing address and via SMS on given mobile number. The roll number slips can also be downloaded from HEC website (www.hec.gov.pk)

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Awarding Institutions. The scholarship is being offered for the academic year 2016-17 in all areas of Studies / Disciplines under the project entitled "indigenous PhD Fellowship for 5000 Scholars-Phase-II" in the following four categories:

Masters/MPhil 18 years enrolled Enrolled in PhD on or after Spring 2015

Disciplines Analytical Total% Category Reasoning Reasoning Reasoning HAT1 Engineering & IT 40 30 30 100 HAT2 Management Sciences, 30 30 40 100 Business Education HAT3 Arts & Humanities, Social 30 40 30 100 Sciences HAT4 Agriculture & Veterinary 30 40 30 100

Sciences, Biological Sciences, Medical Sciences, Physical Sciences

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genous PhD Programmes Sector, H-9, Islamabad. C Human ResourceDevelopment Division Email: indigenous2017a hec.gov.pk.

ORTANTNOTE Only those applicants can apply whose university programmes are registered under HEC's Pakistan Qualification Register (PQR). For detail, please visit http://hec.gov.pk/english/services/universities/pqr/Pages/default.aspx Discipline-wise and Federal Government Provincial Quota policy will be applicable for award of scholarship. Disability quota (2%) will be applicable on provision of disability certificate issued by the concerned authority. Merit list of Scholarship will be prepared on the basis of online information /data provided by the applicants and in case of any error/omission, the offer stands cancelled. Students entitled for scholarship are required to enrol in those departments of Universities/Degree Awarding Institutions who are meeting Indigenous & HEC 'Quality Assurance Criteria to run MS/MPhil./PhD programme available at HEC website, HEC reserves the right to select or reject applicant on the basis of selection criteria approved by National Scholarship Management Committee (NSMC). In case of any omission/misrepresentation, HEC will not be responsible and reserves the right to reject the applicant at any stage. It will be mandatory for selected candidates to complete PhD under the scholarship programme after fulfilling entire requirements for award of MS /MPhil degree before enrolment into PhD programme. For details please visit (www.hec.gov.pk/site/indigenous)