Quaid-i-Azam University

>> Undertaking For Lateral Entry In 5th Semester of BS Programme(Spring Semester–2023)

Applications are invited from Pakistani and Foreign Nationals for admission to Lateral Entry in 5th Semester of BS Programme (Spring Semester-2023) in the following subjects by 20-01-2023. A person holding Intermediate or its equivalent passed with minimum 50% marks & Bachelor (minimum of 14-years of education) or its equivalent passed with minimum 50% marks may apply for admission. The applicants if they don’t possess the cutoff degree can also apply; the QAU will accept their credits as per rules.

Faculty Of Natural Sciences

S.#	Programme	Subject Eligibility Requirement	Test Date
1.	Chemistry	ADP/BSc with Chemistry.	No Test
2.	Electronics	ADP in Electronics or Computer Science or Mathematics or Physics or Information Technology. BSc with Math and Physics.	No Test
3.	Geophysics	ADP/Bachelor Degree with Mathematics and one of the following subject: Earth Sciences or Physics or Computer Sciences or Statistics.	No Test
4.	Information Technology	FSc with Physics and any Bachelor Degree with Mathematics as a major subject. ADP in Information Technology or Computer Science or Mathematics or Physics or Electronics.	Test will be conducted on 23-01-2023 (Please see below).
5.	Physics	ADP/BSc with Physics & Mathematics or BSc (Hons.3-years) / BS.Ed. (3-years) with Physics and Mathematics.	No Test

Faculty Of Biological Sciences

S.#	Programme	Subject Eligibility Requirement	Test Date
1.	Botany	ADP/BSc with Botany and any other subject of Biological Sciences.	No Test
2.	Environmental Sciences	ADP/BSc with Botany, Zoology, Chemistry, Geology, Geography, Hydrology, Biology, Genetics, Microbiology, Bioinformatics, Biotechnology, Agriculture, Horticulture, Forestry, Biochemistry, Physics, Soil Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Chemical or Civil Engineering.	No Test
3.	Microbiology	ADP/BSc with Botany, Zoology and Chemistry or any other subject of Biological Sciences.	No Test
4.	Zoology	ADP/BSc with Zoology, Botany, Chemistry.	No Test

Faculty Of Social Sciences

S.#	Programme	Subject Requirement(s) for Candidates with 2-years BA/BSc/B.Com (Annual System)	Subject Requirement(s) for Candidates with  2-years Associate Degree (Semester System)	Test Date
1.	Anthropology	Fourteen Years of Education with at least one of the given subjects: – Anthropology, Archaeology, Economics, Political Science, Psychology, Pakistan Studies, Behavioural Sciences, Women and Gender Studies, Sociology, Social Work, Criminology, History, Education, Home Economics, Mass Communication.	Fourteen Years of Education with at least one of the given subjects: – Anthropology, Archaeology, Economics, Political Science, Psychology, Pakistan Studies, Behavioural Sciences, Women and Gender Studies, Sociology, Social Work, Criminology, History, Education, Home Economics, Mass Communication.	No Test
2.	Archaeology	Fourteen Years of Education with at least one of the following subjects: – Archaeology, Anthropology, History, Fine Arts, Art & Architecture, Chemistry, Geography, Geology.	Fourteen Years of Education with at least one of the following subjects: – Archaeology, Anthropology, History, Fine Arts, Art & Architecture, Chemistry, Geography, Geology.	No Test
3.	Economics	Any two Subjects (Mathematics, Statistics, Economics) in BA/BSc Economics Degree or BS Economics cut of Degree is eligible.	Any two Subjects (Mathematics, Statistics, Economics) in BA/BSc Economics Degree or BS Economics cut of Degree is eligible.	No Test
4.	History	History (at least one optional)	Any Social Sciences subject.	No Test
5.	International Relations (Self-Finance) Evening Program	Fourteen Years of Education with at least one of the given subjects: – Anthropology, Archaeology, Economics, Political Science, Psychology, Pakistan Studies, Behavioural Sciences, Women and Gender Studies, Sociology, Social Work, Criminology, History, Education, Home Economics, Mass Communication.	Fourteen Years of Education with at least one of the given subjects: – Anthropology, Archaeology, Economics,  Political Science, Psychology, Pakistan Studies, Behavioural Sciences, Women and Gender Studies, Sociology, Social Work, Criminology, History, Education, Home Economics,  Mass Communication.	Test will be conducted on 23-1-23 (Please see below).

Aptitude Test for the discipline of Information Technology & International Relations
The applicants will be required to take an Aptitude Test on the date, time and venues mentioned below and pass it with at least 40% marks. Only those who pass the aptitude test will be considered for admission which will be determined purely on merit basis without giving any credit to the test score.

S#	DISCIPLINES	DATE	DAY	TIME	VENUE AT QAU CAMPUS
1.	Information Technology	23-01-2023	Monday	10:30 AM	Institute of Information Technology
2.	International Relations	23-01-2023	Monday	10:30 AM	School of Politics & International Relations

How to Apply

• The applicants can only apply through Online Application System from the QAU website , The candidates will print the application processing fee invoice/challan of the Habib Bank Ltd. @ Rs.2215/- OR Askari Bank Ltd. Rs.2200/- and deposit in any branch of Habib Bank Ltd. OR Askari Bank Ltd. in favour of the Treasurer, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad.
• The Bank Challan/Invoice must be uploaded with the Online Application along with other scanned requisite documents, otherwise the application will not be entertained.

The applicants are required to scan & attached the following requisite/required documents with Online Application for verification of data and determination of merit:

S#	ATTESTED PHOTOCOPIES OF THE REQUISITE DOCUMENTS	No. of copies
1.	Detailed Marks Certificate of SSC (Matriculation)  OR its equivalent Examination.	01
2.	Detailed Marks Certificate of HSSC (Intermediate) OR its equivalent Examination.	01
	Detailed Marks Certificate of Graduation/ADP/BA/BSc/B.Com etc. OR its equivalent Examination.	01
3.	Domicile Certificate of the candidate OR of father/mother if the applicant is female and her name is included in it.	01
4.	Computerized National Identity Card of the applicant.	01
5.	Computerized National Identity Card of the applicant’s Father/Parents/Guardian.	01
6.	Character Certificate from the institution last attended.	01
7.	Equivalence Certificate and conversion of the grades, into marks from (IBCC) Inter Board Committee of Chairman  for Matric and Intermediate levels and from the HEC for Graduation levels in case of qualifications OR certificates from foreign institutes.	01
8.	(i). Foreign Citizenship OR Passport for Foreign National and Dual Nationals (having Pakistani and some other nationality) Refugees (status recognized by Govt. of Pakistan) (for Foreigner Reserved Seats)	01
9.	Hifz-e-Quran Certificate from Wafaq-ul-Madaris OR Tanzeem-ul-Madaris (Registered Pakistan)	01
10.	Original HBL/Askari Bank Deposit Slip/Proof of online payment of Rs.2200/- Or 2215/- (For Admission Processing Charges & Admission Form of QAU)	01
11.	Any other supporting/relevant documents	01

General Information
A person holding Intermediate or its equivalent passed with minimum 50% marks & Bachelor (minimum of 14-years of education) or its equivalent and also passed Intermediate or its equivalent with minimum 50% marks from a Pakistani Boards/Universities shall be eligible for provisional admission to the Lateral Entry in 5th Semester of BS Programme of study subject to the conditions that: –

• After selection the student will deposit the fee/dues online in the University Account within the stipulated period/time.
• The result awaiting candidates will have to submit an Undertaking that in case of incorrect/misleading information or concealment of facts, the University reserves the right to refuse/cancel the admission and expel the applicant (student) from the University at any time.
• If the selected candidates failed to submit the required documents his/her admission will be treated as cancelled.
• The Hifz-e-Quran Certificate holder from Wafaq-ul-Madaris OR Tanzeem-ul-Madaris (Registered Pakistan) will be given 20-Additional Marks in the merit. However, the University will conduct Oral Hifz-e-Quran Test through the Mufti of Jamia Masjid, QAU on 23-01-2023. The Candidates are advised to produce Original Hifz-e-Quran Certificate at the time of Oral Hifz-e-Quran Test.

Ineligibility
The following shall not be eligible for admission to Lateral Entry in 5th Semester of BS Programme:

1. Rusticated or expelled by any University/ College/ Institute on grounds of any offence involving moral turpitude.
2. Ceased to be a student of Quaid-i-Azam University.

Equivalence Certificates and Conversion Of Grades Into Marks

Applicants having foreign certificates/degrees should provide equivalence certificates and conversion of the grades into marks from HEC for Bachelor level degrees and from (IBCC) Inter Board Committee of Chairman for Matric and Intermediate levels. Certificates/Degrees with CGPA of local Universities/Institutions also require conversion of grades into marks from the Universities/Institutions concerned in Pakistan.

Subject Options

• The applicants are advised to fill/opt the subjects carefully because once filled, the Subject Options shall not be changed in any case.
• The applicants can apply for more than one & maximum of three subject/discipline. However, if a candidate is selected in the merit list and deposited the fee/dues in the University Account, his/her choice for other subjects/disciplines will be blocked and he/she will not be considered under any circumstances.
• Those who have deposited the fee/dues against regular seats/subject options, then the other choices will be blocked/exhaust.

NOTE: –Students Admitted on Self Finance Basis Will Not Be Eligible For Any Financial Assistance/Scholarship.

Hostel Accommodation

The University Hostel accommodations will be provided subject to availability of seats.

Display Of Merit Lists

Important Instructions

1. If number of applicants fora department/discipline is less than 25 then the department will not beallowed to commence the classes and the Admission Processing Fee @ Rs.2200/-or 2215/- will be refunded to the applicants admitted thereon accordingly.
2. To avoid any inconvenience the candidates arerequired to upload all the required documents with Online Admission withinstipulated time period. However, the last date to upload left-overdocuments such as BA/BSc/BCom/ADP result care Or Equivalence Certificateof IBCC/HEC, Domicile etc. along with online submission of required feeamounting to Rs.1000/- is  25-01-2023;
3. Data of the applicants shall be available on theUniversity website: Please contacton Ph No.051-90644062 torectify the errors/mistakes in the data, if any by 25-01-2023 at the latest.
4. No application will be received in AdmissionSection by hand or by Post/Courier. After expiry of last date no online applicationfacility will be available in any case.
5. In case of cancellation of admission, the fee/dueswill be refunded to the candidates as per QAU refund policy.
6. No call letter/phone call shall be madeseparately for selection; applicants are advised to visit QAU websitefrequently.
7. For detailed advertisement, please visit the QAU website.

(Dr. Raja Qaisar Ahmed)
REGISTRAR