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Admission Notice for PhD Programme (Spring Semester-2024)

Applications from Pakistani/Foreign Nationals are invited for admission to PhD Programme of the University in the following disciplines latest by 12-02-2024 (Last Date Extended):

Faculty of Biological Sciences

S.#DisciplineArea of StudyEligibility Requirement
1.BiochemistryBiochemistry, Molecular Biology. Molecular GeneticsMPhil or equivalent in any field of Biochemical: Biological/Medical/Pharmaceutical or related sciences from HEC recognized university.
2.BioinformaticsComparative and Evolutionary Genomics, Structural Proteomics, Software Development, Functional Genomics, Molecular Modeling, QM simulation, protein-protein interaction. Cancer Genomics.MPhil or equivalent in Bioinformatics/ Molecular Biology from HEC recognized university.
3.BiotechnologyMedical Genetics, Plant Cell Culture, Nanobiotechnology, Human Infectious diseases, Molecular Virology, Industrial Biotechnology, Signal Transduction.MPhil or equivalent in any field of Biological Sciences from HEC recognized university. MBBS/DVM/Pharm-D are also eligible.
4.Environmental SciencesEnvironmental Biology, Ecotoxicology, Environmental Health, Environmental Microbiology/ Molecular biology, Bioremediation & Biodegradation, Environmental Geochemistry, Hydrology, Phytoremediation, Environmental Biotechnology, Molecular Plant Biology, Aquatic Toxicology & Pollution, Environmental Toxicology, Environmental Risk Analysis of Chemicals (Pesticides), Fate & Effects of Insecticides in Environment, Chemical Toxicology of Fishes, Chemical Stress Ecology, Limnological Studies, Impacts of Emerging Contaminants on Fauna & Flora, Clean Energy, Batteries, Fuel Cells, Environmental waste management, Remediation and Revitalization of abandoned soils, GIS and remote sensing, climate change.MPhil or equivalent in any field of Biological/ Chemical/Environmental Sciences from HEC recognized university.
5.MicrobiologyApplied & Industrial (Food, Microbial Metabolites), Environmental (Biotreatments, Biofuel/Bioenergy), Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Veterinary Microbiology.MPhil or equivalent in Microbiology or any field of Biology/Medical/Veterinary and related sciences from HEC recognized university.
6.BotanyPlant Systematics and Biodiversity, Plant Physiology, Genetics, Plant Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Environmental & Microbial Botany, Molecular Plant Pathology, Plant Ecology & Conversation, Plant Proteomics, Molecular Plant Breeding, Mycology.MPhil or equivalent in any discipline of Biological Sciences/Botany/Horticulture/Forestry from HEC recognized university.
7.PharmacyPharmaceutics, Pharmacology and PharmacognosyMPhil in relevant subject with basic degree in Pharm-D, B-Pharm (4-years) from HEC recognized university.
8.ZoologyAnimal Microbiology, Human Genetics, Molecular Biology, Fisheries and AquacultureMPhil or equivalent in any discipline of Zoology/Animal Sciences/ Biotechnology/ Biochemistry (except Plant Sciences) from HEC recognized university.

Faculty of Natural Sciences

S.#DisciplineArea of StudyEligibility Requirement
1.ChemistryInorganic/Analytical Chemistry: Organometallic Chemistry, Coordination Chemistry, Organic/Inorganic Materials, Bioinorganic Chemistry, Polymers and Polymer Composites, Catalysis, Green Chemistry, Environmental Chemistry, Photonics, Computational Chemistry.
Organic Chemistry: Organic Synthesis, Natural Products, Reaction Mechanism, Heterocyclic Compounds, Photochemistry, Organic Polymers, Biomedicinal Chemistry.
Physical Chemistry: Material Sciences, Surface and Solid State Chemistry, Molecular Spectroscopy, (Radiation Chemistry, Electrochemistry), Chemical Kinetics, Polymer Chemistry, Solution Chemistry, Nanotechnology, Colloids and Surfactants, Photochemistry, Fuel Cell Chemistry, Time Resolved Spectroscopy, Colloids and Surface Chemistry, Computational Chemistry, Photonics, Sensors, Coatings, non-linear optics.		MPhil or equivalent in the relevant field of Chemistry from HEC recognized university.
2.Earth SciencesGeophysics, Geology and Hydrogeology.MPhil or equivalent in the related field of Geophysics/Geology/Hydrogeology/ Seismology from HEC recognized university.
3.Computer ScienceHuman Information Interaction: Interaction Design, Usability Engineering, Information Visualization.
Knowledge Engineering: Data Management, Social Computing, Image Processing & Computer Vision, Natural Language Processing, Information Retrieval, Software Testing and Software Re-engineering.
Networking and Communication: Internet of Things, Next generation Networks, Network/Information Security and Software Defined Networks.		MPhil in Computer Science or computing related discipline or MS (18 years) in Computer Science or computing related discipline from HEC recognized university. Sample test is available in cs.qau.edu.pk
4.ElectronicsWave Propagation and Scattering, Complex Media, High Frequency Electromagnetics, Metamaterials, Information Theory, Communications and Signal Processing, Coding Theory, Image Processing, Embedded System, Microelectronics, Quantum Electronics.MPhil or equivalent in Electronics/ Physics/ Information Technology/ Mathematics/Computer Science/ Electrical Engineering/ Telecommunication Engineering/ Computer Engineering from the HEC recognized university.
5.MathematicsRelativity, Fluid Mechanics, Numerical Analysis, Astrophysics, Commutative Algebra, Wave-Motion, Fuzzy Algebraic Structures, Soft Sets and its applications, Functional Analysis.MPhil or equivalent in Mathematics from the HEC recognized university.
6.PhysicsAtomic and Molecular Physics, Semiconductor Physics, Plasma Physics, Magnetism and Nanomaterials, High-Tc Super Conductivity, Laser Physics, High Energy Physics and Cosmology, Particle Physics, Nuclear Physics, Condensed Matter Physics, Quantum Optics/Quantum, Information Theory, Computational Physics.MPhil or equivalent in Physics from the HEC recognized university.
7.StatisticsSurvey Sampling, Mathematical Statistics, Linear Models, Applied Statistics, Geostatistics, Operation Research.MPhil or equivalent in Statistics from the HEC recognized university.

Faculty of Social Sciences

S.#DisciplineArea of StudyEligibility Requirement
1.American StudiesAmerican StudiesMPhil or equivalent in American Studies, International Relations, Political Science, Defence & Strategic Studies, History, Pakistan Studies, Mass Communication, English Literature, Anthropology, Sociology, Peace Studies & Economics from HEC recognized university.
2.Asian StudiesArchaeology, Comparative Civilizations, Comparative Religions, Languages and Linguistics (Ancient).MPhil or equivalent in Archaeology, Anthropology, Comparative Civilizations, Comparative Religions (Ancient), Languages, Linguistics and Fine Arts from HEC recognized university.
3.HistoryMedieval and Modern South Asia, Pakistan Movement, History of Pakistan.MPhil or equivalent degree in History, Pakistan Studies, Political Science, International Relations, Sociology and other relevant subjects of Social Sciences from HEC recognized university.
4.EconomicsMicro/Macroeconomics, Econometrics, International/ Public/ Monetary/ Labour/ Development Economics.MPhil or equivalent degree in Economics from HEC recognized university.
5.PsychologyEducational/School Psychology, Industrial/ Organizational Psychology, Developmental/ Psychopathology/Mental Health, Psychology of Gender.MPhil or equivalent degree in Psychology from HEC recognized university.
6.Management SciencesManagement SciencesMS/MPhil degree or its equivalent in a relevant subject from HEC recognized university.
7.History and CultureHistory, Pakistan Studies, Cultural Studies, Political Science, International Relations, Sociology, Anthropology and LiteratureMS/M.Phil degree or its equivalent in any Social Science subject from HEC recognized university.

Admission Requirements

The minimum CGPA for admission is 3.0 (out of 4.0 in the Semester System) or First Division (in the Annual System) in MPhil/MS/Equivalent degree from HEC recognized university.

  1. In case of in-service candidates, the applicants are required to submit NOC from the head of institution at the time of submission of PhD admission form. Further, he/she is required to submit study leave notification(s) at least for three years (as a whole or year wise) at least for one year extendable to three years duly signed by the competent authority at the time of joining the Department, failing to submit the leave notification the admission of the student shall be cancelled. The Supervisor and Chairperson of the Department/ Institute/School/Centre will ensure the study leave and report to the AS&RB along with progress report.
  2. The candidates applying for admission are required to submit a copy of synopsis/research work. Admission will be given subject to the availability of the Supervisor in the field of research strictly according to HEC’s requirements.

Course Work

  1. Course work of 18 credit hours preferably in the first year is required to be completed and followed by a comprehensive examination for granting candidacy as PhD researcher.
  2. Admission to PhD programme is made on a competitive basis. The minimum period for completion of PhD Programme is three years whereas maximum period is seven years.
  3. The applicants must provide official certificate showing percentage of marks obtained in MSc/BS Hons/4-5 years programme.

How To Apply

    1. The applicants can apply through Online Application System from the QAU website (qau.edu.pk), along with a Challan of the Habib Bank Ltd. OR Askari Bank Ltd.
    2. The applicants are advised to deposit Rs.2215/- in any branch of Habib Bank Ltd. OR Rs.2200/- in any branch of Askari Bank Ltd. in favour of the Treasurer, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad.
    3. The Bank Challan should be attached with the online application along with other scanned requisite documents for determination of merit, otherwise the application will not be entertained.

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

Subject Test/Interview

  1. The admission to MPhil/PhD programme shall be made on the basis of cumulative merit to be determined from previous academic record, University written subject test and interview.
  2. No separate call letters for test/interview will be issued.
  3. For MPhil candidates: Only the test pass applicants will appear before the interview as per schedule of the Department/ Institute/ School/ Centre (DISC) concerned.
  4. For PhD candidates: Only the test pass applicants who secured 70% marks will appear before the interview/presentation of research proposals as per schedule of the Department/ Institute/ School/ Centre (DISC) concerned.
  5. The lists of pass applicants shall be displayed on the notice boards of the relevant Department/ Institute/ School/ Centre (DISC).
  6. Test sample papers for MPhil/PhD programmes are available on the QAU website.
  7. Applicants appearing in the Entry Test must bring original CNIC for identification.
  8. If a test date is declared as holiday or for any reason, the test will be conducted on the next working day.
  9. All applicants of PhD Physics are urged to seek the consent of Supervisor before the admission test/ interview and also required to appear in the written test as per schedule given below in the Department of Physics; however the candidates having a score in GRE (Physics) > 45% percentile would be exempted from Department test in Physics.
  10. For PhD Chemistry: The candidates are urged to seek the consent of Supervisor before the admission test/ interview. Candidates having a score in GRE (Chem) > 45% and GAT with 60% would be exempted from Department Tests in chemistry.
Department/Institute/School/CenterProgramDay/DateTimeVenue
Department of BiochemistryPhDWednesday, February 14, 202410:00 AMDepartment of Biochemistry
Department of BiotechnologyPhDWednesday, February 14, 20249:30 AMDepartment of Biotechnology
Department of BotanyPhDThursday, February 15, 20249:30 AMDepartment of Botany
Department of ChemistryPhDThursday, February 15, 20249:30 AMDepartment of Chemistry
Department of Computer SciencePhDWednesday, February 14, 20249:30 AMDepartment of Computer Science
Department of Earth SciencesPhDThursday, February 15, 202410:00 AMDepartment of Earth Sciences
Department of ElectronicsPhDWednesday, February 14, 20241:00 PMDepartment of Electronics
Department of Environmental SciencesPhDWednesday, February 14, 202410:00 AMDepartment of Environmental Sciences (Medical School Building)
Department of HistoryPhDThursday, February 15, 202410:00 AMDepartment of History
Department of MathematicsPhDWednesday, February 14, 202410:00 AMDepartment of Mathematics
Department of MicrobiologyPhDThursday, February 15, 202410:00 AMBiological Sciences (Main Building)
Department of PharmacyPhDWednesday, February 14, 202410:00 AMDepartment of Pharmacy
Department of StatisticsPhDThursday, February 15, 20249:30 AMDepartment of Statistics
Department of ZoologyPhDThursday, February 15, 202410:30 AMDepartment of Zoology
National Center for BioinformaticsPhDThursday, February 15, 20249:30 AMNational Center for Bioinformatics
National Institute of PsychologyPhDThursday, February 15, 20249:30 AMNational Institute of Psychology
Quaid-i-Azam School of Management SciencesPhDWednesday, February 14, 20249:00 AMQuaid-i-Azam School of Management Sciences
Taxila Institute of Asian CivilizationsPhD (Asian Studies)Thursday, February 15, 202410:00 AMMuseum Hall, Taxila Institute of Asian Civilizations
National Institute of Historical and Cultural ResearchPhDFriday, February 16, 202411:00 AMSeminar Room, National Institute of Historical and Cultural Research
School of EconomicsPhDThursday, February 15, 20249:15 AMSchool of Economics
Department of PhysicsPhDWednesday, February 14, 20249:30 AMDepartment of Physics
Area Study Centre for Africa, North and South AmericaPhD (American Studies)Friday, February 16, 202412:00 PMArea Study Centre for Africa, North and South America

Dr. Raja Qaiser Ahmed
Registrar

PhD Programme

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