Admissions for PhD Programme (Spring-2023) >> Admission Notice

Applications from Pakistani/Foreign Nationals are invited for admission to PhD Programme of the University in the following disciplines latest by 03-02-2023

Note :
“All applicants of PhD Chemistry are also required to appear in the written test as per schedule given below in the Department of Chemistry; however the candidates having a score in GRE (Chemistry) > 45% percentile or GAT (Chemistry) > 50% percentile would be exempted from Department test in Chemistry”

Faculty of Biological Sciences

S.# Discipline Area of Study Eligibility Requirement
1. Biochemistry Biochemistry, Molecular Biology. Molecular Genetics. MPhil or equivalent in any field of Biochemical: Biological/Medical/Pharmaceutical or related sciences from HEC recognized university.
2. Biotechnology Medical Genetics, Plant Cell Culture, Nanobiotechnology, Human Infectious diseases, Molecular Virology, Industrial Biotechnology. MPhil or equivalent in any field of Biological Sciences from HEC recognized university. MBBS/DVM/Pharm-D are also eligible.
3. Bioinformatics Comparative and Evolutionary Genomics, Structural Proteomics, Software Development, Functional Genomics, Molecular Modeling, QM simulation, protein-protein interaction, Cancer genomics. http://ncb.qau.edu.pk/ MPhil or equivalent in Bioinformatics/ Molecular Biology from HEC recognized university.
4. Environmental Sciences 1. Environmental Biology, Ecotoxicology,
Environmental Health.
2. Phytoremediation, Environmental Biotechnology, Molecular Plant Biology,
3. Environmental Toxicology, Environmental Risk Analysis of Chemicals, Fate & Effects of Pesticides in Environment, Chemical Stress Ecology, Chemical Toxicology of Fishes.
4. Clean Energy and Environmental Photocatalysis.
5. Environmental Nanotechnology, Advance Water Treatment, Heterogeneous Nanocatalysis.
6. Environmental Waste Management, Remediation and Revitalization of abandoned soils.
7. Environmental Microbiology/Molecular Biology, Biodegradation and Biodegradation.
8. Environmental Geochemistry, Hydrology.
9. GIS and Remote Sensing, Climate Change. 		MPhil or equivalent in any field of Biological/ Chemical/Environmental Sciences from HEC recognized university.
5. Microbiology Applied & 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. Plant Sciences Plant Systematics and Biodiversity, Plant Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Molecular Plant Pathology, Plant Ecology & Conservation, Environmental & Microbial Botany, Plant Biology, Plant Proteomics, Mycology, Plant Gactics and Genomics. MPhil or equivalent in any discipline of Biological Sciences/ Botany/ Horticulture/ Forestry from HEC recognized university.
7. Pharmacy Pharmaceutics, Pharmacy Practice, Pharmacognosy, Pharmacology, Reproductive Physiology. MPhil in relevant subject with basic degree in Pharm-D, B-Pharm (4-years) from HEC recognized university.
8. Zoology Parasitology, Molecular Biology, Human Genetics, Animal Microbiology, Physiology, Reproductive Physiology. MPhil or equivalent in any discipline of Zoology/Animal Sciences/ Biotechnology (except Plant Sciences) from HEC recognized university.

Faculty of Natural Sciences

S.# Discipline Area of Study

Eligibility Requirement
1. Computer Science Human Information Interaction: Interaction Design, Usability Engineering, Information Visualization.
Knowledge Engineering: 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.

cs.qau.edu.pk 		MPhil in Computer Science or computing related discipline or MS (18 years) in Computer Science or computing related discipline from HEC recognized university.
2. Chemistry Inorganic/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, Stereochemistry.
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.
3. Earth Sciences Geophysics, Geology and Hydrogeology. MPhil or equivalent in the related field of Geophysics/Geology/Hydrogeology/Seismology from HEC recognized university.
4. Electronics Wave 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. Mathematics 1. Relativity
2. Fluid Mechanics
3. Numerical Analysis
4. Commutative Algebra
5. Wave-Motion
6. Functional Analysis
7. Algebraic Geometry
8. Cryptography
9. Algebraic Coding Theory
10.Group Theory
11. Astrophysics. 		MPhil or equivalent in Mathematics from the HEC recognized university.
6. Physics Atomic 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. Statistics 1. Reliability Theory
2. Bayesian Statistics
3. Machine Learning
4. Social Network Analysis
5. Clinical Trials
6. Statistical Quality Control
7. Functional Data Analysis
8. Stochastic Processes
9. Survey Sampling
10. Linear Model
11. Applied Statistics
12. Geostatistics
13. Operations Research
14. Mathematical Statistics. 		MPhil or equivalent in Statistics from the HEC recognized university.

Faculty of Social Sciences

S.# Discipline Area of Study

Eligibility Requirement
1. Anthropology Cultural Change and Development, Ethnographic Studies, Cultural Diversity and Integration. MPhil or equivalent in Anthropology, Sociology & Development Studies, Behavioural Sciences and Social Sciences from the HEC recognized university.
2. American Studies American Studies MPhil 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.
3. Asian Studies Archaeology, 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.
4. Economics Micro/Macroeconomics, Econometrics, International/ Public/ Monetary/ Labour/ Development Economics. MPhil or equivalent degree in Economics from HEC recognized university.
5. Management Sciences Management Sciences MS/MPhil degree or its equivalent in a relevant subject from HEC recognized university.
6. Pakistan Studies Pakistan Studies (All topics in Social Sciences relating to Pakistan) MPhil or equivalent degree in any field of Social Sciences from HEC recognized university.
7. Psychology All areas of specialization in Psychology i.e. Educational/ School Psychology,Industrial/ Organizational Psychology, Developmental/ Psychopathology/Mental Health, Psychology of Gender. MPhil or equivalent degree in Psychology from HEC recognized university.
8. Sociology Urbanization, Development, Population, Family, Knowledge, Education, Crime and Deviance, Gender, Inequalities, Media, Health, environment, road safety. MPhil/MS in Sociology, Rural Sociology, Urban Sociology degree from HEC recognized university.

Admission Requirements:

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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 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.
    2. The Bank Challan/Invoice must be uploaded with the Online Application along with other scanned requisite documents, otherwise the application will not be entertained.
    3. The applicants are required to scan & attached the requisite/required documents with Online Application for verification of data and determination of merit.

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 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. 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.
  3. The lists of pass applicants shall be displayed on the notice boards of the relevant Department/ Institute/ School/ Centre (DISC).
  4. Applicants appearing in the Entry Test must bring original CNIC for identification.
  5. If a test date is declared as holiday or for any reason, the test will be conducted on the next working day.
  6. For PhD Physics:All applicants of PhD Physics are 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.
  7. For PhD Chemistry:The candidates are urged to seek the consent of Supervisor before the admission test/ interview.
  8. Applicants seeking admission in the following subjects are required to appear in the Entry Test on the date, time and venue mentioned below :-
S# DISCIPLINES DATE DAY TIME VENUE AT QAU CAMPUS
1. Microbiology 07-02-2023 Tuesday 10:00 AM Department of Microbiology
2. Physics 07-02-2023 Tuesday 10:00 AM Department of Physics
3. Plant Sciences 07-02-2023 Tuesday 10:00 AM Department of Plant Sciences
4. Biochemistry 07-02-2023 Tuesday 10:00 AM Department of Biochemistry
5. Biotechnology 07-02-2023 Tuesday 10:00 AM Department of Biotechnology
6. Earth Sciences 07-02-2023 Tuesday 10:00 AM Department of Earth Sciences
7. Statistics 07-02-2023 Tuesday 10:00 AM Department of Statistics
8. Economics 07-02-2023 Tuesday 10:00 AM School of Economics 
9. Electronics 07-02-2023 Tuesday 11:30 AM Department of Electronics
10. Computer Science 07-02-2023 Tuesday 11:30 AM Department of Computer Science
11. Psychology 08-02-2023 Wednesday 10:00 AM National Institute of Psychology(NIP)
12. Chemistry 08-02-2023 Wednesday 10:00 AM Department of Chemistry
13. Zoology 08-02-2023 Wednesday 10:00 AM Department of Zoology
14. Sociology 08-02-2023 Wednesday 10:00 AM Department of Sociology
15. Anthropology 08-02-2023 Wednesday 11:30 AM Department of Anthropology
16. Pharmacy 09-02-2023 Thursday 10:00 AM Department of Pharmacy
17. Bioinformatics 09-02-2023 Thursday 10:00 AM National Centre for Bioinformatics(NCB)
18. Mathematics 09-02-2023 Thursday 10:00 AM Department of Mathematics
19. Environmental Sciences 09-02-2023 Thursday 10:00 AM Department of Environmental Sciences
20. Management Sciences 09-02-2023 Thursday 10:00 AM Quaid-i-Azam School of Management Sciences
21. Pakistan Studies 09-02-2023 Thursday 10:00 AM National Institute of Pakistan Studies (NIPS)
22. American Studies 09-02-2023 Thursday 11:30 AM Area Study Centre (ASC)
23. Asian Studies 09-02-2023 Thursday 11:30 AM Taxila Institute of Asian Civilization

Dr. Raja Qaiser Ahmed
Registrar