The Ph.D. program of a university reflects intellectual standing and its overall academic quality. Ph.D. regulations provide the necessary mechanism to meet these goals. The climax of the Ph.D. program is the thesis which is expected to

  1. Make a distinct contribution to knowledge.
  2. Show ability on the part of the candidate to conduct original investigations and to test ideas, whether his own or of others and to understand the relationship of his investigations with a wider field of knowledge.

Eligibility Criteria:

  1. Eligibility requirements for admission into the Ph.D. program is that the candidate must have earned a Masters/ M.Sc./ M.Phil.) or equivalent degree in the relevant discipline in first division or with a CGPA of 3.0 out of a maximum of 4.0 (in case, applicant’s transcript shows percentage as well as CGPA, CGPA would be considered for eligibility. CGPAs on a scale other than 4.00 would be translated accordingly).
  2. Candidates should meet HEC’s admission test criterion.
  3. Merit of candidates will be computed as under:
      i. 16 years UG score: 20%
      ii. Masters/ M.Sc./ M.Phil. score: 20%
      iii. Subject Test score: 30%
      iv. Statement of Purpose: 10%
      v. Interview: 20%
  4. Ph.D. Admissions Subject Test will be arranged and conducted by UET. The minimum qualifying score is 70% in the subject test.
  5. Minimum overall merit should be 70% to be eligible for consideration.

Faculty Research Interests:

  • Information Retrieval
  • Natural Language Processing
  • Information Security
  • Machine Learning
  • Data Science
  • Cloud Computing
  • Information Systems

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