The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has announced scholarships for meritorious needy students to study in public and private institutions in the country.
This financial support has been announced under a need-based scholarship programme for those students, who are studying in first professional year and have secured admission or expected to get admission in specific disciplines of medical and life sciences, offered by top universities of the country.
According to HEC sources, the disciplines for which the scholarship slot has been allocated are Pharmacy (150 scholarship), Bio-Technology and Bio-Medics (75 scholarships), Genetics (55 scholarships), and medical and Life Sciences (20 scholarship).
This programme is specifically for under graduate and graduate levels and do not cover M.Phil or Ph.D level of studies.
The universities, selected for this particular programme, include University of Karachi, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro, University of Punjab, Lahore, Government College University, Lahore, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore, Islamia University, Bahawalpur, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, University of Sargodha, Government College University, Faisalabad, University of Peshawar and University of Balochistan, Quetta.
The sources said those students, who have either secured admission or expected to get admission in the above mentioned discipline and universities during academic session of 2005-2006, 2006-2007 and 2007-08 would be eligible to apply for the scholarship.
The scholarship covers full tuition fee, living expenses, transportation, books and other needs.