The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has invited applications from outstanding Pakistani and AJK nationals for the award of scholarships for higher studies leading to PhD.
The scholarships will be awarded for fall 2006 or spring 2007 in HEC identified world top ranked discipline wise universities of the USA, UK, Canada, Australia, Japan, Singapore etc.
Fresh graduates may also be eligible to apply. The eligibility criteria set by the HEC is; having minimum qualification of M.Sc., MA, MBA, M.B.B.S, B.E/B.Sc. Engineering or equivalent and maximum age on August 23, 2006 forty years for full time regular faculty members of public sector universities/colleges and employees of the public sector R & D organisations, 35 years for all others.
Applicants have been asked to secure admissions for programmes leading to Ph.D. in the specified disciplines in the HEC identified world top ranked discipline wise universities.
The list of these universities and disciplines is available at HEC website www.hec.gov.pk/osspha-se2batch1. Applicants who are applying for Physical Sciences, Engineering and Technology and Business Education have been asked to submit GRE/GMAT score directly through ETS to HEC on institution code GI 9054 and applicants who are applying for agriculture and veterinary sciences, biological and medical sciences, social sciences and arts and humanities need to have minimum cumulative 50 percent academic marks as per HEC Academic Evaluation Formula (HEC-AEF). The HEC-AEF is available at HEC website.
It is pertinent to mention here that all scholarships would be awarded on open merit and those who have already applied for the Overseas Scholarship in previous phases and have not been awarded scholarship are required to re-apply. In-Service candidates have been asked to apply through proper channel.
The applicants have been advised to visit HEC website www.hec.gov.pk/ossphase2batch1 or contact Rana Shafiq Ahmad, Project Director, HEC, Islamabad, Phone No 9080270, email: OSSPhase2Batch1@hec.gov.pk for further details and the prescribed application form. Application forms, complete in all respect should reach in HEC latest by August 23.