Eligibility Criteria for MS/MPhil or Equivalent:

  • Relevant BS or Master degree or equivalent with minimum 60% marks or minimum CGPA of 2.50 on the scale of 4.00 (semester system) from HEC recognized university/ degree awarding institution, with not less than 45% marks in any examination throughout the academic career. In case of admission to MPhil in English Language and Literature, however, minimum of 50% marks will be compulsory for those candidates who have passed MA/equivalent degree in English Language and Literature under Annual/ Term System of examination instead of 1st division in MA/equivalent degree.
  • The minimum acceptable percentage marks in GAT General/equivalent shall be 50% while in case of GRE General only 60 Percentile shall be considered acceptable.

Eligibility Criteria and Merit for PhD Programme

Admission to a PhD programme in any discipline shall be based solely on the availability of resources and willingness / commitment of a supervisor for the entire duration of the PhD studies of the candidate subject to the following eligibility criteria:

  1. Relevant MS/MPhil or equivalent with minimum 70% marks or minimum CGPA of 3.00 on the scale of 4.00 (semester system) from HEC recognized university/ degree awarding institution, with not less than 45% marks in any examination throughout the academic career. Additionally, the MS/MPhil degree in the relevant subject must be having a 06 credit hours of research component.
  2. GAT subject or equivalent with 60 % score or GRE Subject Test with 60 percentile score.
  3. Merit
  • 25% to the Academic (only MS/MPhil or equivalent)
  • 25% to the GAT test
  • 50% to the Interview conducted by the ASRB or a committee constituted by the ASRB for this purpose.

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