Students having Bachelor’s degrees can now directly apply for PhD in Pakistan

Students having Bachelor’s degrees can now directly apply for PhD in Pakistan

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Gulf Today Report

Announcing the new policies for PhD admissions and undergraduate education, the Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan has said that a student can now directly apply for PhD after completing his Bachelor's degrees.

This means that a BS degree, or equivalent, will be the minimum criteria for PhD admission. The new policy has already been enforced this year in January in all public and private universities. Now, students with 16 years of education can apply for admissions in a PhD degree.

For admission in PhD programmes, First Division in the annual system and a minimum CGPA of 3.0 out of 4.0 in the semester system is required. Moreover, a student pursuing a PhD will have to take up a course load of 48 credit hours.

As per the new policy, the maximum duration of a PhD degree will