ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA OF SPLIT PHD SCHOLARSHIP SCHEME Should be officially registered in a doctoral program, at a local Pakistani University, and intend to undertake a period of research in a UK University, for a limited duration which will serve as an integral part of their local PhD program in Pakistan. The application form must be forwarded by head of University, where the applicant is enrolled in local Ph.D Program. There must be an institutional link between the applicants Local/Pakistani University and Host University in UK. Providing evidence of support from a prospective supervisor at least one of their chosen institutions. Should not have obtained below 50% marks in entire academic career (SSC, HSC, BA/BSc, Masters) Should have obtained at least 60% or above marks in Masters (MA/MSc or other 16 years of education) or in professional degrees e.g. BE/B.Sc Engineering, MBBS, LLB, MBA or equivalent. Should have an approved PhD research topic and synopsis by the Board of Advanced Studies and Research (BASR) or Directorate of Advanced Studies and Research (DASR) or equivalent body of the university. In the fields of medicine and dentistry, have qualified between 1st October, 2002 and 30th September, 2007. Be available to join the scholarship program in United Kingdom by September / October, 2013. For the fields of Medical and Dentistry, applicants are required to provide Academic IELTS (From AEO or British Council) score card by 2nd week of November 2012, with over all score of 7.0 and 7.0 in speaking and 6.0 in listening, reading and writing and, For the fields, other than Medical and Dentistry an overall score of 6.5 in Academic IELTS is required. The IELTS test should be taken after 1st October 2012, hence you are strongly advised to get registered for the IELTS test, now. This is a mandatory condition without which no further processing is possible. Note: Applicants must secure/confirm their admissions for the sesson starting September / October 2013 in ‘potential host university in the UK’. The outcome of all such communications should be reported to the HEC. The copy of confirmed UK Univeristy Admission letter should reach to HEC before 20th November, 2012. Those Supervisors asking for Financial Details of the Scholarship. Send them the Prospectus of Commonwealth Scholarship in which Value of Award is mentioned in Detail at 3rd Page. Click Here to see the Prospectus. Applicants must register for IELTS as soon as possible as due to load of IELTS applications in British Council, the applicants would not be able to provide IELTS score before 2oth November, 2012. Selection is to be made on the basis of following criteria: Initially the shortlisting will be made the Commonwealth Commission UK (CSCUK) through EAS. Later HEC will then nominate the applicants from the pool of the applicants shortlisted by CSCUK. The academic record. Potential of the candidate. The quality of the proposal. Development impact of work proposed in Pakistan
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