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Candidate of Sciences (Candidatus scientiarum – CSc., replaced by common Ph.D. in the Czech Republic in 1998 and by PhD. in Slovakia in 1996); Doctor of philosophy (Philosophiae doctor – Ph.D. or PhD., awarded since 1998 and 1996, respectively; requires at least 3–5-year doctoral study and coursework of 120-180 Credits)
MPhil and PhD education in Pakistan requires a minimum of two years of study. Various Pakistani universities offer two-year M.Phil. or MS degree programs in Arts, Science, and Technology for graduates who have completed 16-year schooling (BS or Master's degrees) in their relevant field.
Higher education in Pakistan is the systematic process of students continuing their education beyond secondary school, learned societies and two-year colleges.The governance of higher education is maintained under the Higher Education Commission (Pakistan) (HEC) which oversees the financial funding, research outputs and teaching quality in the country. [1]
The university was founded in 1950 and offers programs for undergraduate, post-graduate, and doctoral studies. [1] With approximately 14,000 enrolled students attending the university, it has six academic faculties with forty postgraduate department as well as two "centers of excellence".
In 2014, Webometric world university rankings ranked it at 150 in the world, 3rd in the country and 22nd in South Asia. Higher Education Commission of Pakistan ranked NUST as the number one university in the category of 'General University: Large' in 2013 and in the category 'Engineering and Technology' in 2014 and 2015. [25]
Under this policy, all two-year colleges were transformed to university status under the state-controlled policy, and privatized universities were nationalized. During this time, Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto had spent 70% of natural resources on higher education efforts; enrollment in the universities increased to 56%. [10]
National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, Karachi campus Private 1985 Computer science [14] Aga Khan University: Private 1983 Medical sciences [15] Dow University of Health Sciences: Public 1945 (2003)* Medical sciences [16] Ziauddin University: Private 1995 Medical sciences [17] Baqai Medical University [1] Private 1988 Medical ...
The remaining training can be continued in the chosen specialty for further 2–3 years. After full 4–5 years of training and completing few compulsory requirements (such as rotations at the other relevant departments for certain durations, thesis, and case studies), the candidate is eligible to start attempting the final exam called FCPS-II.