General Instructions approved by the Advanced Studies and Research Board

1.         All postgraduate students after semester/ session enrolment must get their respective yellow copy of the GS/10 form immediately from the office of Directorate of Advanced Studies. Thereafter, the said copy is to be shown to the concerned teacher(s) offering the course(s) in order to include their name in the attendance register being maintained by the teacher. The Board has also directed the teacher(s) to include only the name of those students in their attendance register who enroll their course(s) and show their respective yellow copy of the GS/10 form as an evidence.

2.         No course shall be conducted unless there are at least four students enrolled for that course. In special cases, however, if the number of students is less than four, permission of the Vice Chancellor shall have to be obtained for conducting that course. The Board has decided that approval of Vice Chancellor for offering a course to a class of less than 4 students must be obtained within one month of the commencement of that semester and no request will be entertained after expiry of the date. The above condition, however, does not apply to the Summer Session where teachers are not required to ask for the permission of the Vice Chancellor.

3.        A course can be repeated three times, at the most. Ist repetition will be on student's will, for 2nd repetition prior permission of Director, Advanced Studies is essential and for third repetition, permission of the Advanced Studies and Research Board will have to be sought and the applicant will have to justify for so many repetitions.

4.         An approved course, not offered for 4 Semesters consecutively, shall stand deleted from the list of approved courses of the department concerned.

5.         If a teacher is not available for guidance for most of the time he/she should be changed by the Dean of the Faculty on a request from the student supported by the Chairman of the Department concerned.

6.         The Course Work Programme of a regular Ph.D. student should be so arranged that it is completed within two semesters, preferably.

7.         The teachers concerned should try to make the Ph.D. students work hard so that they are able to finish their research work within the minimum limit, possibly in two years.

8.         A Ph.D. teacher must have to supervise atleast one Ph.D. student in a discipline. It was however, suggested by the Board that junior teachers possessing Ph.D. degree in a relevant field of study may be encouraged to supervise Ph.D. students by placing senior teachers on the supervisory committees.(ASRB. 5.12.1998).

9.         No student will be allowed to do research outside the University Campus without prior permission of the Chairman of the Department and the Dean of the Faculty concerned.

10.        Semi-final thesis should be submitted to Director, Advanced Studies duly forwarded by the Chairman of the Department and Dean of the Faculty concerned on or before the scheduled date.

11.        Courses like Stat-701, etc., shall not be counted towards minor fields as required under statutes 4(b) relating to the post-graduate studies. Accordingly, the total fields in minor will be counted excluding the essential courses.

12.        It was decided that in future there will be no 'D' grade for the deficiency courses and students will be marked A, B, C and F in order to remove the difficulties faced by the students.

13.        Director, Advanced Studies is empowered to extend the date of final submission of the theses by two weeks of those students who get their semi-final theses approved/ scrutinized by the Directorate of Advanced Studies.

14.        Enrolment for a minimum of 10 credits in a semester be strictly adhered to, as provided under rules. Relaxation for enrolling 2 credits less than the requisite limit may be allowed by the Advanced Studies and Research Board in exceptional cases only. The Deans/ Director/Principal/Chairmen would ensure that the requisite courses are offered by their Faculties/Institute/Departments/Sections to avoid hardship to the students.

15.        Duration of the question paper for M. Phil. written comprehensive examinations would be four hours instead of five hours and the student shall be required to attempt five questions out of seven, in each paper.

16.        No student will be allowed to change the campus if his/her merit was below that in the subject/campus at the time of admission. Migration will be allowed only once in the entire study period of the student. The students, admitted on quota basis, will not be allowed to change the campus.

17.        A postgraduate student can avail the facility of discontinuation of studies only once during his/her study period and that too for one semester only. Moreover, he/she will have to apply for discontinuation of studies within six weeks from the date of commencement of classes. Any application received after that period shall be outrightly rejected.

ADVANCED STUDIES AND RESEARCH BOARD

Vice Chancellor, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad                                        (Chairman)

Dean, Faculty of Agriculture.

Dean, Faculty of Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology.

Dean, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering & Technology.

Dean, Faculty of Veterinary Science.

Dean, Faculty of Animal Husbandry.

Dean, Faculty of Sciences.

Director, Division of Education & Extension.

Director, Institute of Horticulture Sciences

Director, Institute of Soil & Environmental Science

Director, Institute of Food Sciences & Technology

Director, Institute of Animal Nutrition & Feed Technology

Principal, College of Agriculture, D.G. Khan.

Three University Professors, other than Deans, to be appointed bySyndicate.(w.e.f.5.11.2004 to 4.11.07)

1.       Dr. Muhammad Shafi Sabir, Deptt. of Farm Machinery & Power

2.       Dr. Asghar Ali, Deptt. of Agronomy

3.       Dr. Muhammad Siddique, Deptt. of Vety. Microbiology

Three University Teachers having research qualifications and experience to be appointed by the Academic Council.(w.e.f.23.8.04 to 22.8.07)

1.       Dr. Anwar ul Hassan, of Inst. of Soil & Eniv. Sciences

2.       Dr. Muhammad Ashraf, Deptt. of Botany

3.       Dr. Zulfiqar Ahmad Gill, Deptt. of Development Economics

Five experts from other sister Institutions to be nominated by the Syndicate.(w.e.f.3.8.02 to 2.8.05)

1.       Director, NIAB, Faisalabad

2.       Director General Water Management, Agri. House Lahore

3.       Director General, AARI, Faisalabad

4.       Director General NARC, Islamabad

5.       Director, Vety. Research Institute, Lahore

A nominee of the Punjab Agricultural Research Board.

( Mr. M. Ismail Zafar )

Director Advanced Studies, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad                        (Secretary)