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Admission to the Course

1.         A candidate seeking admission to the course for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in full and partial residence must:

(i)                   have passed the Master's Degree Examination or an equivalent examination from a recognized institution in a field of study relating to the subject, he/she desires to take up and have atleast two first divisions from Matric to M.Sc.(Syndicate dated 4.11.04)

(ii)                 have a domicile of Punjab Province. Candidates domiciled in the provinces other than Punjab, have to produce a nomination letter from their respective provincial governments against reserved seats.

            (iii)        produce at the time of the first enrolment, a certificate from the University Resident Medical Officer to the effect that he/she is free from any communicable disease or mental or physical disability which is likely to stand in the way of his/her pursuing the chosen field of study.

(iv)        A candidate shall be judged on the basis of the following criteria for admission:

                                                            Marks               CGPA   Accellerated       Marks

                                                            assigned          detail   weightage

            (a)        M.Sc. grade point              50                 3.0-3.3  4 per point         1-4-8-12

                        CGPA of 3.00 & above                            3.4-4.0  5 per point        20-25-30

                        or M.Sc. Ist Division                                                              35-40-45-50

            (b)        Publications (5 marks        15

                        per publication)

            (c)        Professional experience   10

                        (2 years and above)

            (d)        Aptitude for research         25

                        personality and conduct

                                    Total:               100

                        Note: Minimum marks for qualifying for admission: 50%

            (e)        The Selection Committees for admission to Ph.D. shall consist of the following:

            1.         Dean/Director of the Faculty/Division.

            2.         Chairman of the Department.

            3.         Director, Advanced Studies.

            4.         Senior most teacher of the Department.

                        The grading of the University Employees/M.Sc. Ist Divisioners will be done by the Selection Committee. The Selection Committee may, however, consider a departmental candidate/nominee for admission to Ph.D. courses with a good second division provided has shown research aptitude of good standard; supported by 5 publications in journals of repute. In addition such a candidate may have served a research organization for at least 5 years.

2.                   If the schedule of courses pursued by a candidate for his/her Master's degree does not provide adequate background for the Ph.D. course which he/she intends to take up, he/she may be required to rectify the deficiency by taking additional courses as determined by the Supervisory Committee of the Student.

3.          Candidates may be admitted at the beginning of the winter semester. If a candidate fails to enroll, his/her admission shall stand cancelled. *However, nominees of HEC., UAF and other Government organizations may be admitted upto the end of Winter Semester, with the condition that they will enroll Winter Semester without taking any course. They will submit signed GS/10 forms(without any course.)

Explanation: This semester will be counted towards their residential requirements.

3. (i)   The Academic staff: A teacher of the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad may be allowed to enroll himself / herself for postgraduate courses after getting admission under University rules. He /she, under this arrangement, will be a part time student and a whole time employee.

           The Administrative staff: would be treated at par for admission to various postgraduate degree courses under Evening programme. He/she  will take two courses in Evening Programme and will be exempted from the fee etc. as in the case of Faculty member. He /she, under this arrangement, will be a part time student and a whole time employee. However, the number of seats for admission to various degree courses for the administrative staff might be fixed by the Vice Chancellor.(Syndicated 4.11.04).

4.         A candidate admitted to the course shall be required to be in residence at the University during the first two semesters.

5.         (i)         The admission to the course may be made by the Advanced Studies and Research Board on the recommendations of the Selection Committees to be constituted under clause 1(e).

(ii)                 The Selection Committees shall consider the applications for admission to different courses and interview the candidates and formulate their recommendations for placing before the Advanced Studies and Research Board.

            (iii)        The Advanced Studies and Research Board may refuse admission of a student to the course without assigning any reason.

            (Explanation: All those students who are awarded minor penalty of fine of Rs.1000/- and above twice on account of their misconduct during the course of their undergraduate studies will be debarred for postgraduate admission for a period of two years. After the lapse of two years after completion of their undergraduate courses, their cases will be considered for admission to M.Sc. course on the recommendations of the Students Affairs Committee. This condition will also be applicable for M.Sc. students for admission to M.Phil. and Ph.D. courses).

            The students who receive major penalties during their B.Sc. and M.Sc. courses will not be granted admission to M.Sc. and Ph.D., courses respectively. However, they will be eligible for admission to M.Sc. and Ph.D. courses after a lapse of three years, on the recommendations of the Students Affairs Committee.

             *Subject to approval of Syndicate

6.                   A candidate admitted to the course shall, for so long as he/she has not submitted his/her thesis, enroll himself/herself for each semester provided that he/she may discontinue his/ her studies on account of sickness duly certified by the University Medical Officer or due to circumstances beyond his/her control, before appearing in the final examination, with the permission of the Vice Chancellor obtained through

             the Director, Advanced Studies on the recommendation of the Dean/Director.         

              Provided further that a candidate shall not ordinarily be allowed to discontinue   

             studies during first semester.

            (Explanation: Candidates so permitted to discontinue will be allowed to resume their studies by the Dean/Director and will be notified by the Director Advanced Studies).

7.         An application for enrolment on the prescribed form (GS/10), accompanied by the prescribed fees, shall be presented on the day(s) notified for enrolment provided that the Director, Advanced Studies may, in special circumstances and on payment of late fee of Rs.400/- permit a student to enroll within ten days after the commencement of the classes.

             Provided further that the Vice Chancellor may allow enrolment of a student after the expiry of 10 days of the commencement of the classes under special circumstances in individual cases to be recorded in writing with double late fee of Rs.800/- till the last day of the 4^th week w.e.f. commencement of classes.

            (Explanation: “Enrolment will only be considered completed when GS/10 form is deposited with the Director, Advanced Studies. Merely depositing of fee will not serve the purpose").( Syndicate 4.11.04)

8.        If a student fails to enroll in any semester without permission of the competent  authority, he/she shall cease to be on the rolls of the University and in case he/she desires readmission, he/she shall have to apply for the same.

            (Explanation: The Advanced Studies and Research Board may readmit such a candidate subject to payment of Rs.2000/- as readmission fee and Rs.2000/- as per semester gap fee/or refuse admission if the reasons advanced are not convincing) (Syndicate 4.11.04)

9,         When a candidate has been enrolled for his/her first semester, the Advanced Studies and Research Board shall, on the recommendation of the Dean/Director/Principal   made in consultation with the Chairman of the Department concerned, constitute for the candidate a Supervisory Committee which shall normally consist of two        specialists from the major field of study and one from the minor field of study,           provided that if an outstanding specialist in a major or minor field of study, is           available outside the University, he/she may be appointed as a member of the          Supervisory Committee in addition to committee or as an additional member. One of the teacher members from major field of study will be designated as its Chairman and will act as Major Supervisor. However when a nominee of Higher Education Commission has been enrolled for his/her first semester, the Dean/Director/Principal concerned shall recommend supervisor and supervisory committee for the nominee in consultation with the Chairman and the nominee concerned. Anyhow, all the nominees of Higher Education Commission will be equally distributed among the HEC approved Ph.D. supervisors of the same Department(Syndicate dated 12.3.2005.)

              (Explanation: In case, a post-graduate student is allowed by the Director Advanced Studies duly recommended by the Chairman and Dean/Director/ Principal concerned to conduct his/her complete thesis research in other institution/ laboratory, the name of the helping scientist would be placed at serial No.2 on the supervisory committee and will be designated as co-supervisor).

10.        When a candidate admitted to the course in partial residence has been enrolled for the first semester, the Advanced Studies and Research Board shall, on the recommendation of the Dean/Director/Principal made in consultation with the Chairman of the Department/Incharge of Section, as the case may be, constitute for the candidate a Supervisory Committee which shall normally consist of three specialists, two from major field of study and one from a minor field of study. One of the specialists in the major field of study shall be a teacher of the University and shall act as the Chairman of the Supervisory Committee and the other specialist in the major field of study shall belong to the institution where the candidate is permitted to undertake research and shall act as Supervisor for the purpose of research under the general guidance of Supervisory Committee.

11.        (a)        A student who is enrolled for a course shall not be allowed, to add a new course or substitute a course for another after the expiry of twenty days from the commencement of the classes, but he/she may be permitted on the recommendation of his/her major Supervisor/Chairman of the Department and the teacher concerned, to drop a course within four weeks w.e.f. commencement of classes. In case a student gives up a course without such permission or intimation he/she shall be deemed to have failed in that course. He/She may be permitted, on the recommendation of his/her major Supervisor/Chairman of the Department and Dean/Director concerned to revise his/her GS/10 form within four weeks (21^st day to 28^th day) from the commencement of classes subject to payment of Rs.1000/- as GS/10 revision fee (Syndicate 4.11.04).

            (b)        The students may be allowed to drop such courses within 30 days of the last date of enrolment, for which they enrolled in the first semester after taking admission, before the appointment of their Supervisory Committees, which are not included in their approved course work programmes by the Supervisory Committees. This concession will be valid for courses enrolled in the first semester and for those students, who submit their course work programmes during first semester.

12.            When a course for which a student is enrolled, cannot be held according to the programme announced, he/she may take up an alternative course, but this must be done not later than fifteen days after the date of enrolment.

           The admission of a candidate to the course shall be provisional in the first instance and shall be confirmed only when the following conditions have been fulfilled:

(i)                   he/she has demonstrated potential ability to handle course work and thesis research to the satisfaction of his Supervisory Committee.

(ii)                 rectified the course deficiencies, if any.

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