LAHORE, March 23: The University of Engineering and Technology syndicate has unanimously decided that the faculty members not having a PhD degree will not be considered for appointment as a professor or chairman of an academic department.

The syndicate, however, agreed to appoint an assistant professor as associate professor provisionally if he or she would enrol himself or herself in a PhD programme.

The syndicate has also announced that each teacher enrolled in an indigenous PhD programme in the information technology department will be awarded a monthly scholarship of Rs18,000. Those enrolled in PhD programmes of other engineering and science disciplines will get a scholarship worth Rs10,000 per month.

In order to promote research in the university, the syndicate has announced an award of Rs10,000 for each research paper produced in an international science journal and Rs5,000 for a paper published in a national one.

Similarly, the university will pay for the return ticket and registration fee of a faculty member for presentation of his or her research paper at an international forum.

It may be mentioned that the UET has already announced payment of Rs100,000 to a faculty member for supervising a PhD. The university would also pay Rs100,000 to those who carry out new research and invent a new product.

It may be mentioned that UET electrical engineering department’s Prof Dr Mian Saleem has earned the Rs100,000 cash prize for developing the Secured Script Distribution System (SSDS). The machine is currently being used to affix fictitious roll numbers on answer-sheets in university examinations.

ADMISSION CRITERION: The syndicate has also laid down an admission criterion and decided that only those students will now be allowed to apply for admission to different undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in the university, who acquire at least 60 per cent marks in FSc and degree examinations.