THE Virtual University of Pakistan (VU) is offering courses for a two-year Masters of Science (MSc) programme in mathematics. In order to be eligible, applicants need to have taken math-A and math-B courses during their Bachelors.

According to the prospectus of the Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad, eligibility criteria for admission to MSc Mathematics are “BA/BSc with math-A and math-B course (applied mathematics and pure mathematics) or mathematics (general) with physics or math-B course“.

The ambiguous eligibility criteria of VU deprive all those eligible candidates, who have studied mathematics (general) with physics. The math-B course is equivalent to physics.

The VU authorities should amend the eligibility criteria on their website before opening admissions in August.

Aftab Ahmed Solangi

Khairpur

Published in Dawn, August 20th, 2018