KARACHI: The university of Karachi is offering admissions to the MS, MPhil, PhD and MS (surgery) and MD (medicine) programs for academic session 2020-21.

Aspiring candidates are directed to submit their admission forms (with scanned copies) till July 19, 2020, KU Registrar Prof Dr Saleem Shahzad announced on Sunday.

Considering the unprecedented circumstances of prevalent pandemic Covid-19, the university of Karachi will be evaluating the candidates on the basis of interviews.

The exemption of test is granted to prevent the spread of the coronavirus for the current year only, according to a news release issued on Sunday.

The degree holders from Higher Education Commission-recognized foreign or private Pakistani degree awarding institutions should submit an equivalence certificate of the degree obtained from the office of the deputy registrar (academics) of the university of Karachi before the provisional admission.

He mentioned that admissions were available to various departments of faculties of arts and social sciences, science, law, medicine, pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences, management and administrative sciences, education, Islamic studies and other institutes and centres of the university of Karachi.

Admissions are available in departments of Arabic, criminology, economics, English literature (MPhil), English language teaching and applied linguistics (MPhil), history, international relations, Islamic history, library and information sciences, mass communication, Persian, philosophy, political science, psychology, Sindhi, social work, sociology, Urdu, agriculture and agribusiness management, applied chemistry and chemical technology, applied physics, biochemistry, biotechnology, botany, chemical engineering, chemistry, computer science, food science and technology, genetics, geography, geology, health, physical education and sports sciences, mathematics, microbiology, physics, physiology, statistics, zoology, education, special education, teacher education, Quran and Sunnah, Usooluddin, Islamic learning, pharmacognocy, pharmacology, pharmaceutics, pharmaceutical chemistry, pharmacy practice (MPhil), pharmacology (HEJ), public administration, business administration, commerce, School of Law (PhD only).

The admissions are also available in MS and MD in faculty of medicine while admissions would also be given in Dr A. Q. Khan Institute of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (Biotechnology-KIBGE), Dr Panjwani Centre for Molecular Medicine (Molecular Medicine), HEJ Research Institute of Chemistry (Chemistry-HEJ), Dr Muhammad Ajmal Khan Institute of Sustainable Halophyte Utilisation (Botany-ISHU), Marine Reference Collection and Resources Centre, National Nematological Research Centre (Nematology), Dr Zafar Hasnain Zaidi National Centre for Proteomics (Biochemistry-NCP), Institute of Space Science and Technology (ISST), Centre of Excellence for Women’s Studies (Women’s Studies), Institute of Marine Science, Institute of Environmental Studies, Centre for Plant Conservation, Pakistan Study Centre and Shaikh Zayed Islamic Research Centre.

Professor Dr Saleem Shahzad said that admissions would be granted on the basis of interview to be conducted by the respective departmental research committee in accordance with the instructions given in the Admission Prospectus-2020.

He also said that Admission Prospectus-2020, and fee voucher could be downloaded from the www.uokadmission.edu.pk.

The candidates applying for MS (course work) and MPhil and PhD programs would submit Rs4,500/- processing fee (non-refundable) in any branch of United Bank Limited.

Meanwhile, candidates for PhD (Law) and MS/MD, would deposit Rs10,000/- fee (non-refundable) in any UBL branch before the deadline.

Prof Dr Saleem Shahzad mentioned that scanned copy and the fee deposit slip should be uploaded along with the admission form latest by July 19.

Published in Dawn, July 6th, 2020