Directorate of Postgraduate Studies
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The Directorate of Postgraduate Studies (DPGS) deals with admissions of postgraduate students in coordination with the Directorate of Admissions. The Directorate also looks after the processing of postgraduate programs and enforcement of regulations approved by the Academic Council and Syndicate.
The Master’s degree programs at the University of Engineering and Technology shall extend over a period of at least three semesters. A Master/MPhil degree is offered in both research-based and course-based formats, requiring a total of 30 credit hours. For a research-based degree, these 30 credit hours include 24 credit hours of coursework and 6 credit hours of research, except for the master’s degree in Architecture, which requires 40 credit hours as per policy. A PhD degree requires at least a total of 54 credit hours with a minimum of 18 credit hours coursework and 36 credit hours research work. For more details about approved courses, specific program requirements, and rules and regulations, please refer to the relevant sections of the postgraduate prospectus.
PROGRAMS FACULTY WISE DISTRIBUTION | |||
FACULTY OF CIVIL, AGRICULTURAL AND MINING ENGINEERING | |||
S. No. | Program | Department/Institute/Center | Degree Title |
1 | Structural Engineering | Civil Engineering | MSc and PhD |
2 | Water Resources Engineering | Civil Engineering | |
3 | Geotechnical Engineering | Civil Engineering | |
4 | Earthquake Engineering | Civil Engineering | |
5 | Environmental Engineering | Civil Engineering | |
6 | Transportation Engineering | Civil Engineering | |
7 | Urban infrastructure Engineering | National Institute of Urban Infrastructure and Planning | MSc and PhD |
8 | Urban infrastructure Planning and Management | National Institute of Urban Infrastructure and Planning | MSc and PhD |
9 | Soil and Water Engineering | Agricultural Engineering | MSc and PhD |
10 | Farm Machinery & Power Engineering | Agricultural Engineering | |
11 | Mining Engineering | Mining Engineering | MSc an PhD |
FACULTY OF MECHANICAL, CHEMICAL AND INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING | |||
S. No. | Program | Department/Institute/Center | Degree Title |
1 | Dynamics & Control | Mechanical Engineering | MSc and PhD |
2 | Mechanical Engineering Design | Mechanical Engineering | |
3 | Material Engineering | Mechanical Engineering | |
4 | Advanced Chemical Engineering | Chemical Engineering | MSc and PhD |
5 | Manufacturing Systems Engineering | Industrial Engineering | MSc and PhD |
6 | Engineering Management | Industrial Engineering | MSc |
7 | Automation and Control | Mechatronics Engineering | MSc and PhD |
8 | Electrical Energy Systems Engineering | Center for Advanced Studies in Energy | MSc and PhD |
9 | Renewable Energy Engineering | Center for Advanced Studies in Energy | MSc and PhD |
10 | Thermal System Engineering | Center for Advanced Studies in Energy | MSc in Thermal System Engineering |
11 | Energy Management and Sustainability | Center for Advanced Studies in Energy | MSc in Management and Sustainability |
FACULTY OF ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING | |||
S. No. | Program | Department/Institute/Center | Degree Title |
1 | Power Engineering | Electrical Engineering (Peshawar) | MSc and PhD |
2 | Communication and Electronic Engineering | Electrical Engineering (Peshawar) | |
3 | Artificial Intelligence | Electrical Engineering (Peshawar) | MSc in Artificial Intelligence |
4 | Electronics, Communications and Computing | Electrical Engineering (Jalozai) | MSc |
5 | Electronics Engineering | Electronics Engineering (Abbottabad) | MSc |
6 | Information Security | Computer Systems Engineering | MSc and PhD |
7 | Machine Learning | Computer Systems Engineering | |
8 | Software Engineering | Computer Systems Engineering | MSc in Computer Systems Engineering |
9 | Digital and Embedded Systems | Computer Systems Engineering | MSc in Computer Systems Engineering |
10 | Data Science and Distributed Systems | Computer Science | MS and PhD |
11 | Cyber Security | Computer Science | |
FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE, ALLIED SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES | |||
S. No. | Program | Department | Degree Title |
1 | Mathematics | Basic Sciences and Islamiat | MPhil and PhD |
2 | Architecture | Architecture (Abbottabad) | Master of Architecture |
Rules of MSc Admission
- Master’s degree programs may commence in Fall and Spring semesters in the Academic Year.
- Candidates seeking admission must have a Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant Engineering discipline from an institution accredited by the Pakistan Engineering Council or Sixteen (16) years of education for Non-Engineering disciplines from an institution recognized by the HEC/National Computing Education Accreditation Council (NCEAC) or accredited by the Pakistan Council for Architects and Town Planners (PCATP).
- University will conduct its own admission test as an eligibility condition for admission to MS/MPhil/Equivalent programs, with a passing score of 50% OR accept the GRE general /University Appointed Testing Authority (UATA) General/Equivalent tests, with a passing score of 50%.
- Application forms available online shall be submitted to the Director Admissions on or before the due date advertised in newspapers, after which no application shall be entertained.
- Seats for Pakistani students are given in Table-1 and seats for Afghan Refugees are given in Table-2. 100% of the total allocated seats in each category (i.e Open/Rationalized) can be filled during the Fall semester, and any remaining shall be filled during the Spring semester.
- The final merit list shall be based on 50% BA/BSc or equivalent disciplines marks and 50% on GRE International type test or GAT (General) test organized by UATA marks or test conducted by the University. These tests scores will be valid for one academic year. In the event of a tie-on merit between two or more candidates, preference will be given to the older candidate in the merit list.
Rules of PhD Admission
- The candidates seeking admission to the PhD Programs must have:
- Eighteen Years (18) of education with Masters/MPhil/equivalent degree from HEC recognized institutions in the related field with minimum CGPA 3.0 out of 4.0 or 3.75 out of 5.0 or First Division in annual system. List of the required documents can be checked on the university website.
- University will conduct its own admission test as an eligibility condition for admission to PhD programs, with a passing score of 60% OR accept the GRE general/UATA General/ Equivalent tests, with a passing score of 60%.
- The students having strong demonstrated interest in obtaining PhD degree, but their CGPA is below 3.00 (out of 4.0 in the semester system) or 60% marks (in the annual system) in the most recent degree obtained, may be admitted to a PhD program after fulfilling the following requirements:
- Shall study 9-12 CH additional MS/MSc level courses taking a zero semester at university and score minimum 3.00 out of 4.00 GPA, and
- The admission committee is satisfied that the applicant’s knowledge of primary area has sufficiently prepared him or her to undertake the course of studies of the doctoral program.
- These requirements are in addition to any other requirements set for admission to a PhD program.
- Interpretation of these regulations by the Vice Chancellor of the University shall be final.
- Application forms available online shall be submitted to the Director Admissions on or before the due date advertised in newspapers, after which no application shall be entertained.
1 | Registration Form A4 size final | View / Download |
2 | Application form for transcript | View / Download |
3 | Form T-3 Report of Defence Examination | View / Download |
4 | Form CB-5 (Certificate and Bill) | View / Download |
5 | Result Sheet Form G2B | View / Download |
Required Documents for Award of Degree | ||
7 | M.Sc Check list | View / Download |
8 | Issuance of Notification for Award of Degree | View / Download |
9 | Core Courses Certificate | View / Download |
10 | Paper Publication Certificate | View / Download |
11 | Ph.D Thesis Defense Proforma | View / Download |
Ph.D and M.Sc Examination Bills | ||
1 | Ph.D REC Examination Bills | View / Download |
2 | M.Sc Defense Examination Bills | View / Download |
Other Formats | ||
1 | Postgraduate Thesis Format | View / Download |
2 | PhD Research Proposal Format | View / Download |
3 | MS Research Proposal Format | View / Download |
4 | PhD Proposal Defense Examination Report | View / Download |
5 | Certificate for Submission of M.S/Ph.D Thesis According to UET Format | View / Download |
5 | MSc Mini Project Proposal | View / Download |
M.Sc Degree required documents for Plan B | ||
1 | Required Documents For Award of Degree | View / Download |
2 | Issuance of Notification for Award of Degree | View / Download |
3 | Core Course Certificate New 2018 | View / Download |
4 | Undertaking for NOC | View / Download |
5 | Degree Form | View / Download |