8.         PROCEDURES: SEMESTER/COURSES:

Ph.D.  Degree  program  of  the  University  comprises  of  course  work  and research.

Ph.D. admission shall be announced once a year by the Registrar’s Office.

There should be at least three (03) relevant full-time Ph.D. Faculty members in a Department/Center/Institute to launch the Ph.D. program of study.

Faculty members having Ph.D. degrees will be eligible to teach the Ph.D. courses.

Research at the Ph.D. level will be launched by gathering or pooling full time Ph.D. faculty members from any other department of the University, whenever and wherever, human capital and infrastructure facilities     are  not  available; especially, in faculties of Social Sciences and in general for faculties of other disciplines like literature and languages. Inter-disciplinary  course   work   and research/program at the institutional level will be encouraged at the University of Balochistan in order to promote and advance meaningful research with emphasis on applications.

For the award of Ph.D. degree, candidates need to complete a minimum of 18 credit hours of semester courses that comprises of 02 core subjects and one elective subject for each semester along with a minimum of 24 credit hours for research work/thesis.

Each Department / Center / Institute will design the core and elective courses by keeping in mind the semester system.

Courses  of  18  credit  hours  shall  be  completed  during  the  first  year  of Ph.D. degree program that will be covered in two (02) semesters.

Chairman/Chairpersons/Directors  will  be  bound  to  commence  the  first semester course within the 10 days after completion of registration process by University.

Second semester will start after the declaration of result (within15 days) of first semester.

Chairmen/Chairpersons/Directors and faculty Deans will ensure and monitor the smooth running of Ph.D. course work classes and submit their reports on monthly basis to the Vice Chancellor and Registrar of the University.

A scholar shall be allowed appearing in the semester examinations if he/she has been on the rolls of the University during that specific semester, has registered him/her for the courses of study within specific period, and has attended at least 75% of Lectures / Laboratory work.

A Comprehensive Examination will be conducted through committee*. (Procedure Guideline)

The duration of Ph.D. program of study is 03 to 05 years. After expiry of this time, the registration of the scholar shall stand cancelled by the Registrar office via AS&RB.

Meet all stipulated Requirements of University of Balochistan and HEC.