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PhD<\/h1><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Management Science & Commerce<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Program Semester Scheme & Eligibility Criteria is given below:<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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The PhD program is a research based degree. Our doctoral students are required to conduct high quality research in all related areas. The faculty devotes considerable resources to develop and offer courses on state-of-the-art research techniques, provides generous support to foster a research oriented atmosphere in which doctoral students can develop and thrive as management scientists.<\/p>

The PhD program at the Department of Management Science is structured to cater the increased need of research in the country. The program is designed with 54 credit hours in total with a planned duration of 3 years. A balance with respect to methodologies and research orientation (quantitative and qualitative) is sought through this program. Course work consists of 18 credit hours, while thesis consists of 36 credit hours.<\/p>

Criteria:<\/strong><\/h6><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
  • An 18-year MS\/MPhil degree in a relevant field with a minimum 3.0\/4.0 CGPA from an HEC-recognized university.<\/li>
  • NTS GAT Subject, ETC HAT & GRE or University Entry Test (with a minimum 70% cumulative score).<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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    S#<\/th>Code<\/th>Pre<\/th>Subject<\/th>Credit-Hr<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
    1<\/td>MGT-8101<\/td>-<\/td>Advanced Research Methodology<\/td>3 (3-0)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    2<\/td>MGT-8102<\/td>-<\/td>Critical Analysis of Literature Review<\/td>3 (3-0)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    3<\/td>MGT-8103<\/td>-<\/td>Elective-I<\/td>3 (3-0)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    4<\/td>MGT-8104<\/td>-<\/td>Elective-II<\/td>2 (2-0)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    5<\/td>ISL-8105<\/td>-<\/td>Understanding of Quran-I<\/td>1 (0-1)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    <\/td><\/td><\/td>Total<\/td>12 (11-1)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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    S#<\/th>Code<\/th>Pre<\/th>Subject<\/th>Credit-Hr<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
    1<\/td>MGT-8106<\/td>-<\/td>Academic Research Writing<\/td>3 (3-0)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    2<\/td>MGT-8107<\/td>-<\/td>Advanced Econometrics<\/td>3 (3-0)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    3<\/td>MGT-8108<\/td>-<\/td>Elective-III<\/td>3 (3-0)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    4<\/td>MGT-8109<\/td>-<\/td>Elective-IV<\/td>2 (2-0)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    5<\/td>ISL-8110<\/td>-<\/td>Understanding of Quran-II<\/td>1 (0-1)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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    1<\/td>MGT-8208<\/td>-<\/td>Research Thesis-I<\/td>9 (9-0)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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    1<\/td>MGT-8310<\/td>-<\/td>Research Thesis-III<\/td>9 (9-0)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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