The Higher Education Commission of Pakistan offers Indigenous Scholarships for Ph.D. studies in Pakistani Universities to Pakistani and AJK Nationals. This Scholarship scheme is offered for direct Ph.D. studies as well as for MS/M.Phil. admissions leading to Ph.D studies. The detailed eligibility for the HEC Indigenous Scholarships is given below;
- Must be Pakistani or AJK National
- To study MS/M.Phil via this scholarship, one must have 16 years education without any 3rd division or D Grade in the entire academic qualifications.
- To study Ph.D. directly through this Scholarship, one must have a CGPA of 3.0 out of 4.0 or 1st Division in MS/M.Phil along with the precondition (2).
- Maximum age should be;
- 40 years for Public Sector/R&D Organizations Employees including Full-Time Regular faculty members of public universities / DAIs
- 35 years for everybody else
- Should not have availed any other scholarship offered by the HEC or Government.