UHS revises criteria for MPhil, master degree admissions

LAHORE:The University of Health Sciences (UHS) Advanced Studies and Research Board (ASRB) held its 202nd meeting on Thursday, chaired by UHS Vice Chancellor Prof Ahsan Waheed Rathore.

The ASRB approved the MPhil/PhD Committee's recommendation to revise the eligibility criteria for admission to MPhil and Master degree programmes.

Under the new criteria, candidates must achieve a minimum score of 75 percent in the University's Postgraduate Entrance Test to be eligible for admission. Previously, the requirement was 50 percent. Additionally, the board waived the requirement of a minimum of two years of relevant experience for admission.

Now, fresh graduates are eligible to apply for MPhil and Master's degree programmes at UHS. The board considered 45 reports on thesis submitted by the students, including Dr Atika Masood PhD (Histopathology), Dr Rabia Anjum PhD (Oral Pathology), Dr Shazia Akram Rao MPhil (Behavioural Sciences), Dr Neelam Ijaz MPhil (Biochemistry), Dr Amir Asad Shah MPhil (Chemical Pathology), Dr Muhammad Ramzan MPhil (Medical Laboratory Sciences-Haematotechnology), Dr Zainab Tufail MPhil (Microbiology), Dr Ayesha Rashid MPhil (Microbiology), Dr Sara Arif MPhil (Microbiology), Dr Shamim Batool MS (Anaesthesia), Dr Sabeela Sheereen MS (Anaesthesia), Dr Hafsa Tariq MS (Anaesthesia), Dr M Shaheer Hussain Ali MS (Cardiac Surgery), Dr Zafar Iqbal MS (General Surgery), Dr Khawaja Nasir Siddique MS (General Surgery), Dr Anayat Ullah MS (General Surgery), Dr Muhammad Badr Masood MS (General Surgery), Dr Kiran Shifa Syed MS (General Surgery), Dr Muhammad Faizan Riaz MS (Neurosurgery), Dr Kinza Rafique MS (Neurosurgery), Dr Muhammad Jameel MS (Neurosurgery), Dr Zubair Mehmood MS (Neurosurgery), Dr Ahmed Dilawar Khan MS (Orthopaedics), Dr Nauman Ahmed MS (Ophthalmology), Dr Shahid Hussain Khan MS (Ophthalmology), Dr Komal Manan MS (Obst. & Gynae.), Dr Zeeshan Saleem MS (Orthopaedic Surgery), Dr Ali Imran MS (Urology), Dr Muhammad Sanaullah Baig MS (Urology), Dr Muhammad Yasir Nadeem MS (Urology), Dr M Saqib Akram MS (Urology), Dr Asifa Aslam MD (Cardiology), Dr Nida Nadeem MD (Dermatology), Dr Rashid Habib MD (Nephrology), Dr Zahra Rafi MD (Paediatrics), Dr Usman Javed MD (Paediatrics), Dr Quratul-Ain MD (Paediatrics), Dr Farrukh Saleem MD (Radiology), Dr Amber Salman, a student of PhD (Anatomy), Ahmed Ali MPhil (Medical Laboratory Sciences-Haematotechnology), Dr Sana Mustafa MPhil (Microbiology), Dr Ammar Fayyaz (General Surgery), Dr M Awais Rasheed MS (Anesthesia), Dr Amna Tahir MS (Paediatrics Surgery) and Dr Neelam Shahzadi MS (Plastic Surgery).

The board also approved panel of examinations for thesis submitted by Sana Iqbal PhD (Human Genetics & Molecular Biology), Osheen Sajjad PhD (Human Genetics & Molecular

Biology), Madiha Shakoor PhD (Human Genetics & Molecular Biology), Shumaila Habib PhD (Human Genetics & Molecular Biology) and Dr Huma Saeed Khan PhD (Physiology).