The Pakistani Government is delighted to invite scholars from Afghanistan to apply for the Pakistan Scholarships for Afghan Students.
This scholarship is available to help Afghan students pursue their higher education in different universities in Pakistan and in various areas of study which would include Sciences and Arts, Engineering, Medicine, Agriculture, Management, ICT and so many other fields as they are available in the students’ institution of choice.
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Description of Pakistan Scholarships for Afghan Students:
The Pakistani scholarship for Afghan students is aimed at improving the bilateral relationship between the two countries and will be available to Afghan students for a long period of time to pursue whatever level of education they want to, which includes Undergraduate and postgraduate studies.
Women and girls that have attained the eligible age bracket for this program are also strongly advised to apply for this program, which will address the situation of low literacy rate of women in Afghanistan.
To ensure efficiency in this scheme, the Pakistan ministry of education and the ministry of foreign affairs have come to a joint agreement to allow Afghan students visas within the shortest possible time for those that have been shortlisted to pursue higher learning in Pakistan.
With the approach in Place, scholars will no longer have to face any form of delay in processing their admission and acquiring their Visa for higher learning.
Level of Scholarship:
The Government of Pakistan Announces that the scholarship covers
- Bachelor’s level scholarship
- MS/MPhil Level Scholarship
- PhD level scholarship
Eligibility: All applicants for the respective levels of scholarship are to be of Afghan nationality to ensure that they have complied to the later with all the above-listed criteria for each level.
Institution: Any University in Pakistan
Benefit: This program scholarship is a fully paid scholarship and covers all the student’s financial responsibilities.
Country of study: Pakistan
Each of these levels of scholarship has its respective criteria for eligibility on application.
Bachelor’s Level Scholarship:
The Criteria for this level of scholarship include
Age Bracket: Afghan students who have shown interest in pursuing a bachelor’s program must be within the age limits of 17-23 years of age below and above which such scholars will not be considered for this scholarship program.
Qualifications: Afghan students applying for this program must have passed their 12th-grade examination and must have also obtained up to 70% mark or above the said examination
Non-eligbility: Students who have been selected earlier before now for this program but have not availed for this program or have even withdrawn or dropped out are not eligible to apply.
How to Apply: Interested candidates can apply by registering themselves by filling out the registration form. The registration form can be downloaded from here; reg_form_scholarships
Submission of e-mail: Afghan students who intend to register themselves for this program are to send in their registration form to pakistanscholarships2017@gmail.com
All applications for this program are to be submitted earlier and the Date for conducting the Selection Test would be announced on the Pakistani Embassy website i-e www.pakembassykabul.com
MS/MPhil level Scholarship:
The criteria for this level of scholarship include
Age limit: The age limit acceptable for this level of scholarship is 35 years for non-faculty members and 40 years for faculty members.
Qualifications: Interested Afghan students must have
- Completed 16 years of education
- Obtained a minimum of 2.5 CGPA or equivalent out of 4.0 in Bachelor’s/Master’s degree.
- Obtained a minimum of 70% marks in Shahdatnama
Non Eligibility: This is the same as mentioned for the Bachelor’s program
How to Apply: Interested candidates can apply by registering themselves by filling the registration form. The registration form can be downloaded from here; reg_form_scholarships
Submission of e-mail: Afghan students who intend to register themselves for this program are to send in their registration form to pakistanscholarships2017@gmail.com
All applications for this program are to be submitted earlier and the Date for conducting the Selection Test would be announced on the Pakistani Embassy website i-e www.pakembassykabul.com
Ph.D. level scholarship
The eligibility criteria for this Ph.D. program include
Age limit: Afghan applicants are to meet the age limits of 35 years for non-faculty members and 40 years for faculty members
Qualifications: Interested candidates must have
- Completed 18 years of education
- Obtained a minimum of 3.0 CGPA or equivalent out of 4.0 in MS/MPhil degree.
- Obtained a minimum of 2.5 CGPA or equivalent out of 4.0 in Bachelor’s/Master’s degree. (16 Years of Education)
- Obtained a minimum of 70% marks in Shahdatnama
Non-eligibility: Students who were selected earlier through this Program but have not availed of the Scholarship or have withdrawn or dropped for the scholarship, are not eligible to apply.
How to Apply: Interested candidates can apply by registering themselves by filling the registration form. The registration form can be downloaded from here; reg_form_scholarships
Submission of the e-mail: Afghan students who intend to register themselves for this program are to send in their registration form to pakistanscholarships2017@gmail.com
All applications for this program are to be submitted earlier and the Date for conducting the Selection Test would be announced on the Pakistani Embassy website i-e www.pakembassykabul.com
Deadline: This scholarship is availed Annually and as such students are advised to keep visiting kiiky.com for updates about the scholarship.
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