PhD Urdu – LCWU – Lahore

April 26, 2015

Course Name: PhD Urdu

Overview:

The Department of Urdu was established in 1961 at LCWU. Living nations have their own language and literature because literature preserves history, culture, values and traditions. All of these characteristics contribute towards making nation and society self-respecting and honorable. This department has its role in making the students good human beings fully aware of their own culture, values and traditions.

In 1993 the department started postgraduate classes. M.A students were also taught about advanced research and writing thesis. The students conducted valuable research and 36 research theses made their place in the Urdu Seminar Library.

PhD program was also started in the LCWU in 2004. Under this program Dr. Nafees Iqbal was the first PhD scholar of LCWU followed by Dr. Najma Perveen and Dr. Zareen Habib Mirza from the Urdu department. Now with highly qualified staff, department has started PhD Program on a regular basis.

Number of Semesters: 4

Requirements

Female candidates with minimum Eighteen years of education (MPhil/MS) or equivalent in the relevant field are eligible to apply.
The candidate must have obtained 3.00/4.00 CGPA in semester system or 60% marks in annual system
Qualifying GAT subject (60% Qualifying marks) is required to apply for admission in Ph.D. program
In special circumstances, if the GAT Subject test is not available in NTS subject list, then the candidates have to appear in the special subject test organized by the university and the qualifying marks will be 70%
Entry test (50% Qualifying marks) and Interview organized by university is mandatory for admission in Ph.D. Program
Candidates working in Government/Semi Government institutions have to submit NOC from concerned organization.

Course Duration: 4 years (max)

How to apply:

http://www.lcwu.edu.pk/download-forms.html/

Curriculum:

Semester I
    Tareekh e Adab e Urdu 1857 Tak
    Urdu Tehqeeq
    Urdu Tanqeed

Semester II
    Soofiyana Rivayat o Adab
    Tareekh Urdu Adab: Jadeed Daur
    Maqala Nigari

Semester III & IV

Thesis (Research Work)