The University offers regular study and research programme leading to PhD degree in the following disciplines:
Faculty of Biological Sciences
| S # | Discipline | Area of Study | Requirement |
| 1. | Animal Sciences | Genetics, Physiology, Fisheries and Aqua Culture, Reproductive Biology, Endocrinology, Wildlife Ecology, Parasitology. | MPhil in any discipline of Animal Science/Biological Science/Biomedical /Medical/ Pharmaceutical Science or equivalent degree. |
| 2. | Bioinformatics | Comparative and Evolutionary Genomics, Structural Proteomics, Software Development, Functional Genomics, Molecular Modeling, QM simulation, protein-protein interaction. | MPhil or equivalent in Bioinformatics/Molecular Biology. |
| 3. | Environmental Sciences | Environmental Biology and Eco-toxicology, Biodegradation and Environmental remediation. | MPhil or equivalent in any field of Biological Sciences/Environmental Sciences. |
| 4. | Microbiology
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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Medical Microbiology, Veterinary Microbiology and Immunology. | MPhil or equivalent in Microbiology or any field of Biology/Medical/Horticulture and related Sciences. |
| 5. | Plant Sciences | Plant Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Plant Physiology, Plant Systematics and Biodiversity, Plant Microbe Interaction, Crop Improvement, Molecular Plant Pathology. | MPhil or equivalent in any discipline of Biological Sciences/Botany/Horticulture from a recognized university. |
Faculty of Natural Sciences
| S # | Discipline | Area of Study | Requirement |
| 1 | Chemistry | Inorganic/ Analytical Chemistry: Organometallic Chemistry, Co-ordination Chemistry, Organic/ Inorganic Materials, Bio-inorganic Chemistry, Polymer Chemistry. Organic Chemistry: Organic Synthesis, Natural Products, Reaction Mechanism, Heterocyclic Compounds, Photochemistry, Organic Polymers. Physical Chemistry: Material Sciences, Surface and Solid State Chemistry, Molecular Spectroscopy, (Radiation Chemistry, Electro-Chemistry), Chemical Kinetics, Polymer Chemistry, Solution Chemistry, Nano Technology, Colloids and Surfactants. |
MPhil or equivalent in the relevant field of Chemistry. |
| 2 | Computer Science | Human Information Interaction, Knowledge Engineering, Networking and Communication | MPhil in Computer Science or computing related discipline or MS (18 years) in Computer Science or computing related discipline (with Thesis). |
| 3 | Electronics | Wave Propagation and Scattering, Complex Media, High Frequency Electromagnetics, Metamaterials, Quantum Optics, Quantum Information Theory, Classical, Quantum Chaos, Communications and Signal Processing, Coding Theory. | MPhil or equivalent in Electronics/ Physics/ Mathematics/ Computer Science/ Electrical Engineering/ Telecommunication Engineering/ Computer Engineering. |
| 4 | Earth Sciences | Geophysics, Hydrogeology and Geology. | MPhil or equivalent in the related field of Geophysics/Hydrogeology/Geology. |
| 5 | Physics | Atomic and Molecular Physics, Semiconductor Physics, Plasma Physics, Magnetism and Nanomaterials, High-Tc Super Conductivity, Laser Physics, High Energy Physics and Cosmology, Particle Physics, Nuclear Physics, Condensed Matter Physics, Quantum Optics/ Quantum information, Computational Physics. | MPhil or equivalent in Physics. |
Faculty of Social Sciences
| S # | Discipline | Area of Study | Requirement |
| 1 | Anthropology | Anthropology, Sociology & Development Studies. The one of specialization is Social Change, Social Development, Ethnicity, Social Organization, Political Organization, Child Socialization, Ethnographic Studies, Social and Religious Institutions, Gender Issues, Health, Social Forestry Environment & Behavioural Sciences. | MPhil or equivalent in Anthropology, Sociology & Development Studies. |
| 2 | Asian Studies | (i). Comparative Civilizations (ancient) (ii) Languages and Linguistics (ancient) (iii) Comparative Religions (ancient) (iv) Archaeology and Ancient History. |
MPhil or equivalent in Archaeology, Anthropology, History, Comparative Civilizations, Comparative Religions, Gender Studies, Languages, Linguistics, Arts and Architecture, Fine Arts, Pakistan Studies. |
| 3 | History | South Asia, Pakistan Movement, Pakistan and Central Asia, Islamic History, History of Afghanistan. | MPhil or equivalent degree in History. |
| 4 | International Relations | International Relations. | MPhil or equivalent degree in International Relations, Political Science, DSS, Mass/Media Studies, Pakistan Studies. |
| 5 | Pakistan Studies | Pakistan Studies (All topics in Social Sciences relating to Pakistan). | MPhil or equivalent degree in any field of Social Sciences. |
| 6 | Psychology | (a) Educational/ School Psychology (b) Industrial/ Organizational Psychology (c) Developmental Psychopathology/ Mental Health Studies (d) Children/Women Issues |
MPhil or its equivalent degree in Psychology/Applied Psychology/Behavioral Sciences |