The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has made significant changes in the admission system of universities across the country by issuing a new policy for admissions to graduate programmes.
According to the policy, all universities have been barred from conducting separate entrance tests, while graduation records and examinations have been made mandatory for MPhil and PhD admissions. The higher education regulator stated that Level 7 and 8 admissions in public and private universities will now be subject to the Education Testing Council (ETC) test, and universities will not be allowed to conduct their own separate entrance tests in lieu of the Graduate Record Examination (GRE).
