Mission Statement of the Program:

Enlightening the scholars to produce research in advance areas of Arabic Language & Literature applying historical, comparative, descriptive methodologies and analyzing the Quranic text, themes, genres and modern trends in Arabic literature and Criticism.

Program Objectives

1. To update and enhance the knowledge of scholars in Arabic Language & Literature.
2. To familiarize the scholars with the new trends in  Arabic Literature and Arabic Language studies to produce quality research at PhD level
3. To enhance the knowledge of scholars in theories of translation
4. To equip scholars  with skills to analyze  Qura’nic text,
5. To enhance the knowledge of scholars in themes, genres and new trends in Arabic literature-prose & poetry  to produce research at PhD level
6. To equip scholars with the knowledge and skills of new trends in Arabic Criticism to produce related research
7. To help the scholars to find out new domains for their research work from contemporary Arabic Language & Literature.
8. To apprise scholars with advanced knowledge of modern Arabic literary critiques.
9. To apprise scholars with contemporary Arabic prose and poetry.
10. To equip scholars with techniques to analyze literary texts semantically and phonetically.

PhD Arabic 1st

PhD Arabic 2nd 

Thesis: 18 Credit Hours

                                         Total: 09+09+06+18=42

• PHD Level
• Evening Shift
• 10 Semester(s)
• 3 Years Year(s)
• 09+09+06+18=42 Cr.

a. MS/MPhil Degree (18 years of education with 6 credit hrs. research) in relevant discipline from HEC recognized University with minimum 3.0 out of 4.0 CGPA under semester system OR 1st Division under annual system.
b. Selection in the respective program will be subject to availability of seats, merit based on academic qualification, valid GRE International / NTS / NUML devised GAT- subject score and interview.
c. Applicants with valid GRE International/GAT-Subject from NTS will have to pass written/subjective portion of NUML GAT-S (as per schedule of respective Faculties) to secure admission.
d. Candidate qualified for interview will have to submit and present a Statement of Purpose1500-2000 words (inclusive of title of research, intended field, potential research and passion for area of research) for PhD studies at the time of interview.
e. For Management Sciences only: Candidates who have completed 30 credit hours of coursework in the case of professional degrees at the master's level, such as MBA and MS in Project Management are also eligible. However, preference will be given to those who have MS Degree with research at Level-7.