School of Post Graduate Studies


The postgraduate education in Dow University of Health Sciences is conducted under the supervision of the School of Postgraduate Studies which is headed by the Principal. The University bodies such as Board of Advanced Studies and Research (BASR), Institutional (ethical) Review Board (IRB) and Scientific Committee facilitates and monitors both the research activity and the overall programs.

Promotion Policy


The courses taught at the University shall be of two types

a- Core Course

A course whose teaching is a fundamental requirement of the program.

b- Non-Core Course

The course may be taught independently without affecting the teaching of any subsequent course of the program.

Policy # 1

Student shall be promoted from odd to even semester even if s/he has not cleared some of the courses of the odd semester. However s/he will have to clear all courses of both semesters of the year in the re-take examination before being allowed to be promoted to the next year.

Applicable to following programs:

PhD MS-TMTT
MPhil MDS (Basic & Clinical)
MSAPT MHPE
MPH MSBE
MSN  
MS-BPHY  

Policy # 2

  • Where the program consists of many non-core courses, student may be allowed to the next semester s/he cleared 80% of the courses of the previous semester.
  • S/he will have to join the failed course on the earliest occasion, the University offers this course.
  • Clearance of the core courses is however mandatory for promotion to the next semester. (e.g. 8 courses out of 10)

Promotion Policy Applicable to MBA Programs Only:

Policy # 3

  • Retake Examination will be conducted after even semester.
  • Minimum Passing Marks of Semester Examination should be 63%.
  • The candidates getting 55% to 62% marks will be considered as a Minor Failure and promoted to the next semester subject to aggregate of the year meeting the minimum passing marks criteria. They will not have to Re-take if the average of two semesters is 63%.
  • The candidates getting 41% to 54% marks will be considered as a major failure and required to appear in Re-Take examination. If they failed the Re-take they will be promoted to the third semester but will have to clear all semester before comprehensive examination.
  • The candidates getting 40% and below in the Re-take should repeat the study program.

Applicable to Diploma Programs