The OGDCL-HEC Need-Based Scholarship Program is focused on offering chances for entry to higher education, particularly to impoverished applicants from OGDCL’s operating and concessional regions who, although having academic merit, are unable to fund their studies. The award pays for tuition, room, and board.
In a meeting held on December 21, 2016, the OGDCL management authorized the programme for a total cost of Rs.141 million. Oil and Gas Development Company Limited is funding the project as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility efforts.
To enable academically qualified and financially needy students from OGDCL’s operational and concessional areas to pursue higher education in the fields of engineering, business administration, law, archaeology, defence and strategic studies, gender studies, history, sociology, animal sciences, biochemistry, microbiology, electronics, physics, math, IT, and Pak studies at selected public sector universities in Pakistan. Depending on OGDCL management’s decision, the offered discipline among the proposed disciplines may change from semester to semester.
Oil & Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) offers scholarships for destitute students to study undergraduate and graduate courses in Engineering, Business administration, Law, Archaeology, Defense and Strategic Studies, Gender studies, History, Sociology, Animal Sciences, Biochemistry, Microbiology, Electronics, Physics, Maths, IT, and Pak Studies. The program is consistent with the HEC’s goals to support financially deserving students, widen access to quality education, and encourage academic interest in fields that are vital to Pakistan’s Economic Development. The program has especially been designed to benefit the students belonging to OGDCL’s operational/concessional districts.
Eligibility Criteria for OGDCL Scholarship
The applicant must be a Pakistani belonging to operational & concessional districts of Oil & Gas Development Company Limited.
Financial assistance & scholarships are available for study at undergraduate & graduate levels in the prescribed disciplines at the selected 9 Pakistani universities
Note:
- All scholarships in Quaid-e-Azam University are offered for 02 years Masters’ Programs only.
- All scholarships in International Islamic University Islamabad are offered for Bachelors only.
- All scholarships in Engineering disciplines in various universities are offered for Bachelors only.
- Male and female students have an equal chance of getting selected, students from both genders are highly appreciated to apply. This allocation is especially for those students coming from remote and vulnerable areas of OGDCL Operations / Concessions of Pakistan, who are financially needy and meet admission criteria of the selected 9 partner universities/ degree awarding institutions.
Students need to compete for securing admission in the approved disciplines at the participating institutions as per admission policy of the institution and be enrolled in Undergraduate (3 and 4 years) and Graduate (2 Years) programs
Only those students who are enrolled in first semester/professional year in the respective courses offered by the participating institutions are eligible to apply.
The eligibility of a candidate is linked to neediness, as determined by the financial background of his/her family.
How to Apply for OGDCL Scholarship
All the Eligible Candidate can apply for OGDCL Scholarship through their respective University.
- Download the Application form from Here.
- Attached the required documents mentioned in the form & Submit it.
Last Date:
31 January 2021
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