No regular seats at public sector universities in key disciplines

A limited number of seats on regular basis with normal fee are available in all the departments except MBA, Computer Science and Economics. Only one discipline, M.Sc Gender Studies offers all seats on regular basis as per regional quota.  Ten additional seats on self-financed basis are being offered in each discipline except in Pakistan Studies, Psychology and Faculty of Biological Sciences where 15, 20 & 3 seats in each discipline are on self-financed basis respectively.

Students pay tuition fee Rs 42,000 per semester for admission to MBA and M.Sc Computer Science and Rs 32,000 for M.Sc and MPA in all disciplines, in addition to other dues and charges.  

As a top university of the country, it gets extra amount of funds as compared to other universities and the students come from across the country because of regional-based quota system but in terms of fee structure there is no relaxation for the students.

Another public sector university, International Islamic University Islamabad (IIUI), offers all the courses in Faculty of Management Sciences and Faculty of Engineering & Technology on self-financed basis. In the disciplines of MBA, BBA, Ph.D, MS (Management Sc.), BS, MS and Ph.D in Electronic Engineering, no seat is available on regular basis.