COMSATS University Islamabad
Registrar Office, Principal Seat, Islamabad
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NOTIFICATION

Scheme of Studies of Doctor of Philosophy in Physics for Spring 2024

It is Hereby notified that the Academic Council in its 13th Meeting held on June 04, 2012 approved the following Scheme of studies of the Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, PhD (Phy) with effect from at CIIT system.
1. Minimum Duration:  Years
2. Maximum Duration: 0 Years
4. Maximum Semesters: 0 
Course WorkMin No. of CoursesMin No. of Credit Hrs
1  Core Courses
01
03
2  Elective Courses
05
15
3  PhD Research Thesis
-
09

Note:

8. Admission to MS and PhD programs at CUI will adhere to existing criteria, with relevance of prior degrees being crucial. If deemed necessary, additional courses may be required to rectify deficiencies. Approval for admission within the CUI System is contingent upon the relevance of the previous degree as per Notification No: CUI-Reg/Notif-458/23/493, dated February 28, 2023, stating that the decision made by the Board of Advanced Studies and Research (BASAR) during its meeting on November 30, 2022, stipulated that admission within the CUI System shall be contingent upon possession of a relevant prior degree. In instances where doubts regarding the relevance of a prior degree arise, the determination of relevance thereof shall be made by the respective Dean irrespective of title of the prior degree, based on recommendations put forth by the respective Campus Admission Committee, HoD, and Chairperson, on a case-by-case basis as required. The decision rendered by the Dean in such cases shall be documented within the student's personal file for record-keeping and reference purposes.The additional GRE-Subject test for MS and PhD programs won't be mandatory for such candidates.

9. Furthermore, if the Dean determines that the candidate does not possess the necessary relevant degree, the candidate shall be admitted under the Interdisciplinary category . Additionally, the candidate must undertake the additional GRE-Subject test for MS and PhD programs as a mandatory requirement. Such candidates are required to fulfill all mandatory requirements outlined under the Interdisciplinary clauses. However, if the Dean by following the above procedure decides that the previous degree, irrespective of the title of the degree of the candidate does not fall under the Interdisciplinary category, the candidate shall not be admitted at CUI System.

10. PhD students shall enroll for 09 to 12 credit hours per semester for coursework,with flexibility granted in exceptional cases such as force majeure incidents including inevitable accident,unavoidable casualty, vis major. type of calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune. The Dean may adjust credit hour requirements based on recommendations from the DAC, HoD, and Chairperson. Following coursework, students must register exclusively for a thesis of 06 credit hours each subsequent semester to ensure continuous enrollment throughout their study period.

11. During its 38th meeting, the Academic Council approved the Common Policies, Procedures, and Template of Scheme of Studies for MS and PhD Programs at CUI, aligned with the Higher Education Commission (HEC) Graduate Education Policy (GEP) 2023, with the exception of the above-mentioned paragraphs.
    Credit Hours : Please provide total credit hours for this scheme from manage course schemes


 Course CodeCourse TitleCredit HoursCo-requisite(s)Prerequisite(s)
1 PHY612 Advanced Statistical Mechanics 3(3, 0)



1 PHY612 Advanced Statistical Mechanics 3(3, 0)
Total Elective Courses/Credit Hours Total Elective Courses/Credit Hours
Course CodeCourse TitleCredit HoursCo-requisite(s)Prerequisite (s)
2 PHY673 Antenna Theory 3(3, 0)
3 PHY674 Electromagnetic Shielding 3(3, 0)
4 PHY675 High Frequency Electromagnetics 3(3, 0)
List of Elective Courses
Course CodeCourse TitleCredit HoursCo-requisite(s)Prerequisite (s)
5 PHY527 Quantum Optics I 3(3, 0)
6 PHY602 Quantum Computation II 3(3, 0) PHY501
7 PHY604 Advanced Quantum Physics 3(3, 0)
8 PHY606 Quantum Chromodynamics 3(3, 0) PHY510
9 PHY609 Advanced Electromagnetic Fields and Waves 3(3, 0)
10 PHY610 Integrated Optics 3(3, 0) PHY532
11 PHY611 Quantum Field Theory II 3(3, 0) PHY510
12 PHY617 Gravitation and Cosmology 3(3, 0)
13 PHY618 Particle Physics II 3(3, 0) PHY517
14 PHY620 Condensed Matter Theory 3(3, 0) PHY604
15 PHY621 Materials Science II 3(3, 0) PHY520
16 PHY622 Modern Semiconductor Structures 3(3, 0) PHY531 ,PHY604
17 PHY626 Thermal Transport Mechanism 3(3, 0) PHY604
18 PHY628 Quantum Optics II 3(3, 0) PHY527
19 PHY640 Advances in Thin Film Technology 3(3, 0) PHY520
20 PHY650 Advanced Topics in Magnetism 3(3, 0) PHY550
21 PHY662 Ultrashort Lasers and Optics 3(3, 0) PHY532
22 PHY663 Fourier Optics 3(3, 0)
23 PHY664 Nonlinear Optics 3(3, 0)
24 PHY665 Photonic Mesoscopic Systems 3(3, 0) PHY532 ,PHY604
25 PHY666 Low Temperature Plasma 3(3, 0) PHY540
26 PHY667 Laser-Matter Interactions 3(3, 0)
27 PHY668 Advanced Plasma Theory 3(3, 0)
28 PHY669 Plasma Diagnostics 3(3, 0)
29 PHY670 Modeling and Simulations in Physics 3(3, 0)
30 PHY671 Numerical Methods for PDE 3(3, 0)
31 PHY705 Finite Temperature and Density Field Theory for High Energy 3(3, 0) PHY510
32 PHY706 Particle Collisions 3(3, 0) PHY517 ,PHY570 ,PHY604
33 PHY707 Physics of Early Universe 3(3, 0) PHY617
34 PHY708 Neutrino Physics 3(3, 0) PHY517
35 PHY709 Supersymmetry 3(3, 0) PHY510 ,PHY517
36 PHY710 Kinematics of Nuclear Reactions of High Energies 3(3, 0) PHY517 ,PHY570 ,PHY604
37 PHY719 Quark Gluon Plasma 3(3, 0) PHY510 ,PHY517
38 PHY720 Special Topics in Quantum Optics I 3(3, 0) PHY527
39 PHY721 Special Topics in Quantum Optics II 3(3, 0) PHY527
40 PHY722 Nonlinear Plasma Theory 3(3, 0)
Thesis Thesis
Course CodeCourse TitleCredit HoursCo-requisite(s)Prerequisite (s)
41 PHY900 Thesis 9(0, 9)


Note:

1. PHY604 OR PHY531 are pre-requisites for the course PHY622 Modern Semiconductor Structures. 2. PHY503 OR Basic course on electromagnetic theory or Equivalent are pre-requisite for the course PHY663 Fourier Optics till Spring 2018. 3. PHY503 OR Basic course on electromagnetic theory or Equivalent are pre-requisite for the course PHY664 Nonlinear Optics till Spring 2018. 4. PHY604 or PHY532 are pre-requisite for the course PHY665 Photonic Mesoscopic Systems. 5. PHY517 OR PHY604 OR PHY570 are pre-requisite for the course PHY706 Particle Collisions. 6. PHY510 OR PHY517are pre-requisite for the course PHY709 Supersymmetry.
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