Convocation

These are regular medals on academic basis and some special medals that are sponsored by different organizations.

Special Note:

All medals and awards including (Patron’s and Rector’s Medals, Rector’s Academic Excellence Award, Certificate of Excellence, Special Medal Awards, Rector’s Award for Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Rector’s Research Recognition Awards, Faculty Research Award, Extra Curricular Medals) shall be given in the main convocation being held in November / December each year.

The medals and awards including (Patron’s and Rector’s Medals, Rector’s Academic Excellence Award, Certificate of Excellence) shall only be given in the other convocation being held in March / April each year.

Patron’s and Rector’s Medal

This award is given to the graduating participants of the following degree programs, on the convocation day, who achieve the highest CGPA at exit point in the respective program, as per the following criteria:

1. All Bachelors Programs only.
2. The graduate must have a minimum CGPA of 3.80.
3. The medal will be given to the graduate(s) who score highest CGPA in each program.

Other Conditions:

1. The graduate must have completed her/his degree program in the stipulated time.
2. There should be no “F”, “SA” or “W” grade in the academic program.
3. There should be no repeat course for grade improvement.
4. Transfer cases (External/Internal) shall not be considered for the medal.
5. The graduate should not have been penalized as a result of disciplinary action and/or unfair means.

This award is given to the graduating participants of the following degree programs, on the convocation day, as per the following criteria:

1. All Bachelors Programs only.
2. The graduate must have a minimum CGPA of 3.70.
3. The medal will be given to the graduate(s) who score second highest CGPA in each program.

Other Conditions:

1. The graduate must have completed her/his degree program in the stipulated time.
2. There should be no “F”, “SA” or “W” grade in the academic program.
3. There should be no repeat course for grade improvement.
4. Transfer cases (External/Internal) shall not be considered for the medal.
5. The graduate should not have been penalized as a result of disciplinary action and/or unfair means.

Rector’s Academic Excellence Award

This award is given to the graduating participants of the following degree programs, on the convocation day, who achieve the highest CGPA at exit point in the respective program, as per the following criteria:

  The graduate must have obtained a minimum CGPA of 3.80 in the following programs:

All Masters Programs (equivalent to 16-years of education)

1. 1. MBA (Professional) 1.5 Years / MBA (Evening) 1.5 Years
   2. MBA (Evening) 2 Years
   3. Executive MBA
   4. Executive MBA (Weekend)
   5. The runners-up in each program, having a minimum CGPA of 3.70, will be awarded “Certificate of Excellence.”

Conditions:

 The graduate must have completed her/his degree program in the stipulated time.

1. There should be no “F”, “SA” or “W” grade in the academic program.
2. There should be no repeat course for grade improvement.
3. Transfer cases (External/Internal) shall not be considered for the medal.
4. The graduate should not have been penalized as a result of disciplinary action and/or unfair means. 

Dr Hasan Sohaib Murad Medal Award

Dr Hasan Sohaib Murad Medal Award is to be awarded to an outstanding PhD graduate. The recipient of Dr Hasan Sohaib Murad Medal Award will also be granted a cash award. The candidates for the Medal Award must fulfill the following conditions:

1. The graduate must have completed her/his degree program within 5 Years. In case of a tie, preference will be given to the candidate who complete the degree program within the minimum time duration.
2. The graduate must have obtained a minimum CGPA of 3.50 in PhD course work.
3. There should be no “F”, “SA” or “W” grade in the degree program and no course should have been repeated.
4. The candidate must have 1^st division in his/her academic career*.
5. External/Internal transfer cases shall not be considered for the medal.
6. The graduate must have passed the course work within 1.5 years.
7. The graduate must have passed PhD Comprehensive Exam in the first attempt within first 2-years from the date of admission in PhD program.
8. Depending upon the nature of the misconduct or severity of the case, the student’s disciplinary committee may recommend cancellation of a medal.
9. The graduate must have published in HEC recognized journal(s).
10. The published article(s) must be based on her/his PhD research work, and the affiliation of the publication should be shown to be with UMT and endorsed by the PhD Supervisor.
11. The graduate must be the first author of her/his research article/s.

The merit will be worked out as per distribution below:

*If no candidate qualifies, 2^nd division shall be considered in the relevant discipline.

Dr Hasan Sohaib Murad Medal Award

Criteria for Funded Projects 

Criteria for Publications

The following criteria is applicable for the journal publications effective from July 1, 2020 onwards:

The following criteria is applicable for the journal publications effective till June 30, 2020:

Impact Factor Journal Publications

Social Sciences and Humanities

Pure and Applied Sciences

Local Journal Publications