HEC plans to make HAAT test mandatory for PhD admissions

The Education Testing Council says subject committees have been set up for 89 disciplines, and the first phase approved test designs for 48 of them with 81 universities taking part.

HEC plans to make the HAAT test compulsory for PhD admissions across Pakistan.

The Education Testing Council is building the test to give universities one common assessment method.

Test designs for 48 PhD disciplines were approved in the first phase.

Subject committees have been set up for 89 disciplines in total, so 41 are still to be covered.

Development of the test began in May 2026.

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