Government of Pakistan

Planning Commission
Ministry of Planning, Development & Reform
National Endowment Scholarships For Talent (NEST)
(A Company incorporated with SECP under section 42 of Companies Ordinance 1984)

STUDENT LOAN FACILITY FOR OVERSEES POST GRADUATE STUDENTS (MASTERS) FOR 2016-17
National Endowment Scholarships For Talent (NEST) is a public sector non-profit organization under
vision 2025. NEST is pleased to announce financial assistance in the shape of interest free loan for
deserving students who have obtained admission in top ranking universities in the world.
ELIGIBILITY
Under the scheme the students are eligible to apply for loans provided:
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S/he has obtained admission on merit through normal course/procedure in a university among
top 200 Universities in the world.
S/he must be under age of 30 at the time of admission in the University.
S/he has secured 3.5 GPA in the latest examination.
S/he has undertaken the study of the subjects given below.
His/Her parents/guardian income is below Rs. 500,000/- per anum from all sources.

PURPOSE OF LOAN
The loan facility will be available for entire duration (02 YEARS) of the study for:
University Fee
Boarding expenses
Procurement of textbooks
Loan facility will be available for actual study expenditures subject to maximum limit of Rs. 1.0 million
for each year (Rs. 2.0 million for entire study programme).
REPAYMENT
The maximum period of repayment of loan is 10-Years from the date of disbursement of first
installment. The borrower shall repay the loan in 20 equal bi-annually installments after six months from
the date of first employment or one year from the date of completion of studies, whichever is earlier.

APPROVED DISCIPLINES
Engineering/Technology
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2.
3.
4.
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11.

Nanotechnology
Electronics
Textile
Food
Medicinal and Cosmetic
Herbs
Water Engineering &
Management
Highway Engineering
Railroad engineering
Port and Harbor
Engineering
Sustainable energy
engineering &
Technology
Environmental
engineering

Basic Sciences

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Physics
Chemistry
Math
Computing
Molecular
biology/genetic
engineering

Liberal Arts & Sciences

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Economics
Cluster Development
Big Data
Statistics
Peace and Conflict
Studies
6. Art intelligence
Management
1. International Business
and Finance

2. Management
3. Tourism Marketing and
Management
4. Operation Management
5. Urban & town planning
and Management
6. Natural Resource
Management (emphasis
on water)
7. Health care management
and planning
Health Care
1. Community health
2. Epidemiology
3. Vaccine Production and
Research
4. Clinical research
5. Biostatistics

QUOTA
For the study session 2016-17 the loan facility will be provided as per the following quota

Punjab
Sindh
Baluchistan
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

04 students
04 students
04 students
04 students

Islamabad
Azad Jammu & Kashmir
FATA
Gilgit Baltistan

Preference will be given to Orphans and needy students.

01 student
01 student
01 student
01 student

OTHER INFORMATION

Application forms are available at www.pc.gov.pk.

The students desirous of availing loan under the Scheme may apply on prescribed form for
financial assistance subject to him/her having got admission in the Universities aforementioned.
Applicants are required to send their applications on the prescribed form, duly completed in all
respect, to the NEST office.
Incomplete applications shall not be entertained.
Last date to submit the applications is 25th August 2016.