Higher Education Commission, Pakistan
Established in 1974 initially as the University Grants Commission (UGC), the Higher Education Commission (also known as HEC) is Pakistan’s statutory regulator for higher education in Pakistan. The main functions are funding, overseeing, regulating and accrediting the higher education institutions in the country.
The HEC is also responsible for formulating higher education policy and quality assurance to meet the international standards as well as providing accrediting academic degrees, uplift of existing institutions in Pakistan and development of new institutions.
HEC has main head-office in Islamabad and four regional centres located around Pakistan (Karachi, Quetta, Lahore, Peshawar). The core function of these centres is to facilitate Institutions of Higher Learning in the region and provide a wide range of HEC services to different universities, faculty members, students as well as general public, as a key geographical site and acts as a hub for the people of this region.
Address of Head Office in Islamabad: Sector H-9, East Service Road, IslamabadT. Phone: (051) 9040 0000
Services offered in Islamabad Head-office are:
- Degree Attestation System
- Digital Library
- Education Testing Council
- Ehsaas Undergraduate Scholarship Program
- English Language Teaching Reforms Project
- Equivalence Degree Issuance
- Faculty Appointment Criteria
- Faculty Development Program for Pakistani Universities
- Faculty Exchange Program
- Finance Planning
- Grant Challenge Fund (GCF)
- Grant for Repair and Maintenance of Scientific Equipment
- Grant of No Objection Certificate (NOC) to Foreign Students
- Grant to Organize Seminar, Conference and Training Workshop
- Grievance Redressal Portal
- HEC Distinguished National Professors
- HEC Outstanding Research Awards
- HEC Research Travel Grant
- Higher Education Commission Library
- Imagine Academy Program
- Innovative & Collaborative Research Grant
- Institute Level Evaluation
- Institutional Strengthening Grant for Upgrading Laboratories and Libraries
- Knowledge Exchange Initiatives
- Library Support Grant
- Local Challenge Fund (LCF)
- MS M.Phil Review Committee
- Master Trainers Faculty Development Program
- Monitoring & Evaluation Division
- National Academy of Higher Education (NAHE)
- National Awards For Best University Teachers
- National Research Program for Universities
- Offices of Research, Innovation and Commercialization
- PERIDOT Research Program
- PM’s National Laptop Scheme
More information about HEC can be checked at HEC Website accessible at