The COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT) in collaboration with Higher Education Commission (HEC) organized a Five Week GRE Training which started on November 6, 2017. The training session was attended by some 50 HEC candidates of whom 13 were the CIIT nominees.

The closing ceremony was held on Friday, December 22, 2017 at 6:30 pm in the Academic Block 3 (Bio-Sciences) Building. Dr. Mahmood-ul-Hassan Butt (Consultant to HEC) and Ms. Fareeha Arguman (Senior Project Manager - HEC) were present at the ceremony.

The ceremony started with the recitation from the Glorious Quran. This was followed by a talk of Dr. Mahmood-ul-Hasan Butt, who congratulated the participants on successfully completing the training and assured them that the HEC would continue assisting and guiding them in successfully obtaining admission and scholarship in the top universities of the USA. He further encouraged the participants to excel in academic scholarship and to return back to Pakistan so as serve this nation. Ms. Fareeha Arguman informed to the participants about the GRE mock exam facility at United States Education Foundation in Pakistan (USEFP), Islamabad and shared the tentative dates for appearing for the mock test especially allocated for the participants of this training. She also informed that the 2nd Phase of the US-Pakistan Knowledge Corridor program has started and they are now accepting applications.  Furthermore, she acknowledged the role of the CIIT in organizing this training and recognized the CIIT as partner in holding the HEC- GRE Talent Farming Workshop and Trainings. 

The session was concluded with a special session on Writing Skills by Mr. Tariq Aqeel of USEFP in which exercises on how to write Mission Statement & Research Objective Statement were covered which constitutes an integral part of US PhD application. The participants of the training acknowledged the usefulness of the training and comfortable learning environment provided at the CIIT.

The said training was coordinated and organized by the office of Planning, Development and Human Resource Development (P & D and HRD), CIIT Islamabad.