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1. An Introduction
STEM Careers Programme
www.stem.edu.pk
stem_hec NSTCpk stemcareerNSTC

2. 01 Introduction
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STEM Careers Program (SCP) is a joint venture of Higher
Education Commission (HEC) & Pakistan Institute of
Engineering and Applied Science (PIEAS)

3. Mission
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•ToinspireyouthoftheNationtooptforcareersin
Science,Technology,EngineeringandMathematics
(STEM)andpreparingthemforparticipationinthe
annualInternationalOlympiadsinPhysics,Chemistry,
BiologyandMathematics.
•Toencourageengineeringstudentstocomeupwith
innovativesolutionstoproblemsofnationalinterest
preferablyrelatedtolocalindustryandR&D.

4. Timeline from NPTC to NSTC
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•1995
•National Physics Talent Contest (NPTC),
which was initiated by PIEAS in 1995.
2001
Pakistan is regularly participating in the
International Physics Olympiad since 2001
2003 HEC& PIEAS Joint Venture
2004 Initiate NMTC through NSTC in 2004
2005 Included (NBTC) & (NCTC) in NSTC

5. NSTC
National Science Talent Contest (NSTC)
strives to address the first part of the mission
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1.National
Biology
Talent
Contest
(NBTC)
National
Chemistry
Talent
Contest
(NCTC)
National
Mathematics
Talent
Contest
(NMTC)
National
Physics
Talent
Contest
(NPTC)

6. Home Institutes of NSTC
•National Institute for Biotechnology and
•Genetic Engg. (NIBGE),,Faisalabad
Biology
•H.E.J Institute of Chemistry, University of
•Karachi.
Chemistry
•COMSATS University, Lahore Campus.Mathematics
•Pakistan Institute of Engineering & Applied
•Sciences, Islamabad (PIEAS)
Physics

7. Selection Process
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1.Students, who scored an aggregate of 60% or more
marks in Pre 9
th
,9th ,10th ,O Levels , F. Sc (Part-I) , A
Level (Part-I) can apply.
50participants in each of the NSTC subjects are
selected through Nationwide Screening Test conducts
in the 19Major Cities
Olympiad teams of 4-6 students are shortlisted through
a series of subsequent training.

8. NSTC Screening Test Centers
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Before 2018 in 2018 (added 10 more)
01:Islamabad /Rawalpindi 10: Gilgit 19: Sargodha
02: Karachi 11: Abbottabad
03: Lahore 12: Bahawalpur
04 :Peshawar 13: Swat
05: Faisalabad 14: Muzaffarabad
06: Multan 15: Gujrat
07: Quetta 16: Gujranwala
08: Hyderabad 17: DIKhan
09: Sukkur 18: Chitral
ScreeningTestCentersin19majorcities

9. STEM OUTREACH ACROSS PAKISTAN
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Last year the candidates from 639 cities
participated in NSTC-20. This is 3-fold increase
since 2018

10. GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF NSTC
PARTICIPANTS 2005-2023
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11. International Science Olympiad’s requirements
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Eligibility Criteria
Schedule & nature
Team Members
Members Physics MathematicsBiologyChemistry
Participants 05 06 04 04
Team
Leader,
Dy. Team
Leader
02 02 02 02
1: All in July every year
2: Practical and theoretical exams with in 7-9
days activities
1: Age less than 20 years
2: Not a University student

12. Award criteria in ISOs
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Next 25-32%
receive Bronze
Medal
Next 17-25%
receive
Silver medal
Top 8-12%
students
receives
Gold medal
Honorable
Mention
Bronze Medal
Silver Medal
Gold Medal
The criteria for
awarding an
Honorable mention is
different in each ISO

13. 03
Progress and Achievements

14. Achievements & Progress (2001-2023)
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> 50000
candidates have appeared
in screening test
>240
Training camps conducted
>350
ISO participants
>4000
students have gone through
STEM training camps

15. Achievements & Progress (2001-2023)
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Awards No’s
Silver (SM) 04
Bronze (BM) 63
Honorable Mention (HM) 64
Merit Certificate 1
Special Prizes 2
Total 134

16. Subject Wise Achievements
16
Subject
Silver
Medal
Bronze
Medal
Honourable
Mention
Merit
Certificate
& Special
Prizes
Total
Physics 011131 0 43
Mathematics010822 0 31
Biology 0222 7 1 32
Chemistry 02204 0228

17. NSTC -18 Activities
A total of sixteen, one-week fully residential & online
training camps
In July 2022, following Pakistan Teams participated
physically in ISOs
63rd International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO-63) held in
Oslo, Norway
33rd International Biology Olympiad (IBO-33) in Yerevan,
Armenia.
While the remaining two teams of Chemistry & Physics
participated in the online sessions of 54th International
Chemistry Olympiad (IChO-54) and 52nd International
Physics Olympiad (IPhO-52).
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18. NSTC -19 Activities
A total of sixteen, one-week fully residential & online
training camps
In July 2023, all Teams participated physically in ISOs
64
th
International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO-64) held in
Chiba, Japan.
34
th
International Biology Olympiad (IBO-33) held in UAE
55
th
International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO-54) held in ETH
Zurich
53
rd
International Physics Olympiad (IPhO-52) held in Tokyo,
Japan.
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19. NSTC-18 and NSTC -19
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•02Bronze and 06Honourable
Mentions
ISO 2022
•02Bronze and 04Honourable
Mentions
ISO 2023

20. Leading Schools and Colleges
•Agha Khan Higher Secondary School (GB|
•Science Schools
•Danish Schools (Punjab)
•Lahore Grammar School (LHR)
•Sundar STEM School (LHR)
•NixorCollege (KHI)
•FG SirSyedCollege(RWP)
•Punjab Colleges(PK)
•Siddique Public School (RWP, ISB)
•Aitchison College (LHR)
•Cadet College Hassan Abdal
•Beaconhouse School(ISB,LHR,KHI)
•Karachi Grammar School (KHI)
•SiddeqSchool
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21. Initiatives
•Participation of teachers from schools in training camps
•Continuous engagement with schools/colleges for
continuous participation in training camps
•Engagement with NSTC Alumni to achieve their active
participation in the programme.
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22. National Engineering Competitions
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National Engineering Competition (NEC) strives to address
the second part of the mission
NEC
DBCNERC DBFC
National Engineering Robotics Contest is
a joint project of NUST and STEM
Careers Programme to promote research
in robotics and its related fields in
Pakistan.Since 2003
Design, Build and fly competition is
a nationwide competition, organized
by the GIK Institute in collaboration
with STEM Careers Programme.

23. NERC-2022 and NERC-2023
HeldatNUSTCEMEfromJul19-23.
ThefocusofNERC2022themewas
tocreateanautonomousrobotthat
cansimulateFruitHarvestingtasks.A
totalof73teamsfrom19institutesof
thecountrytookpartinthecontestin
bothcategories.
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Held at NUST CEME from July 11-15,
2023. A total of 163 teams from 33
institutes took part in the contest. The
winner NERC 2023 Modular Category
was team “Murphy” from Baitussalam,
Talagang.

24. DBFC-15 and DBFC-16
DBFC-15washeldonlinefromFeb.11-
March17,2022duetoCovidrestrictions.
17teamsfromalloverPakistan
participatedintheeventafterinitial
screening
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DBFC-16washeldonNovember25-27,
2022atGIKInstitute.20teams
participatedfromdiversebackgrounds
fromalloverPakistan.

25. Benefits of Participation & Opportunities
•PIEAS gives admission to
Participants of ISO without entry
test.
•Last 5 years, 29 students
secured international
undergraduate scholarships in
prestigious institutions like MIT,
Stanford, Carnegie Mellon, and
Oxford.
•Cash prizes and Awards
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26. Success Stories
MIT -BS Mathematics
Alumni NSTC-14(IMO)-SUALEH ASIF

27. Success Stories
GIKI -BS Mechanical
Engineering
Alumni NSTC-6(IPhO)-MufaddalAbid Marvi
Co Founder Raj Solar
1st Proud manufacturer of Solar
Water Heaters in Pakistan

28. Success Stories
BS Physics and Aero/Astro
Engineering, Stanford
Alumni NSTC-2(IPhO)-
Fahad Mehmood
Leading Research group of
Femtosecond Manipulation of Quantum
Materials at University of Illinois Urbana
champaign

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Careers Programme