Explore BS English (Language and Literature) – QUEST Nawabshah at University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar, including duration, eligibility and connected admission resources.

BS English (Language and Literature) at QUEST Nawabshah is a four-year, eight-semester degree listed in the Batch-26 (2026) admission notice under BS Studies, with seats in the morning shift. It is the university’s only humanities degree and sits administratively in the Faculty of Science.

Program Overview

The programme combines English language skills with literary study: grammar and composition, phonetics and phonology, linguistics, English poetry, drama and fiction from the Renaissance to the modern period, literary criticism, South Asian writing in English, ELT methodology, research methods and translation. Later semesters allow some specialisation between the linguistics and the literature strands.

It is a good option for students from arts, science or commerce backgrounds who are strong in English and are aiming at teaching, media, civil-service or further study. Admission is on the BS criteria, which require at least 50 percent marks in intermediate or equivalent.

Quick Facts

Degree	BS (4-year)
Duration	4 years (8 semesters, semester system since Batch-17) – Source: QUEST undergraduate programmes page
Department / Faculty	Department of English (Language and Literature), Faculty of Science
Campus	QUEST main campus, Sakrand Road, Nawabshah (Shaheed Benazirabad), Sindh
Intake	Once a year (Batch-26 for 2026; applications opened 25 April 2026)
Official page	quest.edu.pk/programmes/undergraduate.php

Eligibility Criteria

QUEST admits BS students on the basis of HSC-II, DAE or an equivalent qualification with no less than 50 percent marks (Hifz and grace marks not counted), passed between the 2021 annual examination and 2026, as stated in the Batch-26 admission notice. Pre-engineering, pre-medical and computer science groups are all considered for BS degrees, though the notice says admission of pre-medical candidates to BS Physics needs HEC permission. Regular and self-finance seats are for candidates domiciled in Sindh; applicants from other provinces can apply only under the self-finance scheme, and some seats are reserved for overseas Pakistanis and differently-abled candidates. All applicants must sit the QUEST Pre-Admission Test and score at least 40 marks. Source: quest.edu.pk/news/212.

Admission Process

Register on the QUEST online admission portal at admissions.quest.edu.pk and fill in the application form (Batch-26 applications opened on 25 April 2026).
Generate the processing-fee challan from the portal and deposit it at any HBL branch; self-finance applicants also submit a bank draft in favour of the Director Finance, QUEST.
Upload a blue-background photograph and the paid challan before the deadline (24 May 2026 for Batch-26).
Download the admit slip from your portal account and appear in the computer-based Pre-Admission Test, held at QUEST Nawabshah from 9 June 2026 on a district-wise schedule.
Check the merit list on the portal, attend the interview or document verification if called, and pay the admission fee to confirm your seat.

Full details of the cycle are on our QUEST Admissions 2026 (Batch-26) record and the QUEST Pre-Admission Test page. Source: official QUEST admission notice.

Fee Structure

The 2026 admission notice gives a one-time self-finance fee for this programme of Rs. 525,000 (self-finance, one-time), inclusive of government tax. Overseas and foreign applicants pay US$ 6,000 by demand draft. Semester fees for regular (merit) seats are not stated in the notice, so check the official website or prospectus for the regular fee schedule. Source: QUEST admission notice Batch-26 (2026), quest.edu.pk admission advertisement PDF.

Career Scope in Pakistan

English graduates take up teaching posts in schools, colleges and language academies, work as content writers, editors, translators and communication officers, prepare for CSS and PCS examinations, and join media and public-relations teams. An MPhil or MS afterwards leads to lecturer positions in colleges and universities, including at engineering universities such as QUEST that need English faculty.

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