Usama Latif

Education

The whole path, in order, with the marks.

Recruiters sometimes get confused by my education, because it did not run in a straight line. Work took me abroad in the middle of it. So here is the whole thing, in order, with the marks.

  1. 2017

    BISE Gujranwala

    Matric, SSC Science

    BISE Gujranwala

    Result
    865 out of 1100. Grade A, about 78.6 percent.
    Subjects
    Science subjects.

    The base of everything that came after. This is also the period when I started learning design on the side.

  2. 2019

    BISE Gujranwala

    Intermediate, ICS (General Science)

    BISE Gujranwala

    Result
    690 out of 1100. Grade B, 62.7 percent, 1st division.
    Subjects
    Computer Science as the main subject.

    College was not the only thing I was doing. Alongside it I was learning CorelDRAW and design software part time, and working at AB Printing Press.

  3. 2019 to 2022

    Allama Iqbal Open University

    BS English

    Allama Iqbal Open University

    Status
    Studied up to the fifth semester. Paused when I moved abroad.
    Subjects
    English.

    I took admission in 2019 and studied up to my fifth semester alongside my full-time job at Alismart.

    In February 2022 I moved to Dubai for work, and I had to drop the programme in the fifth semester. Work took me abroad and the degree paused. It did not end there.

  4. 2023

    University of Gujrat

    Associate Degree in Arts

    University of Gujrat

    Result
    470 out of 800. 58.75 percent, 2nd Division. Result declared 14 December 2023.
    Subjects
    Arts, as an external candidate.

    In 2023 I came home to Pakistan from Dubai for one month of vacation. In that month I took admission at the University of Gujrat as an external candidate and sat the composite annual examinations for both years of the degree in a single examination cycle.

    I cleared both years in one go. The result was declared while I was already back at work in Dubai.

    Two years of examinations, one cycle, fitted into a one month break from a full-time job abroad. This is my highest completed qualification.

  5. 2025 to present

    Virtual University of Pakistan

    In progress

    BS English (Applied Linguistics)

    Virtual University of Pakistan

    Status
    In progress. Finishing Fall 2027.
    Subjects
    English language teaching, linguistics and literature.

    After I returned to Pakistan permanently in 2025, I took admission in BS English again, this time as a top up: I entered directly into the fifth semester on the strength of my Associate Degree.

    It is fully online, and I study alongside my full-time job.

    My courses this semester are ENG518, ENG511, ENG516, ENG513, ENG529 and ENG510.