PMDC MDCAT Registration 2024
Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (Pm&Dc) issued Public Notice MDCat-2024 for Admissions in MBBS/BDS Institutions. The Council is pleased to announce that MDCAT-2024 Examination will be conducted nationally and internationally on 22nd September 2024 (Sunday), through Admitting Universities of all Provinces, Islamabad and Gilgit Baltistan. PMDC MDCAT Registration 2024 are open now. The paper-based exam will be conducted simultaneously at all Centre’s/Venues. The details of the Universities and their venues are as follows:
1. Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Medical University (Islamabad, AJK & International)
2. University of Health Sciences, Lahore (Punjab).
3.Khyber Medical University (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)
4. Dow University of Health Sciences Karachi (Sindh).
5. Bolan University of Medical & Health Sciences Quetta, (Baluchistan).
6. Karakoram International University Konodass Gilgit Baltistan.
Fee Schedule
PMDC MDCAT Registration fee schedule 2024 is given below. The single fee for PMDC MDCAT Registration 2024 is Rs.8000. Students must pay the fee within given period. After the due date the candidate have to pay Rs. 12000 for PMDC MDCAT Registration 2024.
| Event | Fee for PMDC MDCAT Registration 2024 |
| Registration Fee for Exam in Pakistan (Single Fee) for PMDC MDCAT Registration 2024 | Rs.8,000/- (Non-refundable/Non-transferable) |
| Late Registration Fee for Exam in Pakistan( Double Fee) for PMDC MDCAT Registration 2024 After due date | Rs.12,000/- (Non-refundable/Non-transferable) |
| Registration Fee for International Exam Centres for PMDC MDCAT Registration 2024 | Rs. 40,000 (Non-refundable/Non-transferable) |
| Late Registration Fee for International Exam Centres for PMDC MDCAT Registration 2024 | Rs.50,000 (Non-refundable/Non-transferable) |
Entry Test Cities/Stations
MDCAT-2024 will be conducted at following cities/stations (depending upon the viable number of applicants)
| ICT | PUNJAB | SINDH | KPK | AJ&K | BALOCHISTAN | GILGIT | INTERNATINAL |
| Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Medical University Islamabad | Lahore, Gujranwala, Sialkot, Faisalabad, Multan, Bahawalpur D.G. Khan, Sahiwal, Rawalpindi,Sargodha, Gujrat Rahim Yar Khan | Karachi, Jamshoro, Shaheed Benazirabd, Larkana, Sukkur | Peshawar Mardan, Swat, Kohat, Dera Ismail Khan, Abbottad, Lower Dir | Muzaffarabad, Mirpur, Rawalpindi, Rawalkt, | Bolan Universiy of Medical & Health Sciences Quetta | Karakorm Internanal University Konodass Gilgit Baltistan | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Dubai (UAE) |
Choice of Local Centre
The candidates are directed to choose one city/station mentioned above as per their preference for appearance in the Entry Exam. The candidates are advised for their own convenience to choose City/Station nearest to their residence. City/Station once selected cannot be changed for PMDC MDCAT Registration 2024.
Pattern of MDCAT – 2024
Paper Patren for PMDC MDCAT Exams 2024 are given below
- The MDCAT exam will be a multiple-choice, paper-based exam conducted in the English language
- It will consist of 200 MCQs according to the following weightage:
| Subject | No: of MCQs |
| Biology | 68 |
| Chemistry | 54 |
| Physics | 54 |
| English | 18 |
| Logical reasoning | 6 |
| Total | 200 |
| Difficulty Level | |
| Easy | 20% |
| Moderate | 60% |
| Hard | 20% |
| Cognition level | |
| Recall | 70% |
| Application | 30% |
Syllabus of MDCAT – 2024
Exam is competitive for which the syllabus will be available on PM&DC website; www.pmdc.pk for PMDC MDCAT exams.
How to apply
For details of MDCAT 2024 candidates must visit www.pmdc.pk. Candidates can check all the detail for PMDC MDCAT Registration 2024 on website.
Eligibility Criteria
ADMISSIONS
Eligibility for Admission
Eligibility for PMDC MDCAT Registration 2024 are given below
(1) Any person seeking admission in any undergraduate medical or dental college in Pakistan shall be eligible having fulfilled the following mandatory criteria;
a) Have passed the MDCAT examination;
b) obtained a Higher Secondary School Certificate qualification (“HSSC”) or an equivalent 12th grade qualification recognized in Pakistan and having obtained a minimum of sixty percent (60%) marks therein, or a higher percentage as may be notified by the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council; and
c) Passed the mandatory subjects of biology and chemistry. The student may opt to qualify either physics or mathematics in the examination of the Higher Secondary School Certificate or an equivalent 12th grade qualification recognized in Pakistan:
Provided that the mandatory requirement of MDCAT shall not apply to students seeking admission on a special program seat predefined exclusively for foreign students and on the seats reserved for overseas Pakistanis. Such students shall qualify SAT-II with minimum score of 550 in each subject or a foreign MCAT examination or UCAT examination with 50% marks in the subjects as prescribed in Regulation 3
(c). Provided further that a student admitted on a foreign seat shall pay the fee as a foreign student regardless of any change in status of such student during the program of study.
(2) The general principle to be applied shall be that admissions to medical colleges should be concluded prior to admissions of dental colleges, and admissions to the public sector colleges are concluded prior to admissions to private colleges.
| Public Medical Colleges | 31st December each year |
| Private Medical Colleges | 31st January each year |
| Public Dental Colleges | 15th February each year |
| Private Dental Colleges | 28th February each year |
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Schedule of MDCAT Registration 2024
The schedule for PMDC MDCAT Registration 2024 is given below. Registration are start for MDCAT from August 2024. The last date for PMDC MDCAT Registration 2024 is August 19, 2024. After that students can register for MDCAT for late fee from August 20 to August 26, 2024. After the due date no form will be received for PMDC MDCAT Registration 2024.
| Schedule of MDCAT – 2024 Registration | |
| Events | Schedule for PMDC MDCAT Registration 2024 |
| Online Registration Portal for Entry Exam Starts | 5th August 2024 |
| Online Registration Portal for Entry Exam Ends | 19th August 2024 |
| Online Registration Portal for Entry Exam with Late Fee Ends | 20th to 26th August, 2024 |
| MDCAT -2024 Exam | Sunday, 22 September 2024 at (10:00 AM) |
*The test will be conducted simultaneously at all Local Exam Centres; at (10:00AM) PST. For the test at International Centres will be indicated on the admit card.
1. A candidate’s MDCAT result shall be valid for a period of three years from the date of the exam.
2. If a person retakes the MDCAT exam during this period, the person may use the highest attained result to apply to a medical or dental college.
Admissions Process for Government College
Admission process for admission in MBBS is given below
(1) Each province, Gilgit-Baltistan and Islamabad Capital Territory as per the policy and standards approved by the Provincial Governments and Federal Government respectively shall conduct on the dates approved by the Council, a single admission test based on the intermediate or equivalent syllabus for all students seeking admission in undergraduate programs both in public and private medical and dental colleges and universities.
(2) National University of Medical Sciences (NUMS) shall be the Admitting University responsible for admissions in its constituent/affiliated medical/dental colleges/institutes. NUMS admission test shall be considered only for admission in all Armed Forces Administered medical/dental colleges.
(3) The government/admitting university shall formulate the merit and admission criteria for the public colleges as under:
| MDCAT | 50% weightage |
| F.Sc (Pre-Medical)/HSSC/Equivalent | 40% weightage |
| SSC/Matriculation/Equivalent | 10% weightage |
(4) The government may create category of seats in the public colleges for purposes of admission in accordance with applicable law. Subject to Regulation 3 (1) (c) no category shall be created which permits a student who has not qualified the MDCAT or be admitted in violation of the fundamental principle of merit as mandatorily applicable under Article 37(c) of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973.
(5) The final criteria for merit and admission including all category of seats shall be publicly announced by or before 1st September of each year. A copy of the criteria and categories shall be provided to the Council by 1st September of each year.
(6) If any public scholarship or funded program requires seats to be allocated for its program in public colleges, the public authority responsible for such program shall seek and obtain the allocation of the required seats from the respective government or authority in respect of public colleges administered by them by or before 1st August of each year. All quotas and special seats shall be adjusted within the approved seat allocation by the Council for the institution.
(7) Self-finance and foreign quota seats.- (a) All medical and dental institutions may admit students on foreign seats quota upto fifteen percent of their total annual seats allocated by the Council purely on merit.
(b) No candidate shall be eligible for foreign quota seats in the public and private medical and dental institutions under sub regulations (a) unless, he holds a permanent foreign nationality or is an overseas (being a Pakistani citizen permanently resident in a foreign country) Pakistani, and who has studied and passed HSSC 12th grade examination or equivalent from outside Pakistan and is a resident of a foreign country at the time of applying for admission and possess a certificate from the institution last attended to this effect.
(c) Where any seat of foreign or self-finance quota remains vacant due to unavailability of eligible candidates or otherwise, it shall stand transferred to open merit quota and the student shall be charged fee and charges prescribed for open merit seat. An ineligible candidate shall not be admitted against such seats.
(d) The annual quota of foreign seats and self-finance shall not be carried forward to admissions of any subsequent year. Cumulative seats for foreign plus self finance seats admission in a Public medical and dental institution shall not exceed fifteen percent of total allocated seats.
(8) The admission process shall be conducted through an online portal and in a transparent manner with the final merit lists and admission lists being provided to the Council for purposes of review and record on the date of issuance of the merit list and admissions list.
(9) Admissions to medical and dental programs shall be conducted separately and each student shall be required to apply separately to a medical or dental program. A student having not applied to a given program shall not be entitled to admission to such program.
(10) The merit lists shall be made public not later than 15th December and admissions to public medical colleges shall be completed by or before 31st December of each year. Admissions to all special category seats in public medical colleges not being on open merit shall be completed by 10th January of each year. The merit lists shall be made public not later than 10th February and admissions to public dental colleges shall be completed by or before 15th February of each year. Admissions to all special category seats in public dental colleges not being on open merit shall be completed by 28th February of each year.
(11) The final list of admitted students shall be made public by or before the applicable final date notified by the Council pursuant to sub-regulation (2) of regulation 3. Thereafter, upon final verification by the relevant universities with whom the college is affiliated the verified list shall be submitted by the university to the Council in the prescribed manner through PM&DC Online portal within thirty days of completion of the admission. No admission shall be entertained nor any student shall be registered by the Council if not admitted by or before the applicable final date.
(12) No public college shall admit any student beyond the total seats allocated by the Council:
Provided that any students admitted on a special category seat pre-defined exclusively for a Federal Government program for foreign students under bilateral agreements with other countries who have not taken the MDCAT exam may be admitted over and above the allocated seats subject to such over and above admissions not being more than five percent of the total allocated seats of the college.
(13) The admissions in public-sector medical and dental institutions shall be completed by displaying at least three consecutive merit lists by the concerned Admitting Authority University. Institution-wise list of all the successful candidates shall be displayed on the website of the concerned Admitting University. In case of failure to deposit the prescribed admission fee within three working days of display of merit list on the website or notice board of the Admitting University and such candidates shall have no vested right of admission in that year. The vacant seats occurring on account of non- deposit of prescribed admission fee within the stipulated period by selected candidates in first or second merit list shall be allocated to candidates who are next in merit, by displaying the third merit list. The candidates may be upgraded to another institution in the subsequent merit list based on merit and preference and the fee deposited by upgraded candidates in the previous institution shall be transferred to new institution without any deduction.
(14) Admissions on vacant seats shall be decided by the respective provincial government and respective authority in case of Gilgit-Baltistan and Islamabad Capital Territory. After closure of admission process, the Council shall notify a date to fill vacant seats. No admission shall be allowed on vacant seat after the notified date.
Admissions Process for Private Colleges
(1) In addition to the mandatory requirement of passing the MDCAT, admissions to private colleges recognized by the Council shall be conducted and completed by each of the private college from the merit list displayed by the admitting university.
(2) Each of the private college shall publicly issue the criteria and merit formulation as prescribed in the regulations for admissions as under:
| MDCAT | 50% weightage |
| F.Sc (Pre-Medical)/HSSC/Equivalent | 40% weightage |
| SSC/Matriculation/Equivalent | 10% weightage |
(3) All colleges shall publicly prescribe tuition fee and all applicable fee and charges and make the same available on their college website in accordance with section 20 (7) of the Act and provide a copy to the Council. In case of any violation reported to the Council, the matter shall be dealt in accordance with Regulation 25.
(4) There shall be no admission which violates the fundamental principle of merit and all admissions shall be strictly on merit as per the merit criteria announced by the college and pursuant to the fundamental principle of merit as mandatorily applicable under Article 37(c) of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973.
(5) The admission process shall be conducted through an online portal and in a transparent manner. Each college shall publicly open their admissions after announcement of MDCAT Results and on the date notified by the Council each year.
(6) Within 3 days after the closing date of admission applications, each college shall submit to the Council a provisional merit list of all students who have applied for the admissions.
(7) Admissions to medical and dental programs shall be conducted separately and each student shall be required to apply separately to a medical or dental program. A student having not applied to a given program shall not be entitled to admission to such program.
(8) No college shall charge an application fee of more than Pakistan rupees two thousand from a student when applying for admission. Prospectus shall be placed on the official website of the college and no fee shall be charged under the head of prospectus charges.
(9) A student may apply to both public sector and private sector colleges.
(10) Each college shall issue a final merit list by or before 15th January after having completed all tests, interview etc. and taking into account results of MDCAT and other exam results for the purpose of calculating the merit. The final merit list shall include all students who have applied to the college and fulfilled the minimum merit requirements. The merit list shall be issued on the official website of the college and a copy shall be provided to the Council.
(11) The final merit list shall represent an offer by the college to the students on the basis of their merit against the allocated seats of each college. Any student not accepting the offer shall enable the next student in the merit list to avail of the offer. The offer and acceptance of admission shall be documented and duly communicated through email and/or courier.
(12) The admissions to private colleges shall be completed by or before the applicable final date notified by the Council pursuant to sub-regulation 2 of regulation 3 each year. The final list of admitted students shall be submitted to the Council in the prescribed manner through PM&DC Online Portal by each college by or before the applicable final date notified by the Council pursuant to sub-regulation 2 of regulation 3. Thereafter, upon final verification of student credentials by the relevant universities with whom the college is affiliated the verified list shall be submitted by the university to the Council in the prescribed manner through PM&DC Online portal within sixty days of completion of the admission. No admission shall be entertained and no student shall be registered by the Council if not admitted by or before the final applicable date notified by the Council pursuant to sub-regulation (2) of regulation 3.
(13) Any allocated seat of a college which may remain vacant after the completion of admission shall remain vacant.
(14) A student when accepting admission to a college shall be under an obligation to disclose to the college if a prior admission has been accepted by them to any other college, and such student shall prior to accepting such later admission must in writing inform the prior college of cancellation of their acceptance with a copy to the designated email of the Authority. Failure by a student to cancel the prior acceptance of admission shall render all admission offers of the student as void and the student shall be ineligible for admission. All colleges shall ensure that they properly apprise and educate the applicant students of this provision as part of their admissions policy, prospectus and at the time of making an offer of admission.
Name of College and Seats
Punjab Medical College
The name of province and seat allocation is Government colleges are given below.
| AJK | Azad Jammu & Kashmir Medical College | Muzaffarabad-AJ&K | 110 |
| AJK | Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Shaheed Medical College | Mirpur-AJ&K | 110 |
| AJK | Poonch Medical College | Rawalakot | 110 |
| Province | College Name | City | Seat Allocation |
| BALOCHISTAN | Bolan Medical College | Quetta | 320 |
| BALOCHISTAN | Jhalawan Medical College | Khuzdar | 50 |
| BALOCHISTAN | Loralai Medical College | Loralai | 50 |
| BALOCHISTAN | Makran Medical College | Turbat | 50 |
| KPK | Ayub Medical College | Abbottabad | 270 |
| KPK | Bacha Khan Medical College | Mardan | 100 |
| KPK | Bannu Medical College | Bannu | 110 |
| KPK | Gajju Khan Medical College | Swabi | 70 |
| KPK | Gornal Medical College | D. I. Khan | 115 |
| KPK | Khyber Girls Medical College | Peshawar | 150 |
| KPK | Khyber Medical College | Peshawar | 275 |
| KPK | KMU Institute of Medical Sciences | Kohat | 115 |
| KPK | Nowshera Medical College | Nowshera | 115 |
| KPK | Saidu Medical College | Swat | 115 |
| PUNJAB | Allama Iqbal medical college | Lahore | 325 |
| PUNJAB | Ameer-ud-Din(PGMI) Medical College | Lahore | 110 |
| PUNJAB | Army Medical College | Rawalpindi | 204 |
| PUNJAB | D.G. Khan Medical College | Dera Ghazi Khan | 120 |
| PUNJAB | Fatima Jinnah Medical College for Women | Lahore | 300 |
| PUNJAB | FEDERAL MEDICAL COLLEGE, ISLAMABAD | Islamabad | 100 |
| PUNJAB | Gujranwala Medical College | Gujranwala | 120 |
| PUNJAB | Khawaja Muhammad Safdar Medical College | Sialkot | 120 |
| PUNJAB | King Edward Medical University | Lahore | 325 |
| PUNJAB | Nawaz Sharif Medical College | Gujarat | 61 |
| PUNJAB | Nishtar Medical College | Multan | 300 |
| PUNJAB | Punjab Medical College | Faisalabad | 300 |
| PUNJAB | Quaid-e-Azam Medical College | Bahawalpur | 325 |
| PUNJAB | Rawalpindi Medical College | Rawalpindi | 350 |
| PUNJAB | Sahiwal Medical College | Sahiwal | 120 |
| PUNJAB | Sargodha Medical College | Sargodha | 120 |
| PUNJAB | Services Institute of Medical Sciences | Lahore | 220 |
| PUNJAB | Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Medical & Dental College | Lahore | 100 |
| PUNJAB | Sheikh Zayed Medical College/Hospital | Rahim Yar Khan | 180 |
| SINDH | Bilawal Medical College | Jamshoro | 100 |
| SINDH | Chandka Medical College | Larkana | 250 |
| SINDH | Dow International Medical College | Karachi | 150 |
| SINDH | Dow Medical College | Karachi | 350 |
| SINDH | Gambat Medical College | Gambat-Khairpur Mirs | 100 |
| SINDH | Ghulam Muhammad Mahar Medical College | Sukkur | 100 |
| SINDH | Karachi Medical & Dental College | Karachi | 250 |
| SINDH | Liaquat University of Medical & Health Sciences | Jamshoro | 350 |
| SINDH | Peoples University of Medical & Health Sciences for Women | Nawabshah | 250 |
| SINDH | Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Medical College, Lyari | Karachi | 100 |
| SINDH | Sindh Medical College | Karachi | 350 |
| SINDH | Khairpur Medical College | Khairpur Mirs | 100 |
Punjab Dental College
The name of province and seat allocation is Government colleges are given below.
| Province | College Name | City | Seat Allocation |
| BALOCHISTAN | Dental Section, Bolan Medical College | Quetta | 54 |
| KPK | Bacha Khan Dental College | Mardan | 55 |
| KPK | Dental College, Ayub Medical College | Abbottabad | 55 |
| KPK | Khyber College of Dentistry | Peshawar | 100 |
| KPK | KMU Institute of Dental Sciences/ KIDS | Kohat | 59 |
| KPK | Saidu Dental College | Saidu | 50 |
| PUNJAB | De Montmorency College of Dentistry | Lahore | 110 |
| PUNJAB | Dental Section, Army Medical College | Rawalpindi | 54 |
| PUNJAB | Dental Section, Punjab Medical College | Faisalabad | 65 |
| PUNJAB | Institute of Dentistry, Nishtar Medical College | Multan | 65 |
| PUNJAB | School of Dentistry, Shaheed Zulfiqar AliBhutto Medical University | ISLAMABAD | 50 |
| SINDH | Bibi Aseefa Dental College | Larkana | 50 |
| SINDH | Dental College, Dow International | Karachi | 50 |
| SINDH | Dental Department, Karachi Medical & Dental College | Karachi | 100 |
| SINDH | Dr. Ishratul Ebad Institute of Oral Health Karachi Sciences | Karachi | 100 |
| SINDH | Faculty of Dentistry, Liaquat University ofMedical & Health Sciences | Jamshoro | 100 |
| SINDH | Sindh Institute of Oral Health Sciences/ JSMU | Karachi | 50 |
| SINDH | Dow Dental College | Karachi | 50 |