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Business Recorder
10-08-2025
- Health
- Business Recorder
MDCAT on Oct 5 with Rs9,000 fee: PMDC
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC), Saturday, refuting rumors regarding an 80 percent increase in Medical and Dental Colleges Admission Test (MDCAT) has announced that the MDCAT will be held on Sunday, 5 October 2025, with Rs9,000 admission fee against Rs8,000 last year reflecting an increase of 12.5 percent. While issuing the schedule for the MDCAT exams here, the PMDC said it has come to the notice of that there has been a misunderstanding regarding the MDCAT examination fee, which claims that it has increased by 80 per cent. PMDC clarified that the fee for the MDCAT has increased modestly and gradually over the past years, in 2024, it was Rs.8,000, and for 2025, it has been set at Rs. 9,000. This year, only Rs1,000 have been added to the previous year's fee, which is an increment of 12.5 per cent, not 80 per cent as circulated in the social media. The MDCAT exam is going to be conducted by universities nominated by the federal and provincial authorities, not by PMDC. However, PMDC as a regulator has developed a uniform syllabus for the MDCAT in consultation with all the stakeholders, including federal and provincial authorities. The PMDC has also invested heavily in developing a question bank based on a common syllabus agreed upon by the provinces. The Council decided to revise the fee on request of the examination-conducting universities due to the rising costs of paper printing, enhanced security protocols and logistical arrangements, payments for examiners, invigilators, and administrative staff and ensuring adequate seating and facilities for candidates nationwide and international venues. Despite significant inflation and increasing operational costs, PMDC remains steadfast to affordability and fairness. The Council has taken a balanced approach to ensure that the exam remains accessible to all candidates while maintaining quality and integrity in the testing process. PMDC reaffirms transparent, responsible, and merit-based admissions, ensuring equal opportunities for all aspiring medical and dental students. The MDCAT will be conducted through the following admitting/test conducting universities, ie, University of Health Sciences, Lahore (for Punjab Province), Sukkur IBA University, Sukkur (for Sindh Province), Khyber Medical University, Peshawar (for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province), Bolan University of Medical and Health Sciences Quetta (for Balochistan Province), Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Medical University, Islamabad (for Islamabad Capital Territory, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan and for international Riyadh, Saudi Arabia). The schedule for MDCAT-2025 online registration for both local and international candidates began on 8th August 2025 and will close on 25th August 2025. After this date, registration will only be accepted with a late fee, which will remain open until 1st September 2025. The candidates must carefully select one city/centre for the MDCAT and fill out the application with all necessary requirements otherwise, the online system will reject the application. The test will be a paper-based, multiple-choice exam conducted in English, comprising 180 MCQs with no negative marking, distributed as follows: Biology (81), Chemistry (45), Physics (36), English (9), and Logical Reasoning (9). The curriculum/syllabus is available at and candidates must complete their registration through Incomplete applications will not be accepted. Copyright Business Recorder, 2025
Express Tribune
03-07-2025
- Health
- Express Tribune
NA panel for more weightage to MDCAT in college admissions
The National Assembly standing committee on Health on Thursday proposed various reforms in the Medical and Dental Colleges Admission Test (MDCAT), including increasing its weightage for the admission to the college. The committee met with its chairman Dr Mahesh Kumar Malani in the chair. The meeting discussed matters pertaining to the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC), the medical education examination system, regulatory failures in the healthcare sector and other issues. The committee raised serious questions over the reforms in the medical examinations and the performance of the PMDC. The committee was informed that MDCAD would be held on Sunday, October 5, throughout the country. The committee expressed concern over the lack of transparency, disparity between the exams boards and injustice in the MDCAT. It suggested that the weightage of the result of the MDCAT should be increased, so that deserving students could get opportunities to attain medical education. The committee also proposed a central examination system and the creation of a databank of about 3,000 to 4,000 standard questions for all the provinces. The committee also questioned an unfair de-registration of colleges by the PMDC, political interference and injustice in students' registration. The committee also discussed complaints about various medical colleges and hospitals. It directed for prompt action to resolve the problems facing the students who have graduated from Kyrgyzstan.
