Islamabad:
The Pakistan Medical Commission (PMC) council meeting has announced decisions regarding MDCAT 2022. The meeting was held today at PMC head office in Islamabad.
The council considered several agenda items of the PMC related to different issues regarding MDCAT 2022.
The Council members unanimously decided that the MDCAT exam shall be held on 13th or 20th of November 2022.
PMC will conduct MDCAT 2022:
The exam will be conducted by PMC through the provincial public university in all the provinces, ICT on one day at the same time.
The following universities were decided to hold the MDCAT examination for Pakistani students;
- Bolan University of Medical & Health Sciences for Balochistan.
- University of Health Sciences Lahore for Punjab.
- Khyber Medical University Peshawar for Khyber Pashtunkhwa.
- Dow University of Health sciences Karachi for Sindh.
- Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Medical University for Islamabad (ICT), Azad Jammu and Kashmir, and Gilgit Baltistan.
MDCAT Passing Percentage for MBBS and BDS admissions:
It was decided that the pass percentage of MBBS will be 55% and BDS will be 45%.
The PMC has reduced passing percentage to help students to get adjusted in Pakistani Medical and Dental colleges as last year almost 20, 000 students went abroad to get admissions in foreign medical and dental colleges.
PMC to Conduct NUMS test too:
The NUMS affiliated colleges MDCAT Exam will also be conducted by PMC through NUMS separately.
Test method shifted from online to paper:
The examination shall be paper based manual exam and the answers sheets will be uploaded on the exam holding universities and PMC website on the same day.
PMC extends MDCAT registration date:
The Pakistan Medical Commission has decided to extend MDCAT registration date till the first week of October.
The Council decided to conduct the MDCAT exam for foreign students in Saudi Arabia and UAE due to maximum number of aspirants in these countries.
The Council has also decided to remove the categories of all the international medical and dental colleges. List of registered /approved medical and dental colleges shall be uploaded on PMC website soon.
