The Pakistan Medical Commission (PMC) administers the MDCAT, also referred to as the Medical and Dental College Admission Test, for undergraduate admission to medical and dental colleges. We present you with all the details relayed to MDCAT 2023.
The entrance exam measures candidates’ proficiency in English, Biology, Chemistry, and Physics. The computer-based MDCAT exam typically consists of multiple-choice questions (MCQs).
Results from the MDCAT exam, along with other requirements like academic standing and interviews, determine candidates’ chances of being admitted to a medical college.
MDCAT Test date 2023
Officials in its recent meeting finalized August 27, 2023, as the date for the Medical and Dental Colleges Admission Test MDCAT 2023.
MDCAT Syllabus 2023
PMDC decided that the syllabus of the Medical and Dental College Admission Test will remain the same as last year’s exam.
MDCAT Merit Formula 2023
Matric score – 10 percent
Intermediate (FSc) – 40 percent
MDCAT – 50 percent
MDCAT exam Structure
Total number of MCQs: 200
Exam Duration: 3.5 Hours
Minimum Passing Marks for MEDICAL College Admission: 65 percent
Minimum Passing Marks for Dental College Admission: 55 percent
National Medical & Dental College Admission Test (NMDCAT) (or National MDCAT) is a pen-and-paper-based test conducted in Pakistan and internationally each year for those who want to pursue undergraduate medical and dental education in Pakistan. It is a pre-requisite for admission to all medical and dental colleges (both public and private) in Pakistan.
Also read: When will MDCAT 2023 be held?
NMDCAT is conducted annually by the Pakistan Medical Commission. In 2020, the test replaced the provincial medical entrance exams conducted in the past.
Provincial medical entrance exams included the MDCAT conducted by the University of Health Sciences, Lahore in Punjab and Balochistan before the NMDCAT. It was implemented in 1998 as the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) on the initiative of the then chief minister of Punjab Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif to counter replete cheating in HSSC exams at the time. Other provinces also started conducting their medical entrance exams in the years to follow.
