ISLAMABAD   -  The Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PM&DC) has decided to conduct the MDCAT exam on 22nd September (Sunday).

In a recent meeting, the council decided to conduct the Medical and Dental College Admission Test (MDCAT) for aspiring medical students on the same date in Pakistan and abroad. The council also decided that the syllabus of the MDCAT will be uploaded next week on the PM&DC website and the registration portal will also be open for the registrations.

To facilitate the students, the council decided not to change the syllabus so the MDCAT syllabus will remain unchanged and will be the same as last year. The council has directed all the provincial secretaries to start preparation for the MDCAT exam. A PM&DC statement said that the decision had been taken keeping in view the larger interest of the students.

Last year, almost 180534 students appeared in the exams. According to estimates, this year 200,000 students are likely to sit the exam. The MDCAT paper’s difficult index would also be taken into consideration for ease of students without compromising merit to ensure that all provinces conducted exams without any trouble to students. 

The president PM&DC Prof Dr Rizwan Taj has said that MDCAT-2024 will be a paper-based exam, held single day through provincial public admitting universities supervised by PM&DC. He has directed all the universities that will conduct the exams to keep strict adherence to guidelines and regulations to ensure fairness and transparency in the admission process. He added that the Council understands the importance of the MDCAT exam for students seeking admission to medical and dental colleges.