Punjab to hold medical colleges admission test on August 25

LAHORE - University of Health Sciences (UHS) will hold entrance test for admissions into the public and private sector medical and dental colleges on August 25, said Prof Nadeem Afzal.

The online registration of MDCAT will start from July 19 and will continue till July 29 in the in thirteen cities of the Punjab province.

He said the 150 minutes test would start at 10am this year simultaneously in Lahore, Faisalabad, Multan, Rawalpindi, Bahawalpur, Gujrat, Gujranwala, Sialkot, Sargodha, Sahiwal, Dera Ghazi Khan, Rahim Yar Khan and Hasan Abdal.

Prof Afzal advised the candidates to reach their respective centres at least before 9am on the test day.

Candidates securing at least 70 per cent marks in HSSC (Pre-Medical) or equivalent examinations and having domicile of any district of Punjab, Islamabad, and Gilgit-Baltistan would be eligible to sit the admission test. Those awaiting results, however, could also appear.

He said there would be a single question paper consisting of 200 objective-type questions, divided into four sections: Biology (80 questions), Chemistry (60 questions), Physics (40 questions) and English (20 questions).