The National Admissions Scheduling Committee of the Pakistan Medical Commission at its meeting at PMC Head Office by consensus decided the admission schedule for the 2022-23 admission to medical and dental colleges.
It was also decided that admissions of all Public Medical Colleges shall be started from 17th October 2022 and shall be fully concluded by 31st December 2022 including all special seats.
The admission to Private Medical Colleges shall be concluded by 31st January 2023. Thereafter, admissions to Public Dental Colleges shall be concluded by 14th February 2023 and finally admissions to Private Dental Colleges shall be concluded by 28th February 2023. Colleges and Universities as per regulations are at liberty to initiate the application process at any time after May 2022.
The MDCAT exam result will be declared on 7th October 2022 with over 200,000 students across Pakistan and internationally registered to the take the MDCAT exam. Students who gave the MDCAT exam in 2021 will also be able to use their 2021 results equivalenced to 2022 MDCAT when applying for admissions. For admission to public colleges, each Province or territory shall determine the merit structure based on the student having qualified the MDCAT at 65% for admission to medical colleges and 55% for admission to dental colleges. Private colleges/universities frame their individual merit criteria for admissions subject to again students having qualified the MDCAT as per notified eligibility for medical and dental programs.
