The Pakistan Medical Commission (PMC) on Wednesday announced that computerized test for admission to medical and dental colleges will be held on November 13.
In a notification issued on Wednesday, the PMC said that the Medical and Dental College Admission Test (MDCAT) will be held simultaneously across the four provinces, the federal capital, and two foreign countries – UAE and Saudi Arabia.
Some 210,000 candidates have registered for the tests.
They will be vying for total seats for some 20,800 seats at medical and dental colleges across the country.
“The decision of holding this test on the same day in Pakistan and two other countries for overseas Pakistanis was made after consensus of all officials and authorities of provinces,” said Medical and Dental Council President Professor Dr Noshad A. Shaikh.
He said that provincial public sector universities will conduct the test in their respective provinces and Islamabad simultaneously.
The universities conducting the tests include Bolan University of Medical and Health Sciences (Balochistan), University of Health Services (Punjab), Khyber Medical University (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), Dow University of Health Sciences (Sindh) and Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Medical University (Islamabad, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, and Gilgit Baltistan).
