ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) has announced that registration for the MDCAT 2025 is complete. A total of 140,071 candidates will appear in the nationwide medical and dental entry test on October 26, 2025.
According to the details, the exam date was rescheduled from October 5 to help students from flood-affected areas.
Punjab leads with 50,443 registered candidates, followed by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with 39,964, Sindh with 33,160, and Balochistan with 10,278. Islamabad has 1,146 candidates, Azad Kashmir 3,322, and Gilgit-Baltistan 1,564. 194 candidates will take the test in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
The provincial universities will conduct the exam, while PMDC has prepared a uniform syllabus and question bank to ensure fairness.
Strict instructions have been given to universities to prevent cheating, paper leaks, or any malpractice.
PMDC advised students to follow only official instructions from their universities and the council and to ignore rumours about the exam process.
Earlier, the National University of Medical Sciences (NUMS) also rescheduled the MDCAT 2025 due to heavy rains and floods across the country. The test, initially set for September 14, was moved to September 28 to give all candidates a fair chance to appear.
NUMS, as the admitting university, will conduct the test for MBBS and BDS admissions for the 2025-26 session in its constituent, affiliated, and military-administered medical and dental colleges.
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Public sector institutions include Army Medical College Rawalpindi, while private colleges include CMH Institute of Medical Sciences Bahawalpur, CMH Kharian Medical College, CMH Lahore Medical College and Institute of Dentistry, CMH Multan Institute of Medical Sciences, HITEC Institute of Medical Sciences Taxila, Karachi Institute of Medical Sciences, Quetta Institute of Medical Sciences, Wah Medical College, CIMS Dental College Multan, HITEC Dental College Taxila, and Quetta College of Dentistry.
The rescheduling aims to relieve candidates affected by severe weather while ensuring a fair admission process.
