The University of Health Sciences (UHS) will conduct the medical and dental colleges' admission test (MDCAT) on September 16 in 13 cities of the province. The online registration of MDCAT through the Bank of Punjab (BoP) has started from Friday and will continue till August 31, the UHS vice-chancellor, Prof Javed Akram, said this at an orientation seminar organized by the varsity on admission test here at Allama Iqbal Medical College on Saturday.
Like previous years, the Punjab government would bear 50-per cent expenses for each candidate who would appear in the test. Each candidate would be charged only Rs 500 for the whole admission process. The 150-minute test would start at 10:00 a.m. this year simultaneously at Lahore, Faisalabad, Multan, Rawalpindi, Bahawalpur, Gujrat, Gujranwala, Sialkot, Sargodha, Sahiwal, Dera Ghazi Khan, Rahim Yar Khan and Hasan Abdal.
Addressing the seminar, UHS Immunology department's head Prof Dr Nadeem Afzal said that all centres would be sealed at 9:15 a.m. and after that nobody would be allowed to enter the examination hall. He added that without his/her admittance card and original photo identification (CNIC or domicile or passport), no candidate would be allowed to write the test.
The candidates securing at least 60 percent 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 added.
Referring to the regulations of the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PM&DC), Prof Nadeem said the merit of a candidate would be worked out by adding the marks of matriculation, intermediate and entrance test in the ratio of 10:40:50 percent respectively.
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