Islamabad: Pursuant to the decision taken in the 2nd council meeting of Pakistan Medical and Dental Council held on 4th June 2023 at PM&DC Secretariate, Islamabad, Pakistan Medical and Dental Council, has approved the syllabus for MDCAT session 2023 and decided to conduct the National MDCAT-2023 examination on 27th August 2023 at National level through the respective provincial public sector admitting universities.

Furthermore, PM&DC is going to open the MDCAT-2023 registration portal in the first

week of July 2023 for 15 days in compliance with the minutes of meeting. In this regard PM&DC inked the letters to all provincial health secretaries followed by federal health secretary requesting them to nominate one provincial level admitting university who will be given the responsibility to conduct the MDCAT-2023 at their respective province on the above-mentioned date as per approved syllabus. Moreover, the letters writen to provincial secretaries PM&DC emphasizes the gravity of MDCAT 2023 and requesting to provide the list of cities from each respective provincial government & admitting university where the examination centers will be setup accordingly so that the same list can be uploaded on the official website.

The nomination will enable the conducting university in timely preparation of question

paper, arrangement of venues, appointment of invigilation staff and to meet the deadline of 27th August 2023 for the smooth conduct of MDCAT both at National & International Level.

As more than two hundred thousand students are going to appear in med/ dental college admission test (MDCAT ) on 27 Aug and due to extreme shortage of time and for the sake for students across the Country , council has adopted the last year syllabus already approved by the Medical & Dental Academic Board , as new board is yet to be constituted by Federal Govornment and the MDCAT syllabus has been uploaded on pmdc Web site.