Medical and Dental College Admission Test
| Acronym | NMDCAT or National MDCAT |
|---|---|
| Type | Paper based |
| Administrator | Pakistan Medical and Dental Council, NUMS |
| Skills tested | Biology, Chemistry, Physics, English language and Logical reasoning |
| Purpose | Pre-requisite to admission in MBBS and BDS programs in public and private colleges. |
| Year started | 2008 (2020 as NMDCAT) |
| Duration | 3 hours and 30 minutes |
| Score range | 0 to 200 |
| Offered | Once a year |
| Regions | Pakistan, Dubai, Saudi Arabia |
| Languages | English |
Medical & Dental College Admission Test (MDCAT) is a paper based test conducted in Pakistan and internationally each year for those who want to pursue undergraduate medical and dental education in Pakistan. It is a pre-requisite for admission in all medical and dental colleges (both public and private) in Pakistan.
MDCAT is conducted annually by the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council. In 2020, the test replaced the provincial medical entrance exams conducted in the past. But in 2023, after the dissolution of PMC, the test becomes provincial level and each province has to choose a university to conduct MDCAT exam. The test in Punjab is conducted by University of health sciences lahore (UHS), in KPK by Khyber medical university (KMU) and in Balochistan by Bolan University of Medical and Health Sciences Quetta (BUMHS)