MDCAT 2026 successfully conducted nationwide on 20 September with 170,000+ candidates

MDCAT 2026 Conducted Across 30+ Centres Nationwide

The Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PM&DC) and designated provincial admitting universities successfully conducted the Medical and Dental College Admission Test (MDCAT 2026) on Sunday, 20 September 2026.

A total of 172,340 registered candidates appeared for the test across 33 examination centres set up in Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan, Islamabad Capital Territory, Azad Jammu & Kashmir, and Gilgit-Baltistan, as well as international centres in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) and Dubai (United Arab Emirates).

Province-Wise Candidate Turnout Breakdown

• Punjab (University of Health Sciences - UHS): 82,410 candidates appeared across 26 centres in 12 major cities, including Lahore, Rawalpindi, Multan, Faisalabad, Gujranwala, Sialkot, Sahiwal, and Bahawalpur.
• Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Khyber Medical University - KMU): 42,150 candidates appeared across centres in Peshawar, Abbottabad, Mardan, Swat, Malakand, and Dera Ismail Khan under ETEA logistics.
• Sindh (Dow University of Health Sciences - DUHS): 38,620 candidates sat for the exam across centres in Karachi, Jamshoro, Hyderabad, Larkana, and Sukkur.