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PMDC Refutes MDCAT Fee Hike Claim
PAKISTAN, AUG 9 – PMDC sets MDCAT 2025 for October 5 with a 12.5% fee increase to cover rising costs while ensuring merit-based admissions and accessibility for candidates nationwide and abroad.
- Amid social media rumors, PMDC set the Medical and Dental Colleges Admission Test 2025 for Sunday, October 5, 2025, dismissing claims of an 80% fee hike.
- In response to rising operational costs, PMDC said the fee adjustment was requested by exam-conducting universities to cover printing, security, logistics, and staff payments.
- The MDCAT comprises 180 multiple-choice questions with no negative marking, including 81 biology, 45 chemistry, 36 physics, and nine each in English and logical reasoning.
- Online registration opens on August 8 and runs until August 25, with late registration until September 1, 2025, requiring candidates to specify one city/centre or face rejection.
- An international centre in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, will operate for overseas candidates, reaffirming PMDC's commitment to transparent, standardized, and merit-based admissions.
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PMDC refutes MDCAT fee hike claim
The Pakistan Medical & Dental Council (PM&DC) has announced that the Medical & Dental Colleges Admission Test (MDCAT) 2025 will be held on October 5. In a statement issued on Saturday, PM&DC also dismissed rumours of an 80 per cent fee hike as "false and misleading", clarifying that only a nominal increase has been made to cover the operational costs of conducting the exam, including security and logistics. The council clarified that the fee has…
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Syed Muhammad Yaseen Islamabad: Aspiring medical and dental students will have to pay more to sit for the Medical and Dental College Admission Test (MDCAT) 2025, as the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) has raised registration fees for both local and overseas candidates. According to the official announcement, the nationwide MDCAT will take place on October 5, 2025, at 10:00 AM. However, students must now budget for significantly higher…
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ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) on Saturday dismissed claims that the Medical and Dental Colleges Admission Test (MDCAT) 2025 fee had been increased by 80%, clarifying that the actual rise was only 12.5%. In a statement, the council confirmed that registration for MDCAT 2025 has begun and the test will be held on Sunday, October 5. “It has come to the notice of the PMDC that there has been a misunderstanding regarding t…
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