Conditions for Admission in MBBS - BDS in Pakistan by PMDC Updated

The Council in its 116th meeting has laid down the conditions for admission in the MBBS/BDS course in the country, which are notified as under: "Notification"



CONDITIONS FOR ADMISSION IN MBBS/BDS

1. The provincial Governments shall make arrangements for holding a central entry test for admission in MBBS/BDS for both private and public in their respective provinces in consultation with the stake holders, inorder to determine the order of merit. The order of merit determined by the central entry test shall form the basis for admission in all medical and dental institutions. The entry test of one province shall be acceptable in other provinces. The college can hold an aptitude interview and give it appropriate weightage for final selection. The Provincial authority shall declare results of the central entry test before 31st October each year and submit the result of the entry test to PM&DC before 31st October. No private college shall admit students before 31st October each year or the declaration of the Provincial central entry test which ever is earlier. If in any province arrangements for holding a central entry test do not exist, the private colleges shall conduct their own entry test in order to determine the order of merit in a transparent manner.
   For admissions in medical and dental institutions located in the Islamabad Capital Territory, the central test shall be held under the arrangements of the Ministry of Health.All admissions for both public and private admissions must be completed by 30th November each year and submitted to PM&DC otherwise it shall be considered a violation of PM&DC rules.
2. No admission shall be given without an entry test or SAT II score of 550 marks. Only those Pakistani national students and foreigners who have obtained the required qualifications for the entry test from abroad, shall be eligible for admission on the foreign seats and shall either have to appear in the entry test or present the University the requisite SAT score. The students who are residing abroad or who have achieved their qualifications required for the entry test from abroad shall be eligible to appear in the entry test if they have passed three science subjects out of which tow have to be Biology and Chemistry. The candidates having minimum SAT II score of 550 marks, shall be exempted from the entry test and shall be required to appear only in the interview. TOEFL or IELT score of 500 or 5.5. shall be required from the students who have obtained their required qualifications from those institution where the medium of instruction for these qualifications is not English. An alternate to TOEFL and IELT is a certification by NUML Islamabad after a one year English language course.
3. No medical or dental institution training for MBBS/BDS in the private sector shall charge fee more than five lacs per annum per student. This fee shall exclude University fees, taxes, hostel fee, transport fee and the one time admission fee. Copies of all receipts shall be submitted to PM&DC.
4. If the student wishes to leave the institution and does not join classes then there shall be a 100% refund of all deposit fee except for the one time admission fee. If the student wishes to leave the institution within one month there shall be 50% refund of all deposited fee and if the student wishes to leave the institution after one month of joining classes then there shall be a 25% refund.
5. Any monetary demand of any other charge/donation on any other pretext other than the annual fee as laid down in regulation 3 or any other non compliance of these regulations if reported shall be construed a major violation and shall make the institution liable for action under section 22 of the PM&DC Ordinance, 1962.

Registration of Medical Students

1. <LI value=73>Every medical and dental student in a medical and dental college in Pakistan recognised under the Ordinance, shall submit to the registrar an application (Appendix 15) through the Principal for registration as a medical or dental student, within three months following his admission to a medical or dental college, failing which he shall not be allowed to continue his studies further. It is binding on the Principal and the student to ensure compliance.
2. Every application for registration as a medical or dental student shall be accompanied by (a) certificate from the Principal of the College of the student having commenced medical studies; and (b) registration fee of five hundred rupees one time.
3. A student shall be registered as a medical or dental student only if he fulfills the admission criteria of the Council and falls within the seats allowed to the medical or dental college by the Council according to the facilities available at the institution as determined by the Council.
4. Every medical or dental student registered with the Council shall be furnished with a student registration number and a certificate (Appendix 31 or 32) and a picture identity card, which shall be prominently displayed by the student throughout his period of study.
   <LI value=77>The Universities may issue only provisional enrollment to the medical or dental students and only once the student is registered with the Council , he shall be issued a permanent enrollment by the University.
5. Every recognised medical or dental college in Pakistan shall submit to the Council annually, not later than the 31st December of each year, a list of the names of all medical or dental students at such a Medical or Dental college on the first December of that year, and also a list of all registered medical or dental students who have either discontinued their studies or migrated to another college during the preceding 12 months. Such a list shall indicate the full names; the years of studies and in cases where students have discontinued their professional studies or migrated e.g. date of discontinuation or migration of each student, as the case may be.
6. A register shall be maintained by the Council, session wise and college-wise.
7. The name of a medical or dental student shall be deleted from the register as soon as he has been registered as a medical or dental practitioner, or as soon as proof is given to the satisfaction of the registrar that such a student has discontinued his professional studies.
8. The college shall provide medical facilities, counseling facilities and provide a dress code to all registered students.
   Migration will be allowed from one recognized college to another recognized college. The Council shall only entertain applications (Appendix 13) for no objection certificate for migration after the applicant has cleared first professional examination and the written consent of both the relieving and accepting Principals and the universities has been obtained.
   
   
   (1) Migration of Pakistani students studying in overseas medical / dental colleges shall be allowed provided
   1. Here is a scheme of reciprocity between the two countries or
   2. Specific permission has been granted by the Council to register those basic qualification without National Examination Board Examination or
   3. The qualification is included in the PM&DC schedules permanently without any prohibiting period.
   (2) other cases of migration of overseas migration shall be placed before the executive committee for consideration on individual merit and the decision of the executive committee which shall be final.
   

Source PMDC

Admission criteria for MBBS Session 2011-12 as announced by PMDC
The Council in its 116th meeting has laid down the conditions for admission in the MBBS/BDS course in the country, which are notified as under: "Notification"

CONDITIONS FOR ADMISSION IN MBBS/BDS
1. The provincial Governments shall make arrangements for holding a central entry test for admission in MBBS/BDS for both private and public in their respective provinces in consultation with the stake holders, inorder to determine the order of merit. The order of merit determined by the central entry test shall form the basis for admission in all medical and dental institutions. The entry test of one province shall be acceptable in other provinces. The college can hold an aptitude interview and give it appropriate weightage for final selection. The Provincial authority shall declare results of the central entry test before 31st October each year and submit the result of the entry test to PM&DC before 31st October. No private college shall admit students before 31st October each year or the declaration of the Provincial central entry test which ever is earlier. If in any province arrangements for holding a central entry test do not exist, the private colleges shall conduct their own entry test in order to determine the order of merit in a transparent manner.
For admissions in medical and dental institutions located in the Islamabad Capital Territory, the central test shall be held under the arrangements of the Ministry of Health. All admissions for both public and private admissions must be completed by 30th November each year and submitted to PM&DC otherwise it shall be considered a violation of PM&DC rules.

2. No admission shall be given without an entry test or SAT II score of 550 marks. Only those Pakistani national students and foreigners who have obtained the required qualifications for the entry test from abroad, shall be eligible for admission on the foreign seats and shall either have to appear in the entry test or present the University the requisite SAT score. The students who are residing abroad or who have achieved their qualifications required for the entry test from abroad shall be eligible to appear in the entry test if they have passed three science subjects out of which tow have to be Biology and Chemistry. The candidates having minimum SAT II score of 550 marks, shall be exempted from the entry test and shall be required to appear only in the interview. TOEFL or IELT score of 500 or 5.5. shall be required from the students who have obtained their required qualifications from those institution where the medium of instruction for these qualifications is not English. An alternate to TOEFL and IELT is a certification by NUML Islamabad after a one year English language course.

3. No medical or dental institution training for MBBS/BDS in the private sector shall charge fee more than five lacs per annum per student. This fee shall exclude University fees, taxes, hostel fee, transport fee and the one time admission fee. Copies of all receipts shall be submitted to PM&DC.

4. If the student wishes to leave the institution and does not join classes then there shall be a 100% refund of all deposit fee except for the one time admission fee. If the student wishes to leave the institution within one month there shall be 50% refund of all deposited fee and if the student wishes to leave the institution after one month of joining classes then there shall be a 25% refund.

5. Any monetary demand of any other charge/donation on any other pretext other than the annual fee as laid down in regulation 3 or any other non compliance of these regulations if reported shall be construed a major violation and shall make the institution liable for action under section 22 of the PM&DC Ordinance, 1962.

Registration of Medical Students
Extract from "Pakistan Registration of Medical and Dental Practitioners Regulations, 2008." Chapter IX
6. Every medical and dental student in a medical and dental college in Pakistan recognised under the Ordinance, shall submit to the registrar an application (Appendix 15) through the Principal for registration as a medical or dental student, within three months following his admission to a medical or dental college, failing which he shall not be allowed to continue his studies further. It is binding on the Principal and the student to ensure compliance.
74. Every application for registration as a medical or dental student shall be accompanied by (a) certificate from the Principal of the College of the student having commenced medical studies; and (b) registration fee of five hundred rupees one time.
7. A student shall be registered as a medical or dental student only if he fulfills the admission criteria of the Council and falls within the seats allowed to the medical or dental college by the Council according to the facilities available at the institution as determined by the Council.
8. Every medical or dental student registered with the Council shall be furnished with a student registration number and a certificate (Appendix 31 or 32) and a picture identity card, which shall be prominently displayed by the student throughout his period of study.
9. The Universities may issue only provisional enrollment to the medical or dental students and only once the student is registered with the Council , he shall be issued a permanent enrollment by the University.
78. Every recognised medical or dental college in Pakistan shall submit to the Council annually, not later than the 31st December of each year, a list of the names of all medical or dental students at such a Medical or Dental college on the first December of that year, and also a list of all registered medical or dental students who have either discontinued their studies or migrated to another college during the preceding 12 months. Such a list shall indicate the full names; the years of studies and in cases where students have discontinued their professional studies or migrated e.g. date of discontinuation or migration of each student, as the case may be.
10. A register shall be maintained by the Council, session wise and college-wise.
11. The name of a medical or dental student shall be deleted from the register as soon as he has been registered as a medical or dental practitioner, or as soon as proof is given to the satisfaction of the registrar that such a student has discontinued his professional studies.
12. The college shall provide medical facilities, counseling facilities and provide a dress code to all registered students.
13. Migration will be allowed from one recognized college to another recognized college. The Council shall only entertain applications (Appendix 13) for no objection certificate for migration after the applicant has cleared first professional examination and the written consent of both the relieving and accepting Principals and the universities has been obtained.
14. (1) Migration of Pakistani students studying in overseas medical / dental colleges shall be allowed provided
1. Here is a scheme of reciprocity between the two countries or
2. Specific permission has been granted by the Council to register those basic qualification without National Examination Board Examination or
3. The qualification is included in the PM&DC schedules permanently without any prohibiting period.


(2) other cases of migration of overseas migration shall be placed before the executive committee for consideration on individual merit and the decision of the executive committee which shall be final.

CONDITIONS FOR ADMISSION IN MBBS/BDS FOR OVERSEAS STUDENTS
No admission shall be given without an entry test or SAT II score of 550 marks. Only those Pakistani national students and foreigners who have obtained the required qualifications for the entry test from abroad, shall be eligible for admission on the foreign seats and shall either have to appear in the entry test or present the University the requisite SAT score. The students who are residing abroad or who have achieved their qualifications required for the entry test from abroad shall be eligible to appear in the entry test if they have passed three science subjects out of which two have to be Biology and Chemistry. The candidates having minimum SAT II score of 550 marks, shall be exempted from the entry test and shall be required to appear only in the interview. TOEFL or IELT score of 500 or 5.5. shall be required from the students who have obtained their required qualifications from those institution where the medium of instruction for these qualifications is not English. An alternate to TOEFL and IELT is a certification by NUML Islamabad after a one year English language course.