PESHAWAR: The Khyber Medical University Peshawar will hold entrance test for admissions into the public and private sector medical and dental colleges on August 25, says a press statement.

The test will be held simultaneously indoor in more than 40 halls of seven centers including Peshawar, Mardan, Malakand, Swat, Hazara, Kohat and Dera Ismail Khan divisions/regions. The number of halls can be increased or decreased as per the number of students.

It is mandatory for the candidates having domicile of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and tribal districts, overseas Pakistanis and foreign nationals to appear in the test for admission to any public sector medical/dental colleges/institutions of the province or any private sector medical/dental colleges/institutions of the country.

As per Pakistan Medical and Dental Council’s new promulgated rules, a candidate intending to get admission in medical/dental programs, must have passed intermediate/HSSC pre-medical group or equivalent examination with minimum 70 per cent unadjusted marks. However, those awaiting result can also apply.

According to the instructions of the KMU directorate of admission, the candidates seeking admission in allied health sciences undergraduate programmes having minimum 60 per cent marks for DPT and 50 per cent marks for BS nursing, BS paramedics, BS speech and language pathology and occupational therapy in FSc or equivalent examination can also appear in the medical entrance test.

It is worth mentioning that mere appearance in Etea medical entrance test does not confer the right to apply for or claim admission to any medical/dental college/institution.

Scratch cards amounting to Rs2,500 will be available at 24 branches of MCB Bank in 22 districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as well as in Islamabad and Gilgit-Baltistan from 9am to 5pm on working days.

The candidates can register online only for Etea medical entrance test from July 17 to July 31 by logging on to http://kmuadmissions.pk. The candidates can select any of the examination halls and any of the regions as his/her test centre. There is no restriction on selection of a centre/city as far as domicile or the examination board is concerned.

Published in Dawn, July 16th, 2019