The Medical and Dental College Admission Test (MDCAT) 2025 will now take place on September 28 rather than September 14, according to the National University of Medical Sciences (NUMS), which cited the challenges faced by applicants due to the continuous floods and heavy rains.

According to a statement on its official website, NUMS said the choice was made to guarantee equity and give every applicant an equal chance to take the test. According to the notification, "NUMS stands by the people of Pakistan affected by these rains and floods."

For the 2025–2026 academic year, NUMS will serve as the admitting university for all military-administered medical and dental colleges, as well as their affiliated institutions, to administer the admission exam for MBBS and BDS programs.

Among the public sector establishments under NUMS are the Dental Section and Army Medical College Rawalpindi.

HITEC Institute of Medical Sciences Taxila, Karachi Institute of Medical Sciences, Quetta Institute of Medical Sciences, Wah Medical College, CIMS Dental College Multan, Quetta College of Dentistry, CMH Multan Institute of Medical Sciences, CMH Institute of Medical Sciences Bahawalpur, CMH Kharian Medical College, CMH Lahore Medical College and Institute of Dentistry, and HITEC Institute of Medical Sciences Taxila are among the private sector institutions connected to NUMS.

All around the nation, students who want to enroll in medical and dental programs under NUMS must take the MDCAT.

KP Discontinues BS Programs in Colleges

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) administration has declared that associate degree programs will take the place of bachelor's degree programs in public sector colleges.

A statement from the Education Department states that 36 institutions throughout the province are gradually discontinuing a number of disciplines that were previously offered under the BS program after they were determined to be unnecessary.

Pakistan Studies, Urdu, Political Science, Pashto, and other subjects are on the list of subjects that have been discontinued. Officials clarified that the decision was brought about by these programs' high dropout rate and continuously low enrollment.

The department added that in order to guarantee that students acquire skills that are in line with job chances, the new associate degree program would concentrate on fields that are important to the market.