MDCAT 2026 to be held across Sindh on Sept 20

The Medical and Dental Colleges Admission Test (MDCAT) 2026 will be held across Sindh on September 20, SIBA Testing Services (STS) said on Wednesday.

The test will be conducted in Karachi, Hyderabad, Jamshoro, Mirpurkhas, Larkana, Shaheed Benazirabad, Sukkur and Islamabad.

In Karachi, examination centres have been established at NED University of Engineering and Technology and Dow University of Health Sciences’ Ojha Campus.

Candidates in Hyderabad will sit the examination at Public School in Unit No 3, Latifabad, while the centre in Jamshoro will be at Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences.

In Mirpurkhas, the test will be held at Mir Sher Muhammad Talpur Public School. The Larkana centre will be at the Police Training School Ground on Wagon Road.

Candidates in Shaheed Benazirabad will take the test at Quaid-e-Awam University of Engineering, Science and Technology, while the Sukkur centre will be at IBA Public School on Old Airport Road.

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Sindh residents who have moved to Islamabad will take the examination at the Pakistan National Council of Arts in Sector F-5/1.

STS said the examination would last three hours and instructed candidates to arrive at their respective centres at the designated reporting time.

The Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PM&DC) announced last month that the MDCAT had been postponed by more than a month, from August 16 to September 20, on the directives of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.

In a statement issued on August 6, the council said the decision had been taken on the prime minister’s directions. It added that all other terms, conditions and examination arrangements would remain unchanged unless notified otherwise.

According to the PM&DC, the postponement was intended to ensure the “smooth, secure and transparent conduct” of the examination while also “facilitating all candidates”.