MDCAT (Medical and Dental College Admission Test) is Pakistan's national medical-entrance exam. The MDCAT aggregate is the weighted combination of three results used by every Pakistani medical college's admission system:
MDCAT Aggregate (%) = (Matric % × 0.10) + (FSc % × 0.40) + (MDCAT test % × 0.50)
The 10/40/50 split has been the standard PMC (Pakistan Medical Commission) formula since 2020. Some private universities apply marginally different weights for their internal merit lists, but for the federal merit list and almost all government medical college admissions, 10/40/50 is canonical.
Different provinces apply additional caps and domicile rules on top of the aggregate. Punjab has a separate open-merit and self-finance list. Sindh has urban and rural quotas. KPK applies a separate merit floor for FATA and tribal-district applicants. The aggregate is the input; provincial selection rules are applied on top.
For the 2024 admission cycle, the aggregate cut-off for public medical college (MBBS) in Punjab was approximately 87.5%, for Sindh ~85%, for KPK ~83%, varying by college and seat type.