Pakistan Medical Commission has announced the syllabus for the Medical and Dental College Admission Test MDCAT 2023. The syllabus has been finalized after consultation with various stakeholders and it has been ensured that no topic is outside the current syllabus of any board in Pakistan. MDCAT 2023 syllabus is announced after the National Medical and Dental Council's meeting held on June 04, 2023.
The weightage of the subjects in MDCAT is the same as that in 2022. As per details, 34% of questions in the MDCAT will be from Biology, 27% from Chemistry, 27% from Physics, 9% from English, and 3% from Logical reasoning. MDCAT paper shall consist of a total of 200 MCQs based on the approved percentage.
MDCAT 2023 Structure
- Total number of MCQs: 200
- Duration of MDCAT: 3.5 hours
- Format: Paper-based MCQs
- Minimum pass marks for Medical College Admission: 65%
- Minimum pass marks for Dental College Admission: 55%
- No negative marking
MDCAT 2023 Difficulty level
- 20 % MCQs ----- Easy
- 60% MCQs ------Moderate
- 20% MCQs ------Hard
In Biology, Chemistry, and Physics sections, 70% of questions will be recalled and 30% will be application-level.
Content list for Biology syllabus for MDCAT 2023
- Biodiversity (acellular life/ variety of life)
- Bio-energetic
- Biological Molecules
- Cell Structure and Function
- Coordination and control/ nervous & chemical Coordination
- Diversity among Animals
- Enzymes
- Evolution
- Life process in Animals & Plants (nutrition/ gaseous exchange/ transport)
- Prokaryotes
- Reproduction
- Support & Movement
- Variation & genetics/ inheritance
Content list for Chemistry syllabus for MDCAT 2023
- Introduction to fundamental concepts of chemistry
- Atomic Structure
- Gases
- Liquids
- Solids
- Chemical Equilibrium
- Reaction Kinetics
- Thermo-chemistry and Energetics of chemical reactions
- Electrochemistry
- Chemical bonding
- S and p block elements
- Transition Elements
- Fundamental principles of organic chemistry
- Chemistry of Hydrocarbons
- Alkyl halides
- Alcohols & phenols
- Aldehydes and Ketones
- Carboxylic acid
- Macromolecules
Content list for Physics syllabus for MDCAT 2023
- Force and motion
- Work and energy
- Rotational and circular motion
- Waves
- Thermodynamics
- Electrostatics
- Current Electricity
- Electromagnetism
- Electromagnetic Induction
- Electronics
- Dawn of Modern Physics
- Atomic spectra
- Nuclear Physics
Content list for English for MDCAT 2023
High and low-frequency words from the course book or to be selected from similar contexts or the contexts the HSSC and CIE students may be familiar with.
- All present, and past tenses
- Four types of sentences,
- Conditionals Types of clauses
- Fragments
Logical Reasoning
- Critical Thinking
- Letter and symbol series
- Logical deduction
- Logical problems
- Course of action
- Cause & effect
The detailed syllabus is available on PMC's official website here
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