Dentistry uses the same aggregate as MBBS but a lower MDCAT minimum and its own merit lists. Enter your marks to see your BDS aggregate and how it compares with every public dental college's last closing merit.
Checked against the official documents on 25 October 2026. Other universities: all merit calculators.
Enter the totals printed on your result cards (for example 1100 or 1200). O and A level students: use your IBCC equivalence marks. MDCAT is out of 180. A result stays valid for three years, so if yours is an older result out of 200, choose 200.
Khyber Medical University, BDS. Closing figures are what it took last time; merit moves every year, so treat them as a guide, not a promise.
One mark in MDCAT adds 0.2778 to your aggregate, as much as 8 FSc marks. To raise your aggregate by 1, you need about 4 more MDCAT marks.
Early tentative estimates for open merit, before KMU's official merit lists. The real closing depends on seats, applicants and how hard the MDCAT paper was.
Aggregate 90.17172% (+0.000). That would be at or above the estimate for 0 of 5 colleges.
Pick the aggregate you are aiming for. We use the Matric and FSc marks above.
You need at least 160 out of 180 in MDCAT (88.5%).
Open the KPK college predictor with this aggregateEvery admitting university ranks BDS applicants by the same aggregate it uses for MBBS: 10% of your Matric percentage, 40% of your FSc percentage and 50% of your entry test. What changes is the minimum: PM&DC asks for at least 50% in MDCAT for BDS (90 out of 180), against 55% for MBBS.
BDS closing merit is usually lower than MBBS closing merit in the same province, because there are fewer applicants per seat and many students list MBBS first. In KPK, KMU fills open-merit BDS seats after MBBS, so a student who misses MBBS can still be offered a dental college on the same aggregate.
| Rule | each university |
|---|---|
| Aggregate | Matric 10%, FSc 40%, MDCAT 50% |
| MDCAT minimum | 50% for BDS (90 out of 180) |
| FSc minimum | 60% in HSSC (pre-medical or equivalent) |
| Programme length | 4 years, then a house job |
| KPK public dental colleges | KCD Peshawar, ADS Abbottabad, BKDS Mardan, SCD Swat, KIDS Kohat |
Last checked against the official documents on 25 October 2026.
Three results, each turned into a percentage of its own total, then weighted and added.
The weights add up to 100, so your aggregate is a percentage too. The entry test alone carries half the weight, as much as Matric and FSc put together, and it is the one result you can still change.
Matric 960/1100, FSc 990/1100 and MDCAT 150/180.
Keep four decimal places while you work and round only at the end. KMU, for example, ranks students to five decimal places, so a rounding slip of 0.01 can move you past hundreds of students.
The weighting is the same everywhere. The test total and the merit lists are not.
| University | Province / colleges | Test and total | Weighting | Calculator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KMU (KPK) | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | MDCAT, out of 180 | 10% / 40% / 50% | KMU (KPK) calculator |
| UHS (Punjab) | Punjab | MDCAT, out of 180 | 10% / 40% / 50% | UHS (Punjab) calculator |
| Sindh | Sindh | MDCAT, out of 180 | 10% / 40% / 50% | Sindh calculator |
| Balochistan | Balochistan | MDCAT, out of 180 | 10% / 40% / 50% | Balochistan calculator |
| Islamabad | Federal public colleges in Islamabad | MDCAT, out of 180 | 10% / 40% / 50% | Islamabad calculator |
| NUMS | Army Medical College, CMH and other NUMS colleges | NUMS MDCAT, result in % | 10% / 40% / 50% | NUMS calculator |
How much one mark adds to your aggregate, with 1100-mark Matric and FSc.
| One mark in | Adds to aggregate | Compared with one FSc mark |
|---|---|---|
| MDCAT (out of 180) | 0.2778% | 7.6 times |
| FSc (out of 1100) | 0.0364% | 1 time |
| Matric (out of 1100) | 0.0091% | 0.25 times |
For a student with Matric 990/1100 and FSc 1010/1100.
| MDCAT score | Test % | Aggregate |
|---|---|---|
| 120 / 180 | 66.7% | 79.0606% |
| 130 / 180 | 72.2% | 81.8384% |
| 140 / 180 | 77.8% | 84.6162% |
| 150 / 180 | 83.3% | 87.3939% |
| 160 / 180 | 88.9% | 90.1717% |
| 170 / 180 | 94.4% | 92.9495% |
| 180 / 180 | 100.0% | 95.7273% |
Claims we found on other calculators, checked against the official documents.
| What some sites say | What the official documents say |
|---|---|
| KMU uses 20% Matric, 40% FSc and 40% MDCAT | KMU's policy: Matric 10%, FSc 40%, MDCAT 50%. |
| NUMS counts only FSc and its test, 50% each | NUMS's advert: SSC 10%, HSSC 40%, entrance test 50%. |
| Hafiz-e-Quran students get 20 extra marks | No extra marks under PM&DC's current admission regulations. |
| MDCAT is out of 200 | MDCAT is 180 MCQs; only older results were out of 200. |
| You need 60% in MDCAT to pass | 60% is the FSc minimum. MDCAT needs 55% (MBBS) or 50% (BDS). |
Last checked against the official documents on 25 October 2026.
No. Universities use the same 10% Matric, 40% FSc and 50% MDCAT for both. Only the MDCAT minimum (50% for BDS, 55% for MBBS) and the merit lists are different.
At least 90 out of 180 to apply. To get a public dental college you need far more: compare your aggregate with last session's closing merit in the calculator above, and use the target box to see the MDCAT score each college needed.
Yes. In KPK you list every MBBS and BDS college you would accept on one KMU application, in order of preference. UHS and the other universities also let you choose both.
Merit for MBBS and BDS is your aggregate: 10% of your Matric percentage, 40% of your FSc percentage and 50% of your MDCAT percentage. KMU, UHS, the Sindh universities, Balochistan and NUMS all use this formula, then rank every applicant by it and fill seats in that order. Compare your merit with last session's closing merit for each college.
Turn each mark into a percentage of its own total, then add 10% of your Matric percentage, 40% of your FSc percentage and 50% of your MDCAT percentage. For example, Matric 990/1100 (90%), FSc 1010/1100 (91.82%) and MDCAT 160/180 (88.89%) give 9 + 36.7273 + 44.4444 = 90.1717%.
PM&DC's MDCAT is 180 MCQs, one mark each. An MDCAT result stays valid for three years, so if you are using an older result that was out of 200, enter 200 as the total. NUMS is different: it announces its test result as a percentage, so on the NUMS calculator you enter that percentage instead of marks.
No. KMU (KPK), UHS (Punjab), Sindh's universities, Balochistan's Selection Committee and NUMS all use 10% Matric, 40% FSc and 50% for the entry test, following PM&DC's admission regulations. What differs is the test total, the seat categories and who you compete with.
No. Under PM&DC's admission regulations and a 2023 suo motu judgment, no additional marks are given for Hifz-e-Quran. Calculators that still add 20 marks are out of date.
At least 60% in HSSC (FSc pre-medical or equivalent), and at least 55% in MDCAT for MBBS or 50% for BDS (99 or 90 out of 180). In April 2026 PM&DC allowed a one-time relaxation of up to 3% only to fill seats left vacant in the 2025-26 session; the standard minimums are unchanged.
MDCAT, by far. With a 1100-mark FSc, one MDCAT mark (out of 180) is worth about 7.6 FSc marks and about 30.6 Matric marks.
Get your IBCC equivalence certificates and enter the equivalent marks and totals for Matric (O level) and FSc (A level). Universities use the IBCC figures, not your grades.
Yes. Enter the marks you expect, or your Part I marks scaled to the full total, to get an estimate. Your real aggregate will use the final result you submit before the closing date.
Usually MDCAT. Raising FSc by 50 marks (out of 1100) adds about 1.82% to your aggregate; raising MDCAT by 10 marks (out of 180) adds about 2.78%.
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