MBBS, BDS candidates’ 1st selection list issued

LAHORE: The University of Health Sciences (UHS) on Wednesday issued first selection list of candidates admitted to MBBS and BDS programme in public sector medical and dental colleges of Punjab for the session 2017-18.
The last merit for MBBS has been 89.0364 and that for BDS 88.9273 per cent. Last year, this merit was 88.6 and 88.4 per cent respectively. The merit has been calculated as per the weightage formula of Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC), adding 10 per cent of matriculation, 40 per cent of intermediate and 50 per cent of entrance test marks.
Only those candidates who secured 83.4 per cent or above aggregate marks as per PMDC formula were eligible to apply for admission on open merit basis this year. Applications were received from November 10 to 17.
A total of 48,533 candidates appeared in the entrance test this year. Out of these, 11,308 eligible candidates applied for admission against 3197 open merit (3022 MBBS + 175 BDS), 61 under-developed districts’ (49 MBBS +12 BDS), 76 reserved seats for children of Overseas Pakistanis/Dual Nationality holders (72 MBBS + 4 BDS), and 20 disabled candidates (19 MBBS + 01 BDS) seats available in 17 public sector medical and 03 dental colleges of the province. King Edward Medical University (KEMU) Lahore, as always remained the top choice of candidates with merit for the institution closing at 92.5455 per cent. The last merit for Allama Iqbal Medical College, Lahore is 91.4403 per cent, Services Institute of Medical Sciences, Lahore 90.9416 per cent, Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Medical and Dental College, Lahore 90.6455, Ameer-ud-Din Medical College, Lahore 90.1636 per cent, Fatima Jinnah Medical University, Lahore 90.0948 per cent, Nishtar Medical University, Multan 90.0636 per cent, Rawalpindi Medical University, Rawalpindi 89.7364 per cent, Faisalabad Medical University, Faisalabad 89.7273 per cent, Gujranwala Medical College, Gujranwala 89.5727 per cent, Quaid-e-Azam Medical College, Bahawalpur 89.4000 per cent, Sargodha Medical College, Sargodha 89.3398 per cent, Khawaja Mohammad Safdar Medical College, Sialkot 89.2788 per cent, Sahiwal Medical College, Sahiwal 89.2316 per cent, Nawaz Sharif Medical College, Gujrat 89.2091 per cent, Sheikh Zayed Medical College, Rahim Yar Khan 89.1091 per cent, and D.G. Khan Medical College, DG Khan 89.0364 per cent.
For BDS programme, the last merit of de’Montmorency College of Dentistry Lahore is 89.000 per cent, Dental Section Faisalabad Medical University Faisalabad 88.9364 per cent, and that of Nishtar Institute of Dentistry, Multan 88.9273 per cent.
For Reciprocal seats, the merit of Khyber Medical College Peshawar is 89.5541 per cent, Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Shaheed Medical College, Mirpur, Azad Jammu and Kashmir 89.1545 per cent, Azad Jammu Kashmir Medical College, Muzaffarabad, AJ&K, 89.0823 per cent, Poonch Medical College, Rawlakot, AJ&K 89.0273 per cent and for Bolan Medical College, Quetta the last merit is 89.0091 per cent. For 76 seats reserved for Children of Overseas Pakistani/Dual Nationality holders, the last merit is 88.2909 per cent. For disabled candidates category, the merit remained at 74.1169 per cent.
For admission against 61 seats reserved for the students of 06 under-developed districts including Muzaffargarh, Rajanpur, Lodhran, Bhakkar, Layyah and DG Khan, the last merit is as follows: Muzaffargarh 88.9532 per cent, Rajanpur (Tribal Area) 76.7273 per cent, Rajanpur (Settled Area) 88.7173 per cent, Lodhran 88.7952 per cent, Bhakkar 88.6364 per cent, Layyah 88.7502 per cent and DG Khan (Tribal Area) 86.5273 per cent and D.G. Khan (Settled Area) 88.9394 per cent. The merit for one seat reserved for Cholistan is 82.1186 per cent.
All the lists are available on UHS website www.uhs.edu.pk. The selected candidates will be issued call letters by the respective colleges.