MBBS/BDS Admissions October 2026: NUMS Registration Opens, SZABMU Announces Dates, KMU Deadline Nears

Two new official admission notices landed this week — NUMS has opened centralized MBBS/BDS registration for session 2026-27, and SZABMU has announced admissions for federal public-sector medical and dental colleges. Meanwhile, KMU's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa application window closes on 21 October. Every date, fee and eligibility rule below was read directly from the official university pages on 12 October 2026.

The National University of Medical Sciences — the admitting university for Armed Forces-administered medical and dental colleges — is running centralized admissions for its constituent, affiliated and attached colleges under the PM&DC Admission Regulations. Applications are invited for MBBS/BDS session 2026-27 against open-merit and foreign seats.

Confirmed schedule

Event	Date
Online registration starts	Tuesday, 13 October 2026
Registration with regular fee ends	Wednesday, 11 November 2026, by 4:00 PM
Registration with late fee ends	Wednesday, 25 November 2026, by 4:00 PM
Provisional merit list (MBBS/BDS)	Thursday, 10 December 2026
1st selection list	17 December 2026 (MBBS) · 21 January 2027 (BDS)
Classes begin (tentative)	15 February 2027 (MBBS) · 15 March 2027 (BDS)

Fees (non-refundable)

	Open merit	Foreign seat
Regular fee	Rs 8,500	Rs 50,000
Late fee	Rs 9,500	Rs 55,000

Eligibility

• Pakistani citizens, including AJK and Gilgit-Baltistan, for open-merit seats.
• NUMS MDCAT 2026 (held 13 September 2026) is mandatory — 55% for MBBS, 50% for BDS.
• Minimum 60% in FSc (Pre-Medical) or equivalent, with Biology, Chemistry and Physics or Mathematics (IBCC equivalence for A-Level/12th grade).
• Foreign-seat alternative: SAT-II with 550 in each subject, or MCAT (USA)/UCAT (UK) with 50% in the prescribed subjects.

Merit formula

NUMS MDCAT (or valid MCAT/UCAT) 50% · HSSC/FSc 40% · SSC/Matric 10%. (See how MDCAT merit is calculated.)

What to do now

1. Read the full notice on the official NUMS admissions page.
2. Prepare documents before 13 October; the online application link was marked "will be available soon" when checked.
3. Do not wait for the late-fee window — it costs more and shortens your margin for document issues.

Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Medical University, Islamabad — the admitting university for public-sector medical and dental colleges under the Federal Government — published its admission notice on 12 October 2026.

Colleges and programs

• Federal Medical College, Islamabad — MBBS
• Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Medical & Dental College, Lahore — MBBS
• School of Dentistry, Islamabad — BDS

Confirmed dates and fees

• Last date for online application: 30 October 2026.
• Applications are online only at the SZABMU admission portal — no hard copies accepted.
• Processing fee: Rs 3,000 per program, non-refundable (separate fee for MBBS and BDS applications).

Eligibility

• Minimum 60% (660/1100) in HSSC (Pre-Medical) or equivalent 12th grade with Biology, Chemistry and Physics/Mathematics.
• MDCAT 2024, 2025 or 2026 from SZABMU, UHS, KMU, BUMHS or IBA Sukkur — 55% for MBBS, 50% for BDS.
• Merit weightage: MDCAT 50% · HSSC 40% · SSC 10%.
• Quotas include disabled candidates, federal-government employees, ex-FATA and foreign/dual nationals; quota applicants must attach the certifying document from the concerned authority plus domicile proof.

What to do now

1. Open the SZABMU admission updates page and read the 12-10-2026 notice in full.
2. Create your portal account early and keep scanned documents ready — quota certificates take time.
3. Pay each program's fee separately and keep the receipt.

If you are applying through KMU's centralized system for KP public-sector colleges, the window is almost shut. (Background: KMU MBBS/BDS admissions 2026-27 guide.)

• Last date: Wednesday, 21 October 2026, 5:00 PM (PST).
• Form available since 1 October at cas.kmu.edu.pk.
• Eligibility on the official portal: minimum 65% in HSSC (Pre-Medical) or equivalent; MDCAT 2024/2025/2026 with 55% for MBBS and 50% for BDS; KP or newly-merged-districts domicile.
• Fee: Rs 3,000 per program (MBBS, BDS, KIMS, KIDS separately), paid via the auto-generated challan at Bank of Khyber branches.
• Merit: SSC 10% · HSSC 40% · MDCAT 50%.
• No hard copies or physical documents are accepted at KMU; admission is allotted only after payment verification (check status 72 hours after paying).

• The NUMS online application link going live (marked "available soon" on 12 October).
• SZABMU's quota seat lists and any date extensions on its admission-updates page.
• KMU's provisional merit list after the 21 October deadline.
• Punjab (UHS) and Sindh public-sector 2026-27 schedules, which had no new official notices as of 12 October.

Checked on 12 October 2026. All dates, fees and eligibility figures above were read from the official pages; where a page carried no publication date (NUMS), that is stated instead of guessed.

• NUMS centralized admissions MBBS/BDS 2026-27 (page undated; discovered 12-10-2026)
• SZABMU admission updates (notice dated 12-10-2026)
• KMU centralized admission portal (schedule verified 12-10-2026)

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