Pakistan ends foreign medical students quota

While abolishing quota for foreign students for the first time in the country’s history, the Pakistan Medical Commission (PMC) has made it mandatory for overseas Pakistanis and foreign students to clear Medical and Dental College Admission Test (MDCAT) to get admission in Pakistan

Oct 27, 2020

While abolishing quota for foreign students for the first time in the country’s history, the Pakistan Medical Commission (PMC) has made it mandatory for overseas Pakistanis and foreign students to clear Medical and Dental College Admission Test (MDCAT) to get admission in Pakistan.

Private colleges have been allowed to have fee structures for foreigners different from that for Pakistani students. Moreover, the provinces can fix a quota for foreign students for admission to their public sector colleges.

The Pakistan Medical Association (PMA), representative body of doctors, expressed concern over the decision and said the decision would close the doors of medical education on local students.

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