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Provincial medical entrance exams included the MDCAT conducted by the University of Health Sciences, Lahore in Punjab and Balochistan before the NMDCAT. It was implemented in 1998 as the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) on the initiative of the then chief minister of Punjab Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif to counter replete cheating in HSSC exams at the time.
Being a mandatory exam for admission in medical programs, [4] it is the biggest exam in India in terms of number of applicants. [5] Until 2012, the All India Pre-Medical Test (AIPMT) was conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). In 2013, NEET-UG was introduced, conducted by CBSE, replacing AIPMT.
The test consists of four sections, each scored from 118 to 132 with a median score of 125. [29] The total MCAT score is a sum of the scores from each of the four sections, ranging from 472 to 528 with a median score of 500. Scores are released on a pre-determined date between 30 and 35 days after the exam date. [30]
The National Medical Commission released draft regulations in 2021 on foreign medical graduates (FMGs) that amends the requirement for the Foreign Medical Graduate Exam. Starting at an unknown date, overseas graduates will be required to qualify the new National Exit Test (NExT) in place of the Foreign Medical Graduate Exam (FMGE).
National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) is an autonomous body under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, and established in 1975 at New Delhi as a Society under Delhi Society registration act, to standardizing postgraduate medical education and examination in India. [1] [2] [3] [4]
The exam was started in 1986 by the Government of Andhra Pradesh as "Engineering Medical Common Entrance Test (EMCET)". It is a yearly examination taken by a large number of engineering and medical aspirants for the entrance into undergraduate colleges across Andhra Pradesh. It was later renamed as "Engineering Agricultural and Medical Common ...
NMDCAT– National Medical and Dental College Admission Test, for admission in public and private sector medical and dental colleges and universities in Pakistan. It is conducted by the Pakistan Medical Commission through National Testing Service.
The State Common Entrance Test Cell, Maharashtra released the syllabus and marking scheme for the Computer Based Test (CBT). [6] The test was also used for admissions to the undergarduate course in Planning at the College of Engineering Pune, this was changed with the introduction of a separate entrance test for Planning in 2022. [7]