Courses and Admissions
1st Prof MBBS & BDS Registration Opens for Session 2017-18

The Sardar Begum Dental College, Peshawar offers an undergraduate course in dentistry (BDS) designed to equip students with knowledge, skills, attitudes and behavior necessary to understand and influence factors that effect the health of individuals and of communities. The curriculum conform to the requirements of Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) and covers a period of five years.

Admission Criterion

Academic Requirements for Eligibility

All candidates must meet the PMC requirements for admission in MBBS/ BDS. Brief details have been provided in this prospectus. Candidates are encouraged to review the PMC website (www.pmc.org.pk) for detailed information.

  1. The Candidate who has passed the (F.Sc) Intermediate Science/ HSSC Examination ( pre medical Group) securing at least 65% marks in aggregate, unadjusted, from a Board of Higher Secondary Education. Shall be eligible to apply for admission in MBBS / BDS.
  2. Any student seeking admission in any medical or dental college shall mandatorily be required to have passed the MDCAT examination held by Pakistan Medical Commission. The passing marks for the MDCAT examination shall be 60%.
  3. A student having passed the MDCAT exam and obtained 65% or more in the F.Sc or equivalent exam shall be eligible for admission in a medical or dental college.
  4. Merit List will be prepared as per PMC Admission regulation 2020-21.
  5. Any students whose degree is not duly verified by the granting institution or credentials are found to be false or forged shall have the admission terminated with immediate effect. A student who is found to have forged their Higher Secondary School Certificate or F.Sc or equivalent examination certificate/degree or presented a false document shall be barred from applying to any medical or dental college in Pakistan in the future.
  6. A student who does not pay the tuition fee within 3 working days of accepting the admission, the offer of admission shell be cancelled and the student shell retain no further right to the admission offered.
  7. MDCAT Exemption Criteria for Foreign Students for 2020-2021.
    In order to qualify for admission for the 2021 Session ONLY, SAT II results can be used instead of the MDCAT by students who have completed their HSSC programs from outside Pakistan, and where weightage of different subjects results in SAT II would be taken into consideration as follows:
    1. Biology: 40%
    2. Chemistry: 35%
    3. Physics/Maths: 25%

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, SAT I has not been conducted universally in 2020. Therefore, English shall be an exempted subject to those students who have completed their HSSC/High School program from an institution/country where the medium of teaching is English.

Interview for Admission session 2020-2021 in Gandhara University for its constituent institution Kabir Medical College for MBBS Program and Sardar Begum Dental College for BDS Program

In compliance of PMC Admission regulation {Admission) 2020-2021, Gandhara University will carry out its own interviews which shall have weightage of 20%. The Gandhara University will finalize the total aggregate of the applicants out of 100% for final merit of the student this aggregate will be used by the University for the purpose of Admission to its MBBS and BDS program for the session 2020-21.


For the purpose of preparing the final merit list the following weightage percentage will be used:
F.Sc pre-Medical or Equivalent exam: 30%
MDCAT/SAT II: 50%
Interview conducted by the institution: 20%

The Admission 2020-2021 will be undertaken by the Gandhara University, for its constituent institutions (Kabir Medical College and Sardar Begum Dental College strictly on the cumulative as per National merit list.
The Interviews will be conducted by the institutional Admission interview Committee. The Committee comprises the following members.

Vice Chancellor of Gandhara University, Chairman
Principal Kabir Medical College, Member
Principal Sardar Begum Dental College, Member
One Professor, Kabir Medical College, Member
One Professor, Sardar Begum Dental College, Member
Finance and Planning Committee, Gandhara University, Member

Check list
Candidates are required to submit attested photocopies of the following documents with the application form.

  1. Matric Certificate & DMC/Equivalence from IBCC. in case of O-Level (One Copy)
  2. F.Sc. Premedical Certificate & DMC/Equivalence from I BCC. in case of A-Level (One Copy)
  3. CNIC / Computerize form-B of the applicant and CN IC of the Father/Guardian of the candidate. (One Copy)
  4. At the time of admission, the candidates are required to submit an under taking on judicial paper (as per specimen given in the prospectus) of Rs.100 duly attested by first class magistrate. (One Copy)
  5. Character certificate from the Head of the Institution most recently attended by the applicant. (One Copy)
  6. Coloured photographs. (Passport Size) (Four Copy)
  7. Domicile Certificate (Four Copy)

Foreign Students

Mr. Faisal Qazi is the internatinal student corrdinator, based in California, USA who on behalf of Gandhara University facilitate the application forms.

No admission shall be given without any entry test or SAT II score of 550 marks. Only those Pakistani National Students and Foreigners, who have obtained the required qualifications for the entry from abroad, shall be eligible for admission on the foreign sets and will either have to appear in the entry test or present the university the requisite SAT score. The student who are residing aboard or who have achieve their qualification for the entry test from abroad will be eligible to appear in the entry test if they have passed three subject out of which two have to be Biology & Chemistry. The candidates having minimum SAT II score of 550 marks shall be exempted from the entry test and will be required to appear only in the aptitude interview. TOEFL & IELT score of 500 or 5.5 shall be required from the students who have obtained their required qualifications from those institutions where the medium so instruction for these qualifications is not English. An alternate to TOEFL& IELT is a certification by NUML Islamabad after a one year English language course.3. The candidate who has passed British A-Level or American/Canadian High School Examination (12th Grade) shall obtained the equivalent certificate from the Inter-Board Committee of Chairman Islamabad.4 Incomplete application form will berejected.5 DMC of F. Sc. (Pre-Medical) /Equivalent examination, SSC and other certificates once submitted with the application form cannot be changed and shall be considered as final. Revision of result or improvement of marks by the Board/IBCC after the finalization of the Merit list shall not affect the merit of admission of current year in any way.6 If any certificate submitted by the candidate is found false, or forged during his / her study period, his /her admission shall be cancelled forthwith. Further legal action can be taken against the student under the Existing criminal laws.

The applicants are required to appear in the Entry Test. The provincial government will be holding the Entry Test for admission in MBBS and BDS. The Entry Test of one province shall be acceptable in the other provinces. The merit will be prepared according to the PM&DC rules for admission in MBBS / BDS.

For further information, contact Mr. Faisal Qazi, International Student Services:
fqazi@gandhara.edu.pk
+1(626) 437-2016

Aptitude Interview

According to the Pakistan medical & Dental Council rules and regulation for admission in MBBS / BDS, the college will hold and aptitude interview and will give it an appropriate weightage for final selection