2 Ways for Boys and Girls to Join Army Administered Medical Colleges in 2018

I received a lot of questions about girls and boys admission in the Army Medical College (Rawalpindi), CMH Lahore Medical College (Lahore), Quetta Institute of Medical Sciences (Quetta), CMH Multan Institute of Medical Sciences (Multan), Karachi Institute of
Medical Sciences (Karachi), CMH Institute of Medical Sciences Bahawalpur (Bahawalpur), WAH Medical College (Wah Cantt) and HITECH Institute of Medical Sciences (Taxila), so i decided to make this post which will help you in getting the answers to your questions.

But remember, there are two ways for getting into the Army Administered Colleges, one is the Medical Cadet Course and the other is the NUMS test. The details of these 2 courses are given below.

1. Medical Cadet Course for Army Administered Medical Colleges

1.1. For Boys

Medical cadet course is for the following 6 colleges.

1. Army Medical College (Rawalpindi),
2. CMH Lahore Medical College (Lahore),
3. Quetta Institute of Medical Sciences (Quetta),
4. CMH Multan Institute of Medical Sciences (Multan),
5. Karachi Institute of Medical Sciences (Karachi) and
6. CMH Institute of Medical Sciences Bahawalpur (Bahawalpur).

The most famous way for boys to join all the above 6 Army Administered Medical Colleges for MBBS is through Medical Cadet Course. This is a Regular Commission for boys in the Pakistan army. This course is for F.Sc Pre-medical boys, not for girls.

Through Medical Cadet course, you can only study the BDS of the Army Medical College, Rawalpindi. The BDS of other 5 colleges does not comes under the Medical cadet course.

The selection procedure for Medical Cadet Course is same as that of the PMA Long Course. There will be preliminary tests including Written/Intelligence/Personality. After clearing this first test, there will be physical tests and initial medical test. The shortlisted candidates will receive an ISSB interview letter.

The selection procedure for getting admission will be
Preliminary Tests + Physical Tests + Initial Medical Tests + ISSB Interview + Provincial Entry Test (UHS, ETEA,MCAT, NUMS, AJ&K State exam etc) = Selection

Yes, If you want to study from these 6 Army Administered Medical Colleges, then you must have registered / appeared yourself in any fresh provincial entry test as eligible (UHS, ETEA,MCAT, NUMS, AJ&K State exam etc).

On becoming successful, GHQ will issue you the call letter which you will receive at your home. You will be paid 30000 PKR per month by GHQ throughout your 5 years of MBBS or 4 years of BDS. During your stay in college, you will wear Khaki uniform and will be called as Cadet. After this, there will be 6-month training at PMA Kakul.

On successful completion of training, you will be awarded the rank of Captain and you will serve in Army Medical Corps for at least 13 years. This period of 13-year is your bond with the army.

For 2018, its online registration will be in June/July.

1.2. For Girls

The girls are not admitted through the Medical Cadet Course. Until 2010, the army has recruited girls through this way. The girls had to complete the 13-year bond with Pak army from this method.

As Pakistani girls have large family responsibilities on their shoulders besides this army doctor job, so army decided to stop the enrollment of girls through this method in 2011. The girls were being paid 30000 PKR per month by army from this method of enrollment.

But girls, if you have completed your MBBS and BDS, then follow this Girls! Become Captain or Major after MBBS & BDS

2. Admission through NUMS - MDCAT Test for Army Administered Medical Colleges

2.1. For Both Civilians and Army Brat

If your father or mother never served in army, then you are a civilian candidate. If you are the daughter or son of retired, late or serving military personnel from Army, Airforce or Navy, then you are army brat and you will be called Paying cadets (PCs).

Up to 2015, both the army brat and civilians were inducted into Army Administered Medical Colleges through NUST entrance test. But at the end of 2015, these colleges released themselves from NUST and now they come under the National University of Medical Sciences (NUMS).

From 2016 onward, the admissions will be held in all the following colleges through the NUMS entry test.

NUMS test is valid for the MBBS program of all the following 8 colleges.

Constituent:
Army Medical College, (AM College) Rawalpindi

Affiliated Institutions:
1. CMH Lahore Medical College & Institute of Dentistry, Lahore
2. CMH Multan Institute of Medical Sciences, (CIMS) Multan
3. Quetta Institute of Medical Sciences, (QIMS) Quetta
4. WAH Medical College, Wah Cantt
5. CMH Institute of Medical Sciences (CIMS) Bahawalpur
6. HITECH Institute of Medical Sciences, Taxila
7. Karachi Institute of Medical Sciences, (KIMS) Malir Cantt, Karachi

You can take admission in BDS program of the 8 above mentioned colleges on the basis of NUMS test. But BDS program is currently only available in 2 colleges which are the Army Medical College, (AM College) Rawalpindi and CMH Lahore Medical College & Institute of Dentistry, Lahore.

Note:

Many people write Army Medical College NUST. Write Army Medical College NUMS instead of NUST. The Army Medical College Rawalpindi official website is no longer activated and it is taken down from NUST website. If you want to visit, then go to the NUMS official website. Contact numbers are also given there.

The Pak army medical college is located in Rawalpindi on Abid Majeed road. Remember, there are no branches of Army Medical College in Pakistan. A lot of people write army medical college Lahore/Multan/Quetta/ Wah Cantt/Bahawalpur/Taxila/Karachi. These are not the real names of these colleges. The real names are written above.

2.2. Registration Dates For NUMS Test in 2018

NUMS has announced the online registration dates for this test in 2018. The registration dates are from 15 to 29 October, 2018. You can register yourself on the NTS site by filling the form. Take this form to the bank and submit the entry test fee, which is 3000 PKR, and send this form to the given address.

After few days, NTS will send the roll no. slip at you home address and you will go for the NUMS entry test at the allocated test center.

NUMS test for the year 2018 will be held on 18 November, 2018. NUMS entry test is for Army Medical college and for 7 other colleges which are given above.

Please check this link to know about NUMS - MDCAT NTS Admission form link.

The first merit list will be displayed on 10 dec, 2018 and the 2nd and final merit list will be available on 18 dec, 2018. The commencement of classes will be from 7 January, 2019.

The NUMS Entry Test will be conducted through NTS in following cities:
Rawalpindi/Islamabad, Lahore, Multan, Faisalabad, Sargodha, Bahawalpur, Karachi,
Hyderabad, Sukkur, Quetta, Peshawar, Abbottabad, Muzaffarabad and Gilgit.

2.3. Admission Guidelines for Civilian Students for Army Medical College in 2018 (Not other 7 colleges are included)

If you are a civilian candidate, then your admission will be as follows.

After giving test, you have to apply for getting the admission in AMC through the post. You just have to download the form from the NUMS website and send the documents along with this form through the post.

Normally, the last date of admission in AMC is in the end of September. But in 2018, the date is unknown.

First and foremost, the NUMS displays the names of all students who apply for the AMC. Then, the First merit list of selected civilian students will be displayed. After this, the second and final merit list will also be displayed.

The admissions of other 7 colleges are also held by applying through the internet or by going to these colleges. For applying in CMH medical college, Lahore, you have to buy a prospectus.

2.4. Admission Procedure for Paying Cadets or Army Brat (Children of Military Men/Women)

If you are an army brat or Paying cadets (PCs), then such students apply directly to GHQ after taking the NUMS test.

The closing merits for all (Civilians and PCs) were
MBBS: 85.532%
BDS: 84.215%  aggregate in 2017.

3. Army Medical College Fee Structure & Seats Allocation

3.1. For Civilians Girls and Boys

For civilian candidates, the self-finance tuition fee of AMC Rawalpindi is 183,360 PKR/year for both MBBS and BDS. But for foreign students, it is 10,000$/year. The other charges like admission fee, hostel charges etc are unknown.

The total fee of CMH Lahore Medical College for local students is 831,650 PKR/year. But it is 1,036,059 PKR/year with the hostel. For foreign students, it is 19 lac PKR/year. With hostel charges, it is 21 lac PKR/year.

The fee structure of the other 6 colleges is not known.

3.2. Fee Structure for Paying Cadets 

The fee structure of paying cadets is half as compared to that of NUMS students because they have a three year bond with the army.

The fee is nearly 100,000 PKR/year for paying cadets (PCs).

3.3. Seats Allocation for Civilian Girls and Boys

The total number of seats in the AM college are 270. 150 seats are for Medical Cadet Course, 70 seats are for both male and female civilian NUMS students.

3.4. Seats for Paying Cadets or Army Brat 

You can get admission in AMC on army brat reserved seats. There are 50 seats for Army Brat (both male and female). The army brat can also apply on the civilian seats but they have to pay full fee as that of civilians.

Such cadets will sign the 3-year bond with the army after passing out. As these are the bonded cadets, so these boys and girls wear the Khaki uniform throughout their degree.

But boys, if you have completed your MBBS and BDS or still studying in last year of your MBBS or BDS, then follow this Boys! Become Captain or Major after or during MBBS & BDS

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Test Pattern

The test will comprise of the Multiple choice questions. These MCQs will be from Biology, Chemistry, Physics, and English. The test will have total 180 marks and there will be 20 questions from English, 45 from Physics, 45 from Chemistry and 70 will be from Biology.

There will be no intelligence questions in the test. There will be no negative marking in the test. You have to solve these 180 questions in 3 hours and 30 minutes. That's enough time.
The Syllabus for NUMS entry test 2016 is given here. The result of the NUMS test will be announced on the official NTS website.

NUMS entry test past papers might be available on the internet.

Merit/Aggregate 

Army Medical College's selection procedure including the other 7 colleges will be decided on the basis of 50% NUMS entry test marks, 40 % F.Sc or Equivalent degree marks and 10% Matric or Equivalent degree marks. The aggregate marks criteria or merits of foreign students will be different.

Can Foreign Students Apply

The foreign candidates must have passed 12-year education like Cambridge Overseas Higher School Certificate, British General Certificate of Education (Advance Level), American High School Graduation Diploma (9-12th Grade) or any other equivalent qualification with three science subjects of which Biology and Chemistry are essential and minimum 60% cumulative marks or equivalent grade.

Instead of NUMS test, the foreign students can apply on the basis of SAT- II examination with the minimum score of 550 in each of three science subjects of which two have to be Biology and Chemistry or they must have passed American MCAT with minimum aggregate score of 24.

Who Wears Khaki Uniform?

There will be no bond for civilian boys and girls to serve the Pak army after the completion of MBBS and BDS. These civilians boys and girls do not wear the Khaki uniform because they are admitted just with the help of a single entry test.

Only cadets of Army Brat and Medical Cadet Course wear the Khaki uniform as described above. But on Friday, the whole college including the civilian students wear the Khaki uniform.

There is also no height criteria for boys and girls for getting admission through NUMS entrance test.

Army Medical College Hostel

The hostel is called a company in the army language in the AM college. There are hostels for Medical Cadet Course students and Army Brat's students. There are five hostels for male students and two hostels for female students.

Now, i know you have become tired after reading the above lengthy article. But if your eyes have not become tired yet and you are still feeling fresh, then read more about how to enter in the army by clicking on the following links.

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