For Khyber Pakhtunkhwa candidates, Khyber Medical University runs the MDCAT and publishes the result. This page is the plain version of that process, with the official links — and it’s honest about the parts KMU doesn’t publish, rather than filling them with guesses.
Where to check your result
Your result is on KMU’s MDCAT portal: cas.kmu.edu.pk/kmumdcat → the result search page. You enter:
- your roll number,
- your CNIC / B-form (or POR / passport number),
- the year (2025, 2024 or 2023), and
- the on-screen captcha.
Lost your roll number? KMU has a separate roll-number lookup by CNIC. If the portal misbehaves, KMU’s MDCAT helpline is 091-9217703 and 091-9217696, or email kmu.mdcat@gmail.com.
When it comes out
Judging by the 2025 cycle (as a guide to KMU’s pace, not a promise for future years): KMU uploaded the official answer key on the evening of the exam so candidates could self-score, and declared the result the next day — faster than 2024, when it committed to “within 72 hours.” Treat these as KMU’s recent track record; each cycle’s exact timing is announced with that cycle.
The answer key: for self-scoring, not for appeals
KMU publishes a single answer key PDF covering all booklet codes (A, B, C, D). Use it to estimate your score before the official result.
One thing to be clear about, because rumours circulate: KMU does not run a pre-result “challenge the answer key” window of the kind some other testing bodies use. We looked for an official KMU notice establishing one and found none. The remedy KMU actually offers comes after the result — retotalling — not a challenge against the provisional key.
If your result looks wrong: retotalling
After results, KMU opens a short retotalling (rechecking) window. In 2025 the VC described it as roughly three days after the result. The process, from the portal: generate a retotalling deposit slip (you enter roll number, CNIC and your reason), pay the fee, and submit.
Two honest blanks here: KMU’s portal generates the slip but does not publish the fee amount or a hard deadline date — both are announced with each cycle’s result, so check the portal’s own notice when your result is out. KMU also states the marking is fully computerised and multiply verified, so retotalling is a reconfirmation step, not a re-mark.
What the result tells you
Your MDCAT result is scored out of 180. KMU’s own eligibility rules (eligibility.php) set the bars for KP admission:
- MDCAT: at least 55% for MBBS, 50% for BDS. Below that across MDCAT 2023–2025 means ineligible.
- HSSC / FSc Pre-Medical: at least 60% — the national floor in PMDC’s Admissions Regulations 2025. (KMU’s own materials aren’t fully consistent here: its policy document states 60% while its eligibility page has shown 65%, and provincial rules can set a higher bar. Confirm the exact figure for your cycle on KMU’s current admission policy before relying on it.) Plus a KP or newly-merged-district domicile.
- Admission merit is then the 50% MDCAT + 40% HSSC + 10% Matric aggregate — the number our aggregate calculator works out, and the one the KP merit lists are ranked by.
Qualifying and getting a seat are different things: clearing 55% puts you in the applicant pool; your aggregate decides whether you’re called. See the merit breakdown for what that took in 2025.
A note on the 2026 cycle
MDCAT 2026 has been rescheduled to Sunday, 20 September 2026 (originally 16 August; PMDC announced the change on 6 August). Registration is closed. KMU’s official 2026 admit-card lookup is live for KP candidates. Our official-sources guide has the national dates and official links. What is not yet published is KMU’s 2026 result-day specifics — result date, answer-key timing and the retotalling window are announced with each cycle, so treat the 2025 track record above as precedent, not a promise. The one forward signal is the VC’s stated intention to move the KMU MDCAT to a computer-based format in future — an intention, not a scheduled announcement. Watch KMU’s announcements page for the 2026 result arrangements when they land.