# Postgraduate Entrance Test (PGET) by University of Health Sciences (UHS)

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Published: 2026-07-24 · Updated: 2026-10-23  
Category: Blog  
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> UHS Postgraduate Entrance Test (PGET) 2026 on Sunday 25 October: twice-yearly schedule, two-paper MCQ pattern and syllabus for Level III Punjab residency.

The University of Health Sciences (UHS), Lahore, has issued Notification No. UHS/VC-73-2026, dated 24 July 2026, laying out the schedule and examination pattern for the Postgraduate Entrance Test (PGET)–2026. The notification follows the Specialised Healthcare and Medical Education Department’s letter SO(ME-I)-7/1/2026 (Level III PRP) and applies to admission into Level III Residency Programmes at teaching hospitals and institutions under SHC&MED, Government of the Punjab.

**From JCAT to PGET**

The March 2026 attempt (held on 29 March 2026) was the last [Joint Centralized Admission Test (JCAT)](https://upmed.net/jcat/). After the UHS notification of 24 July 2026, JCAT was replaced by PGET. From the October 2026 attempt onwards, admission to MD, MS, MDS and FCPS under the Central Induction Policy is through PGET.

**Test schedule**

PGET will now be conducted twice a year: the first examination in March/April and the second in September/October.

***For this cycle, PGET–2026 is scheduled for Sunday, 25th October 2026.***

**Examination pattern**

The test comprises two papers:

- Medical programmes: Paper-I carries 100 MCQs, is common to all candidates, and is based on the MBBS syllabus. Paper-II also carries 100 MCQs but is speciality-specific, conducted separately for Medicine & Allied, Surgery & Allied, Ophthalmology, Otorhinolaryngology (ENT), Anaesthesia, Radiology, Psychiatry, and Pathology.
- Dentistry programmes: Paper I covers Basic Medical Sciences, and Paper II covers Basic Dental and Clinical Sciences.
- [Download the Table of Specification notice.](https://securedimages.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/notification_pgettos.pdf)
- [Download Table of Specification](https://securedimages.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/tospget.pdf)

**Eligibility, merit and applications**

Eligibility for appearing in PGET remains as prescribed by SHC&MED. The minimum passing score is the **75th percentile**, and PGET marks carry **75 percent weightage** in the admission merit. [Understand how percentile-based passing (75th percentile) works](https://upmed.net/understanding-the-75th-percentile-rule/).

Apply online at this link [https://admissions.uhs.edu.pk/pget/](https://admissions.uhs.edu.pk/pget/) by 22nd September 2026. [Check the notice on this link.](https://www.uhs.edu.pk/downloads/pget2026.jpg)