PGMI Entrance Test (ETEA) for FCPS-II: Paper Pattern for Medical, Surgical and Dental Groups

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For first fellowship (FCPS-II) induction through PGMI Peshawar, the entrance test carries 75 out of 100 merit marks. The test is conducted by ETEA (Educational Testing and Evaluation Agency, KP). This makes it the most important part of your merit. See the first fellowship merit calculator to see how your test score changes your merit.

Three categories of test

There are three separate tests: Medical specialties, Surgical specialties and Dentistry. You sit the test of the group your specialty belongs to.

Group Specialties named in the IPM
Medical specialties (MBBS) Anaesthesia, Community Medicine, Medicine & Allied, Pathology, Psychiatry, Pharmacology, Biochemistry, Physiology, Family Medicine
Surgical specialties (MBBS) Anatomy, Diagnostic Radiology, ENT, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Surgery & Allied, Ophthalmology
Dentistry (BDS) FCPS dental specialties

Paper distribution: MBBS (medical and surgical groups)

Section Medical group Surgical group
Basic medical subjects: Applied Physiology, Applied Pharmacology, Applied Pathology and Applied Anatomy 20% 20%
General Principles of Medicine / General Principles of Surgery 50% (Medicine) 50% (Surgery)
English language 10% 10%
Bioethics 10% 10%
Basic biostatistics 5% 5%
Communication skills 5% 5%

Paper distribution: BDS (dentistry group)

Section Share
Basic subjects: Applied Physiology, applied Dental Materials, applied Oral Biology, Community Dentistry, Oral Pathology 30%
Clinical subjects of final year BDS: Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Prosthodontics, Orthodontics, Operative Dentistry, Periodontology / Oral Medicine 40%
English language 10%
Bioethics 10%
Basic biostatistics 5%
Communication skills 5%

How to prepare

  • Half of the MBBS paper is general principles of medicine or surgery, so your FCPS-I preparation is the base.
  • 30% of the paper (English, bioethics, biostatistics and communication skills) is not clinical. These are easy marks if you prepare them, and they decide close merit positions.
  • Basic sciences are asked as applied questions, not pure recall.
  • Since the test is 75% of merit, a few extra correct answers can matter more than a few percent difference in MBBS marks.

Test schedule for January 2027 induction

The PGMI entrance test for the January 2027 session is on 29 November 2026. Time, venue and roll number slips will be on the ETEA website after 21 November 2026. See the PGMI admission notice for the full schedule.

Read more about PGMI induction

Source: Induction Policy Manual (IPM) for Postgraduate Residency Level-III Programs (FCPS), PGMI Peshawar, applicable from January 2027 induction, Clause 7(a), “Format of PGMI Entrance Test for FCPS-II”. Read the IPM on the PGMI website. Always check the PGMI website and the ETEA website for updates.

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