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Aga Khan University

Under its Charter, Aga Khan University is open to all academically qualified candidates of any gender, regardless of religion, race, creed, colour or domicile and no such person shall be denied the privileges of the
University on the grounds of gender, religion, creed, race, class, colour or domicile.


Degree Title: MBBS
Graduation Years: 1985 - Current
Year Instruction Began: 1983
Language of Instruction: English
Duration of the Curriculum: 5 years


Canadian or American High School
Certificates
Applicants must present evidence of satisfactory completion of Higher Secondary School with a minimum
cumulative GPA of 3.25 or 85% or grade ‘B’. It is required for applicants to have studied biology, chemistry and
physics at the Higher Secondary School level (grade 9 through 12).
Applicants are also required to submit SAT II in three or more subjects. The subjects must include biology,
chemistry and physics. The minimum eligibility score for each of the three SAT II subjects is 700.
The above requirements are also applicable to candidates having completed two years in
college/university.
Candidates may submit three required Advanced Placement (AP) subjects in lieu of the three required SAT
II subjects. The minimum eligibility score is a ‘4′ in each of the three subjects. A combination of SAT II and
AP is not acceptable. The University will not accept AP in lieu of the SAT II subjects after the 2008 admission
cycle.
For provisional applicants, the shortlisting, interviews
and ranking by the Admission Committee will take place
on a provisional basis while the SAT II or AP scores and
HSC transcript is awaited.
The required SAT II transcripts or AP scores must be received in the Admission Office directly through the
Educational Testing Services (ETS) according to the
published schedule. The code assigned to Aga Khan
University for SAT II reporting is 1746.
Candidates who have copies of their scores must submit
attested copies of the same to meet the published
schedule. These must then be followed up by original
mark sheets from ETS.


Candidates applying from Overseas
For candidates applying with Higher Secondary School
Certificate and/or two years in college, and who are
unable to write the AKU Admission Test in Pakistan and
are following systems of education other than the
Pakistani Higher Secondary Certificate curriculum, the
University will accept the SAT I in lieu of the AKU
Admission Test. The eligibility requirement for SAT I is a
combined score of 1250 (using critical reading and
mathematics only).
Candidates who are graduates from overseas are required
to write the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT)
administered by the American College Testing Services
in Iowa. Minimum eligibility requirement is a combined
score of 24. Overseas graduates are not eligible to write
the AKU Admission Test.
Applicants should note that minimum or even very high
SAT I and MCAT scores only fulfil eligibility
requirements and may not be competitive during the later
stages of evaluation.

The SAT and the MCAT tests are administered in many
countries. Information about the dates of the tests may
be obtained from the centres where they are conducted or
directly from the addresses stated below.
The SATs are conducted by the Educational Testing
Services of the College Board, SAT Programme, P.O. Box
6200, Princeton, NJ 08541-6200, USA. The MCAT is
conducted by the American College Testing Services,
P.O. Box 451, Iowa City, Iowa 52243, USA.
The last date to receive SAT I and MCAT scores in the
Admission Office is May 30, 2008. These test scores
must be received directly from the relevant testing
services. Candidates may submit attested copies of the
same to meet deadlines which must then be followed up
with the original documents.
It is the applicant’s responsibility to ensure that all
pending documents are received in the Admission Office
according to the published schedule.
The code assigned to the Aga Khan University by the
Educational Testing Services for SAT I and SAT II is
1746 and must be used to report results.
Applications will be considered for further
evaluation only if SAT I or MCAT scores are
received in the Admission Office within Aga Khan
University published deadlines.

All Information courtesy of AGA KHAN MEDICAL COLLEGE

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