University Admissions Guide — All Pakistan
Official admission portals for universities across every province, plus the entry tests they use. Abrar Academy isn’t affiliated with any of these universities — every link goes straight to the university’s own site. Note: many universities searched by department name (“MBBS admission,” “BBA admission”) don’t have a single national portal — you apply through the specific university, which is why this guide is organised by institution.
Islamabad / Rawalpindi
Admission via NUST Entry Test (NET), four series a year.
Public research university, merit-based admissions office.
National University of Modern Languages — online admission portal.
Public university with separate men’s and women’s campuses.
Private university, Islamabad campus admission opens around November.
Multiple campuses nationwide. Admission generally via NAT.
Punjab
Admission via ECAT, also used by UET Taxila & UET Peshawar.
Admission test across seven streams.
Merit-based, own online application portal.
Large private university, multiple Punjab campuses.
Historic public university, own admissions portal.
Apply online via the university’s e-portal.
Sindh
One of Pakistan’s largest public universities.
Directorate of Admissions handles the application portal.
Sub-campuses at Khairpur, Kandhkot, Dadu, Mirpurkhas.
Private university, own admissions portal.
Private university, Defence View Karachi plus other campuses.
Campuses in Karachi, Islamabad and Lahore.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Undergraduate admissions portal.
Public university serving the Hazara division.
Public university in Chakdara, Lower Dir.
Balochistan
The province’s oldest and largest public university, Quetta.
Multi-campus / online
Campuses in Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar & Faisalabad.
Online-delivery, admissions twice a year (Feb/Mar and Aug/Sep).
Common entry tests, in plain terms
- NTS (National Testing Service) — a third-party test used as an admission or hiring criterion by many universities, not a university itself. Check your NTS result here →
- NAT — NTS’s National Aptitude Test, commonly required by COMSATS and other universities.
- ECAT — Engineering College Admission Test, run by UET Lahore for Punjab’s public engineering universities. Check your ECAT result here →
- MDCAT — the medical/dental college admission test, regulated by the Pakistan Medical Commission (PMC); check pmc.gov.pk for current dates and policy.
- NET — NUST’s own entry test, separate from NTS’s NAT.