King Edward Medical University in Lahore has opened admissions for its Allied Health Sciences and Doctor of Physiotherapy programmes for the 2027 academic session, giving aspiring healthcare professionals a short ten-day window to apply. Online applications open on November 16, 2026, and the last date to submit a form is November 26, 2026.
The notice will interest school leavers who have just completed intermediate education in the pre-medical stream, A-level students with science subjects, and candidates who have already cleared the Medical and Dental College Admission Test in one of the last three years. For many of them, these programmes are the route into a hospital career that does not run through an MBBS degree.
Available Programs and Seats
The university is offering thirteen four-year B.Sc. (Hons.) Allied Health Sciences programmes for the 2027 to 2030 session, covering Anaesthesia Technology, Audiology, Cardiac Perfusion, Clinical Psychology, Dental Technology, Medical Imaging Technology, Medical Laboratory Technology, Neuro Electrophysiology, Prosthetics and Orthotics, Radiotherapy, Renal Dialysis Technology, Speech and Language Pathology, and Surgical Technology. Admissions are also open for the five-year Doctor of Physiotherapy programme, which will run for the 2027 to 2031 session.
The breadth of the list says something about how a modern hospital actually works. A patient who comes in for surgery meets an anaesthesia technologist before the operation and a surgical technologist inside the theatre, while a diagnosis may depend on an imaging technologist or a laboratory technologist. A person recovering from a stroke may need a speech and language pathologist and a physiotherapist, and a patient with kidney failure depends on dialysis technology and the staff who run it. These are the roles that keep wards, laboratories, and operating theatres running.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must have secured at least 60 percent marks in Matriculation and at least 60 percent marks in F.Sc. Pre-Medical or an equivalent qualification. Candidates with A-levels must have at least 65 percent aggregate marks in the relevant science subjects and must obtain the required equivalence certificate from the Inter Boards Coordination Commission.
Every applicant must also have passed the Medical and Dental College Admission Test. The university will accept valid results from MDCAT 2024, 2025, and 2026, so candidates who took the test in an earlier year do not need to sit it again. Applicants for regular seats must hold a Punjab domicile, while seats are also reserved for eligible candidates from Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Balochistan, and Gilgit-Baltistan.
Merit will be calculated on a fixed formula: Matriculation marks will carry 10 percent weight, F.Sc. marks 45 percent, and MDCAT marks the remaining 45 percent. The split makes the entry test almost as important as the intermediate result, so a strong MDCAT score can lift a candidate whose F.Sc. marks are only just above the threshold.
How to Apply for KEMU Admissions 2027
Interested candidates can apply online through the university’s admission portal at oas.kemu.edu.pk. The portal opens at 9:00 in the morning on November 16, 2026, and applicants must complete a separate form for each programme they wish to apply for. A processing fee of Rs. 1,000 is payable for every programme, and applicants must upload a clear photograph of the paid fee voucher before submitting.
Candidates can apply for more than one programme, which is worth doing for anyone torn between two fields, since each application is treated separately and costs its own fee. They must, however, select their admission category before submitting their forms, because the university will not allow changes after final submission.
A University With a Long History
King Edward Medical University is one of the oldest medical institutions in the region. Established in 1860 as the Lahore Medical School, it was renamed King Edward Medical College in 1911 in honour of King Edward VII and became an independent degree-awarding university on May 12, 2005. It is the fourth oldest medical school in South Asia, and its main teaching hospital, Mayo Hospital, has been affiliated with it since 1871.
That history gives the admissions round real weight. Generations of doctors and specialists have trained in its wards, and its allied health graduates now work in hospitals across Punjab and beyond. For a student choosing where to study laboratory technology or physiotherapy, the name on the degree still carries recognition with employers.
What Applicants Should Do Now
The ten-day window leaves little room for delay. Candidates should gather their Matriculation and F.Sc. result cards, their MDCAT result, and their domicile certificate before the portal opens, and A-level applicants should make sure their equivalence certificate from the Inter Boards Coordination Commission is ready. It is also worth applying early rather than waiting for the final day, when admission portals often slow down under heavy traffic.
For students who have spent months preparing for MDCAT and waiting for admission notices, this announcement is the moment the waiting ends. The programmes on offer lead to stable, respected careers in hospitals and clinics, and the university behind them has trained health professionals for more than a century and a half. The window is short, the requirements are clear, and the next step belongs to the applicants.
