Merit Formulas of Pakistani Universities Compared Side by Side

A merit formula is the rule a university uses to turn your Matric, FSc and entry test results into one aggregate percentage. Each result is converted to a percentage, multiplied by its weight and added up. The university then uses that number to rank applicants.

Convert each result to a percentage, multiply it by its weight, and add the parts. With the 10/40/50 formula: 0.10 x Matric % + 0.40 x FSc % + 0.50 x test %. Example: Matric 90%, FSc 85% and test 70% give 9 + 34 + 35 = 78%.

Among the formulas compared here, GIKI gives the test the most weight (85%), then NUST (75%) and NUTECH (70%). Full ranking by test weight, highest first: 85%: GIKI; 75%: NUST; 70%: NUTECH; 60%: NED; 50%: Air University (non-Eng), COMSATS, FAST (Computing/Business), MDCAT, NUMS, UET Peshawar (Eng); 40%: Air University (Eng), KMU CAT; 33%: ECAT, FAST (Engineering), PU (BSc Engineering); 25%: PU (BS). UET Peshawar Computer Science and Data Science and PU BS 5th semester have no entry test.

NED uses no Matric marks: it is 40% HSC Part-I and 60% entry test. PU's BSc Engineering formula is 67% FSc and 33% entry test, so Matric carries no weight there either. Where Matric has its own weight it is about 10% to 17%, except UET Peshawar's Computer Science and Data Science formula, which gives it 40%.

It depends on the formula. FSc counts more than the test in ECAT (50% vs 33%), KMU CAT (50% vs 40%), Air University Engineering (50% vs 40%) and PU BSc Engineering (67% vs 33%). The test counts more in MDCAT (50% vs 40%), NUST (75% vs 15%), NUTECH (70% vs 20%) and GIKI (85% vs 15%). The what-an-extra-10-points table on this page shows the exact gain for each formula.

MDCAT is 10% Matric + 40% FSc + 50% test out of 180. ECAT is 17% Matric + 50% FSc + 33% test out of 400. NUST is 10% Matric + 15% FSc + 75% NET out of 200. An extra 10 percentage points in the test adds 5.0 aggregate points in MDCAT, 3.3 in ECAT and 7.5 in NUST. Some websites quote NUST as 50% NET + 40% HSSC + 10% Matric, which does not match our calculator's 10/15/75, so confirm with the official NUST notice.

The weights are the same (10% Matric + 40% FSc + 50% test), but NUMS is a separate test and a separate admission. The NUMS Entry Test is out of 200: Paper I has 150 academic MCQs and Paper II has 50 psychological MCQs. It is paper-based with no negative marking. Minimums are 55% for MBBS and 50% for BDS. Some websites wrongly use 50% FSc + 50% test with no Matric.

No. KMU CAT is 10% Matric + 50% FSc + 40% KMU CAT score (out of 100), while MDCAT is 10% Matric + 40% FSc + 50% test. Our KMU CAT page covers BS Allied Health Sciences at KMU's constituent institutes in Peshawar. The KMU Islamabad campus has its own admission portal and we have not confirmed its formula.

No. Each university ranks its own applicants on its own test, so a 78% aggregate at one university says nothing about a 78% at another. Use the formulas to see which weighting suits your marks, then check each university's own merit position.

No. FAST Computing and Business programs use 10% Matric + 40% FSc + 50% test. Engineering programs use 17% Matric + 50% FSc + 33% test. The test can be the NU Test, NTS NAT or SAT (minimum 1200 for CS and Engineering). ECAT is not accepted at FAST.

For PU BS programs (regulations 2026-27) merit is 75% academic record + 25% PU entry test. Academic % = (1/4 Matric + FSc + additional marks) / (1/4 Matric total + FSc total) x 100, which works out to roughly 15% Matric, 60% FSc and 25% test. BSc Engineering uses 67% FSc + 33% entry test and needs at least 60% in intermediate. Hafiz-e-Quran gets +20 marks and each late year costs 2 marks (maximum 5).

Engineering programs use 10% SSC + 50% HSSC + 40% entry test. Non-engineering programs (computing, BBA, social sciences) use 15% SSC + 35% HSSC + 50% entry test. Engineering needs 60% in HSSC and at least 33% in the test. Some websites wrongly list 10/40/50 for Air University.

It depends on the university. NUST uses FSc Part-1 marks. FAST and COMSATS use Matric 50% + test 50%. NED uses HSC Part-I only. NUTECH uses Part-I/A1. GIKI uses HSSC Part-I. PU gives provisional admission on Part-I. Always confirm in the admission notice for your year.

Convert your grades to IBCC equivalence marks and enter them in the Matric and FSc fields. IBCC converts O-Level to SSC and A-Level to HSSC. Our equivalence calculator uses the scale A*=90, A=85, B=75, C=65, D=55, E=45 and the combined formula ((O total + A total) / (subjects x 100)) x 1100.