SIBA Testing Services (STS) has officially released the answer key for the MDCAT 2026 examination, following the test held nationwide on Sunday, September 20, 2026. The STS MDCAT 2026 answer key is now available for candidates to review and compare against their own responses, marking a key step before official results are compiled and issued.
The test was conducted simultaneously across nine designated centres, covering major cities including Karachi, Hyderabad, Jamshoro, Mirpurkhas, Shaheed Benazirabad, Larkana, Sukkur, and Islamabad. Thousands of aspiring medical and dental college applicants sat for the exam, which remains one of the most competitive entry tests in the country given the limited number of seats available at public sector medical institutions.
How to Access the Answer Key
Candidates can find the released answer keys through the official STS announcements section on the organization’s website. Given that MDCAT papers are typically distributed across multiple randomized versions to prevent cheating, STS has made answer keys available for versions A, B, C, and D separately, ensuring each candidate can match the key corresponding to the specific paper version they received on test day.
To verify their answers accurately, candidates are advised to use the carbon copy of their response sheet that they received immediately after completing the exam. Since test centres typically provide this carbon copy as proof of the responses marked during the exam, it serves as the most reliable reference for candidates checking their performance against the official key before results are formally announced.
What Comes Next for Candidates
With the answer key now public, candidates can get an early sense of their likely score ahead of the official result announcement, though STS has not yet specified precisely when final, verified results will be released. In previous testing cycles, results have typically followed the answer key release by a period of several weeks, allowing time for STS to process any objections or discrepancies raised by candidates regarding specific questions.
Candidates who believe there may be an error in a particular answer are generally given a window to formally raise objections through the channels STS designates for this purpose, and any changes resulting from valid objections are typically factored into the final scoring before results are issued. Given how competitive medical college admissions are in Pakistan, even small scoring adjustments from the objection process can meaningfully affect a candidate’s final standing.
Medical college aspirants and their families are advised to keep a close eye on official STS communications in the coming weeks, as further updates regarding the objection window, result announcement date, and subsequent admission processes are expected to be released through the same official channels used for the answer key.
This year’s MDCAT cycle has drawn particular attention given ongoing discussions among provincial testing authorities about standardizing exam formats across different boards, with separate provincial papers being administered in some regions this year. Education analysts note that candidates and parents alike are increasingly relying on early, unofficial answer key comparisons to manage expectations while waiting for formal results, even though STS and other testing bodies consistently caution that only the officially announced result carries binding weight for admissions purposes.
For more on related developments, see our coverage of the UHS MDCAT 2026 answer key.