The medical and dental admission tests for the 2026-27 academic session are likely to be held on 18 December, a timeline that could leave out HSC students who need to retake one or two subjects.
Students who failed one or two subjects in this year’s Higher Secondary Certificate examinations will be allowed to retake them from 1 December. Their results are expected by 31 December.
The admission process for medical and dental colleges usually begins about a month before the tests. If the tests are held on 18 December, the process would start in mid-November, well before the retake examinations begin.
As a result, students awaiting their revised results may not meet the eligibility requirements for the admission tests, officials said.
Two new government medical colleges, in Thakurgaon and Narsingdi, will be included in the admission process for the 2026-27 session. Each will have 50 seats, officials said.
Prof Nazmul Hosain, director general of the Directorate General of Medical Education (DGME), said the dates for the tests were almost finalised for 18 December. A notice in this regard is likely to be issued within two or three days, he said.
He said a meeting at the health ministry to discuss the number of medical and dental seats was likely to be held within a day or two. An official notice would be issued after that.
