UHS announced new syllabus for MCAT test. MCAT test stands for Medical College Admission Test. MCAT is a major test for getting admission in Public sector medical colleges of Punjab and only those students can appear in MCAT test who have domicile of Punjab. There are 20 public sector medical colleges in Punjab with 3400 total seats in all medical colleges. UHS MCAT new syllabus 2017 is announced and they give significant important to some topics of biology and also ignored some topics which were part of old Syllabus. Some major changes are noticed in new MCAT 2017 syllabus for Biology. Pakprpe.com provides complete material for the preparation of MCAT. We have more than 15,000+ fully explained MCQ’s along with MOCK test of MCAT. To start your preparation click here. UHS MCAT new syllabus of Biology is given bellow;
Biology New Syllabus of MCAT 2017:
| Old Syllabus | No of MCQ’s | New Syllabus | No of MCQ’s |
| 1. Introduction to Biology | 04 | ||
| 2. Cell Biology | 10 | 1. Cell Biology | 10 |
| 3. Biological Molecules | 2. Biological Molecules | ||
| a) Carbohydrates | 02 | a) Carbohydrates | 02 |
| b) Proteins | 01 | b) Proteins | 02 |
| c) Lipids | 01 | c) Lipids | 01 |
| d) Nucleic Acid | 01 | d) Nucleic Acid | 02 |
| e) Enzymes | 04 | e) Enzymes | 03 |
| 4. Microbiology | 3. Microbiology | ||
| a) Virus | 01 | a) Virus | 02 |
| b) Bacteria | 02 | b) Bacteria | 02 |
| c) Fungi | 01 | c) Fungi | 01 |
| 5. kingdom Animalia and Plantae | 05 | 4. kingdom Animalia | 02 |
| 6. Human Physiology | 5. Human Physiology | ||
| a) Digestive System | 04 | a) Digestive System | 04 |
| b) Gas exchange and Transportation | 04 | b) Gas exchange | 04 |
| c) Excretion and Osmoregulation | 05 | c) Transportation | 04 |
| d) Nervous System | 04 | d) Homeostasis | 05 |
| e) Reproduction | 05 | e) Nervous System | 04 |
| f) Support and Movement | 05 | f) Reproduction | 04 |
| g) Hormonal Control (Endocrine Glands) | 04 | g) Support and Movement | 05 |
| h) Immunity | 05 | h) Hormonal Control | 04 |
| 7. Bioenergetics | 05 | I) Immunity | 03 |
| 8. Biotechnology | 05 | 6. Bioenergetics | 06 |
| 9. Ecosystem | 05 | 7. Biotechnology | 05 |
| 10. Evolution and Genetics | 05 | 8. Ecosystem | 02 |
| 9. Evolution | 03 | ||
| 10. Genetics | 08 | ||
| Total MCQ’s | 88 | Total MCQ’s | 88 |
University of health and Science (UHS) gave significant weight-age to some topics of Biology in MCAT syllabus 2017. List of topics is;
- Proteins
- Nucleic Acid
- Virus
- Gas exchange
- Transportation
- Homeostasis
- Evolution
- Genetics
Another major point noticed in Biology MCAT new syllabus for 2017 session, that they reduces weightage of some topics in biology which holds major portion in old syllabus of MCAT. Also they exclude Introduction to Biology and Excretion and Osmoregulation. List of these topics are:
- Enzymes
- kingdom Animalia
- Reproduction
- Immunity
- Ecosystem
