Recently, HEC has announced the Undergrdaute Studies Admission Test (USAT) schedule 2022. According to the schedule, the HEC will conduct the USAT in January 2022. However, to apply for the USAT, the last date is End of December 2021. USAT is for those candidates who have completed their HSSC/equivalent degree and now want to study in HEC Recognized universities. However, you can get the complete detail regarding USAT registration from here.
Through this article, you will get the HEC USAT Syllabus/content weightages from which HEC will conduct the test. The USAT test will be of different categories according to the Disciplines. Thus, candidates have to prepare themselves for that USAT category test according to their chosen disciplines. However, below we have mentioned the categories of USAT for your convenience.
- pre-Engineering: USAT-E
- Pre-Medical: USAT-M
- Arts & Humanities: USAT-A
- Computer Science: USAT-CS
- General Science: USAT-GS
- Commerce: USAT-COM
USAT Content Weightages
Here is the link through which you can check the content weightages of the USAT Test for all disciplines.
USAT-E Content weightages
| Sr. No. | Title | Criteria and Subject Division | Subject 100% Weight |
| 01 | Undergraduate Studies Admission Test (USAT-E) Having 12 years/ equivalent Education in Pre-Engineering
| Part I Number of Test Items (75 MCQs) Time Allowed 100 Minutes | |
| A: Verbal Reasoning | 20 MCQ’s | ||
| A1: Analogy | 05 | ||
| A2: Synonym/ Antonym | 04 | ||
| A3: Sentence Completion | 06 | ||
| A4: Comprehension | 05 | ||
| B: Quantitative Reasoning | 25 MCQ’s | ||
| B1: Arithmetic | 06 | ||
| B2: Algebra and functions | 04 | ||
| B3: Geometry | 03 | ||
| B4: Equations | 03 | ||
| B5: Statistics | 03 | ||
| B6: Scenario Based/Mental Mathematics | 06 | ||
| C: Physics | 10 MCQ’s | ||
| D: Chemistry | 10 MCQ’s | ||
| E: Mathematics | 10 MCQ’s | ||
| Part II Time Allowed 40 Minutes | |||
| Argument Based Essay Writing Skills 01 out of 03 (Either in English or Urdu) | 15 Marks | ||
| Narrative Based Essay Writing Skills 01 out of 03 (Either in English or Urdu) | 10 Marks | ||
USAT-M Content weightages
| Sr. No. |
Title | Criteria and Subject Division | Subject 100% Weight |
| 02 | Undergraduate Studies Admission Test (USAT-M) Having 12 years/ equivalent Education in Pre-Medical
| Part I Number of Test Items (75 MCQs) Time Allowed 100 Minutes | |
| A: Verbal Reasoning | 20 MCQ’s | ||
| A1: Analogy | 05 | ||
| A2: Synonym/ Antonym | 04 | ||
| A3: Sentence Completion | 06 | ||
| A4: Comprehension | 05 | ||
| B: Quantitative Reasoning | 25 MCQ’s | ||
| B1: Arithmetic | 06 | ||
| B2: Algebra and functions | 04 | ||
| B3: Geometry | 03 | ||
| B4: Equations | 03 | ||
| B5: Statistics | 03 | ||
| B6: Scenario Based/Mental Mathematics | 06 | ||
| C: Physics | 08 MCQ’s | ||
| D: Chemistry | 08 MCQ’s | ||
| E: Biology | 14 MCQ’s | ||
| Part II Time Allowed 40 Minutes | |||
| Argument Based Essay Writing Skills 01 out of 03 (Either in English or Urdu) | 15 Marks | ||
| Narrative Based Essay Writing Skills 01 out of 03 (Either in English or Urdu) | 10 Marks | ||
USAT-A Content weightages
| Sr. No. |
Title | Criteria and Subject Division | Subject 100% Weight |
| 03 | Undergraduate Studies Admission Test (USAT-A) Having 12 years/ equivalent Education in Arts & Humanities
| Part I Number of Test Items (75 MCQs) Time Allowed 100 Minutes | |
| A: Verbal Reasoning | 20 MCQ’s | ||
| A1: Analogy | 05 | ||
| A2: Synonym/ Antonym | 04 | ||
| A3: Sentence Completion | 06 | ||
| A4: Comprehension | 05 | ||
| B: Quantitative Reasoning | 25 MCQ’s | ||
| B1: Arithmetic | 06 | ||
| B2: Algebra and functions | 04 | ||
| B3: Geometry | 03 | ||
| B4: Equations | 03 | ||
| B5: Statistics | 03 | ||
| B6: Scenario Based/Mental Mathematics | 06 | ||
| C: Islamiat/ Ethics | 10 MCQ’s | ||
| D: Pakistan Studies | 10 MCQ’s | ||
| E: General Knowledge | 10 MCQ’s | ||
| Part II Time Allowed 40 Minutes | |||
| Argument Based Essay Writing Skills 01 out of 03 (Either in English or Urdu) | 15 Marks | ||
| Narrative Based Essay Writing Skills 01 out of 03 (Either in English or Urdu) | 10 Marks | ||
USAT-CS Content weightages
| Sr. No. |
Title | Criteria and Subject Division | Subject 100% Weight |
| 04 | Undergraduate Studies Admission Test (USAT-CS) Having 12 years/ equivalent Education in Computer Science
| Part I Number of Test Items (75 MCQs) Time Allowed 100 Minutes | |
| A: Verbal Reasoning | 20 MCQ’s | ||
| A1: Analogy | 05 | ||
| A2: Synonym/ Antonym | 04 | ||
| A3: Sentence Completion | 06 | ||
| A4: Comprehension | 05 | ||
| B: Quantitative Reasoning | 25 MCQ’s | ||
| B1: Arithmetic | 06 | ||
| B2: Algebra and functions | 04 | ||
| B3: Geometry | 03 | ||
| B4: Equations | 03 | ||
| B5: Statistics | 03 | ||
| B6: Scenario Based/Mental Mathematics | 06 | ||
| C: Physics | 08 MCQ’s | ||
| D: Computer Science | 14 MCQ’s | ||
| E: Mathematics | 08 MCQ’s | ||
| Part II Time Allowed 40 Minutes | |||
| Argument Based Essay Writing Skills 01 out of 03 (Either in English or Urdu) | 15 Marks | ||
| Narrative Based Essay Writing Skills 01 out of 03 (Either in English or Urdu) | 10 Marks | ||
USAT-GS Content weightages
| Sr. No. |
Title | Criteria and Subject Division | Subject 100% Weight |
| 05 | Undergraduate Studies Admission Test (USAT-GS) Having 12 years/ equivalent Education in General Science
| Part I Number of Test Items (75 MCQs) Time Allowed 100 Minutes | |
| A: Verbal Reasoning | 20 MCQ’s | ||
| A1: Analogy | 05 | ||
| A2: Synonym/ Antonym | 04 | ||
| A3: Sentence Completion | 06 | ||
| A4: Comprehension | 05 | ||
| B: Quantitative Reasoning | 25 MCQ’s | ||
| B1: Arithmetic | 06 | ||
| B2: Algebra and functions | 04 | ||
| B3: Geometry | 03 | ||
| B4: Equations | 03 | ||
| B5: Statistics | 03 | ||
| B6: Scenario Based/Mental Mathematics | 06 | ||
| C: Mathematics | 10 MCQ’s | ||
| D: Statistics | 10 MCQ’s | ||
| E: Economics | 10 MCQ’s | ||
| Part II Time Allowed 40 Minutes | |||
| Argument Based Essay Writing Skills 01 out of 03 (Either in English or Urdu) | 15 Marks | ||
| Narrative Based Essay Writing Skills 01 out of 03 (Either in English or Urdu) | 10 Marks | ||
USAT-COM Content weightages
| Sr. No. |
Title | Criteria and Subject Division | Subject 100% Weight |
| 06 | Undergraduate Studies Admission Test (USAT-COM) Having 12 years/ equivalent Education in Commerce
| Part I Number of Test Items (75 MCQs) Time Allowed 100 Minutes | |
| A: Verbal Reasoning | 20 MCQ’s | ||
| A1: Analogy | 05 | ||
| A2: Synonym/ Antonym | 04 | ||
| A3: Sentence Completion | 06 | ||
| A4: Comprehension | 05 | ||
| B: Quantitative Reasoning | 25 MCQ’s | ||
| B1: Arithmetic | 06 | ||
| B2: Algebra and functions | 04 | ||
| B3: Geometry | 03 | ||
| B4: Equations | 03 | ||
| B5: Statistics | 03 | ||
| B6: Scenario Based/Mental Mathematics | 06 | ||
| C: Accounting | 10 MCQ’s | ||
| D: Commerce | 10 MCQ’s | ||
| E: Economics | 10 MCQ’s | ||
| Part II Time Allowed 40 Minutes | |||
| Argument Based Essay Writing Skills 01 out of 03 (Either in English or Urdu) | 15 Marks | ||
| Narrative Based Essay Writing Skills 01 out of 03 (Either in English or Urdu) | 10 Marks | ||
