How to Calculate Your ECAT Aggregate for UET

If you want to study engineering at UET Lahore, Taxila or any of their constituent campuses, your admission comes down to one number — your ECAT aggregate. The good news is the formula is simple and predictable, so you can work out your own number in under a minute.

The UET merit formula

Most UET engineering programs use a straightforward weighting:

• 70% — FSc / HSSC (your intermediate marks)
• 30% — ECAT (the Engineering College Admission Test, out of 400)

Matric is used only for eligibility, not for the aggregate. You generally need at least 60% in FSc (pre-engineering) to be allowed to compete.

Worked example

Say you scored 920/1100 in FSc (83.6%) and 280/400 in ECAT (70%). Your aggregate is:

(83.6 × 0.70) + (70 × 0.30) = 58.52 + 21 = 79.52%

That single number is what gets compared against everyone else on the merit list.

Common mistakes

• Forgetting ECAT is out of 400. Always convert your raw ECAT score to a percentage before applying the weight.
• Assuming Matric counts. At UET it usually does not affect your aggregate — only eligibility.
• Confusing aggregate with closing merit. Your aggregate is your score; the closing merit is the lowest aggregate that got in last year for that program.

Check every UET program at once

Rather than recalculating for each discipline, enter your marks into the Meritly matching engine and instantly see your aggregate against UET Lahore, UET Taxila and other engineering universities side by side. Always confirm the current-year formula on UET's official admissions page, as weightages can change between sessions.