What happens at this centre
The Army Selection & Recruitment Centre, Gujranwala is where your Army journey physically begins. Everything up to ISSB happens within these gates:
- Registration & document check - CNIC/B-Form, domicile and educational certificates are verified against your online registration.
- Initial test - intelligence (verbal & non-verbal) plus academic MCQs. Many centres now use computerised e-testing.
- Physical test - 1.6 km run, push-ups, chin-ups and ditch crossing, conducted the same day or the next morning.
- Medical examination - height, weight, chest, vision, ENT and general fitness screening by military doctors.
- Preliminary interview - a short personality interview before your file goes forward (officer candidates then await the ISSB call letter).
Test day tips
- Reach before the reporting time on your roll slip - latecomers are sent back at the gate.
- Carry originals plus two photocopy sets of every document.
- Bring your own clipboard, pens and a water bottle for the physical.
- Wear joggers and comfortable clothes - you may run the same day.
- Keep your fee receipt and roll number slip in your hand, not the bag.
- Sleep well the night before; the initial test rewards a fresh mind.
The centre with an ISSB next door
Gujranwala holds a quiet advantage no other centre can claim: for many courses, its candidates walk their entire officer pipeline in one city - initial test, physical, medical here, then the four-day ISSB Gujranwala assessment a few kilometres away. Candidates from Sialkot, Gujrat, Hafizabad and Narowal complete the journey down the GT Road, and those who clear often report the familiarity of the city settles ISSB nerves faster than a strange city would. The centre itself serves the industrial belt's huge applicant pool, so the same early-arrival discipline applies: the industrial belt fields fit, competitive batches, and the written paper filters hard. Bring your matric roll number slips as well as certificates - industrial-belt schools occasionally issue records with name spellings that need matching documents to reconcile.
Relevant jobs at this centre: PMA Long Course · Technical Cadet Course · Soldier GD Punjab · Nursing Assistant.
Exact address & helpline: centre locations and phone numbers change with cantonment arrangements. Confirm the current address through the official portal joinpakarmy.gov.pk or your district’s advertised notice before travelling.