List of medical schools in Pakistan

In Pakistan, a medical school is more often referred to as a medical college. A medical college is affiliated with a university as a department which usually has a separate campus. As of January 2019, there are a total of 114 medical colleges in Pakistan, 44 of which are public and 70 private.^[1] All but two colleges are listed in International Medical Education Directory. As per Pakistan Medical Commission 2021 database, there are 176 medical colleges in Pakistan (Medical and Dental Colleges). About 45 medical colleges are public sector medical colleges, and 72 are private sector medical colleges. In addition, there are 17 Public Dental Colleges and 42 Private Dental Colleges. ^[2]

All medical colleges and universities are regulated by the respective provincial department of health. They however have to be recognized after meeting a set criteria by a central regulatory authority called Pakistan Medical Commission and by Higher Education Commission (Pakistan). Entrance into the medical colleges is based on merit under the guidelines of PMC. Both the academic performance at the Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSSC) (grades 11–12) and an entrance test like NMDCAT determine eligibility to enter most of the medical colleges.

Admission process

To get admission into any government medical college, the weightage is determined by the provincial or federal government. A minimum weightage of 50% should be given to the NMDCAT. ^[3] In order to get admission into any private medical college, the following weightage is used:^[3][4][5]

• 50% to the score obtained in National Medical and Dental College Admission Test (NMDCAT) weighted as follows:
  • Biology: 32%
  • Chemistry: 26.5%
  • Physics: 26.5%
  • English: 10%
  • Logical Reasoning: 5%
• 40% to marks of Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSSC) Pre-Medical.
• 10% to marks of Secondary School Certificate (SSC) Science.

The minimum requirements are:^[4]

• 65% or above in F-SC /HSSC or A-Levels equivalent IBCC certificate.
• 55% or above in NMDCAT for admission in Medical Colleges and 45% or above for Dental Colleges.

The Pakistani government exerts tight control over the available number of open medical school seats in both private and public colleges. The regulation forbids all colleges from admitting any student over the allocated maximum seats for the college under any circumstances. ^[3]

Medical seats

Number of registered medical Seats Allocation (PK)^[6][7]

Province	Public	Private	Total
Azad Kashmir	330	100	430
Balochistan	320	100	420
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	1435	1050	2485
Punjab and Islamabad	4200	4900	8680
Sindh	2400	1850	4250
Total	8265	8000	16265

Number of registered medical colleges (PK)^[6][7]

Province/Territory	Public	Private	Total
Azad Kashmir	3	1	4
Balochistan	1	1	2
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	10	10	20
Punjab and Islamabad	19	43	62
Sindh	12	17	29
Total	45	72	117

Punjab

Public

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No.	Name of medical college	Funding	Established	Enrollment	University	City	Province	WDOMS profile	ECFMG eligible graduates
1	King Edward Medical University	Public	1860	350	UHS	Lahore	Punjab	F0001290	1953–current
2	Rawalpindi Medical University	Public	1974	350	UHS	Rawalpindi	Punjab	F0000151	1979–current
3	Fatima Jinnah Medical College	Public	1948	300	UoP	Lahore	Punjab	F0000199	1953–current
4	Nishtar Medical University	Public	1951	300	UHS	Multan	Punjab	F0001535	1953–current
5	Allama Iqbal Medical College	Public	1975	325	UHS	Lahore	Punjab	F0000203	1975–current
6	Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Medical and Dental College	Public	2009	100	UHS	Lahore	Punjab	F00002567	2010-Current
7	Faisalabad Medical University also known as Punjab Medical College	Public	1973	300	UHS	Faisalabad	Punjab	F0000863	1977–current
8	Quaid-e-Azam Medical College	Public	1970	325	UHS	Bahawalpur	Punjab	F0001859	1971–current
9	Services Institute of Medical Sciences	Public	2003	220	UHS	Lahore	Punjab	F0001998	2004–current
10	Army Medical College	Public	1977	204	NUMS	Rawalpindi	Punjab	F0000204	1981–current
11	Nawaz Sharif Medical College	Public	2008	61	UHS UOG	Gujrat	Punjab	F0002566	2009–current
12	Sargodha Medical College	Public	2007	120	UHS	Sargodha	Punjab	F0002456	2010–current
13	Federal Medical and Dental College	Public	2012	100	SZAMBU	Islamabad	ICT	F0002675	2012–current
14	Ameer-ud-Din Medical College	Public	2011	110	UHS	Lahore	Punjab	F0002677	2011–current
15	Khawaja Muhammad Safdar Medical College	Public	2010	120	UHS	Sialkot	Punjab	F0002678	2011–current
16	Gujranwala Medical College	Public	2010	120	UHS	Gujranwala	Punjab	F0002679	2011–current
17	Sahiwal Medical College	Public	2010	120	UHS	Sahiwal	Punjab	F0002680	2011–current
18	Ghazi Khan Medical College	Public	2010	120	UHS	Dera Ghazi Khan	Punjab	F0004047	2016–current
19	Sheikh Zayed Medical College	Public	2003	160	UHS	Rahim Yar Khan	Punjab	F0002063	2005–current

Private

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No.	Name of medical College	Funding	Established	Enrollment	University	City	Province	WDOMS profile	ECFMG eligible graduates
1	F.M.H. College of Medicine and Dentistry	Private	2000	100	UHS	Lahore	Punjab	F0000582	2001–current
2	Foundation University Medical College	Private	2001	150	NUMS	Rawalpindi	Punjab	F0000583	2002–current
3	Rai Medical College	Private	2014	100	UHS	Sargodha	Punjab	F0003100	2015–current
4	Islamic International Medical College	Private	1996	100	RIU	Rawalpindi	Punjab	F0000183	1998–current
5	Lahore Medical and Dental College	Private	1997	150	UHS	Lahore	Punjab	F0000584	2002–current
6	Shifa College of Medicine	Private	1999	100	STMU	Islamabad	ICT	F0000585	2002–current
7	Wah Medical College	Private	2002	100	NUMS	Wah	Punjab	F0002030	2007–current
8	University Medical and Dental College Faisalabad	Private	2003	150	UHS	Faisalabad	Punjab	F0002111	2003–current
9	University College of Medicine and Dentistry	Private	2001	150	UHS	Lahore	Punjab	F0001969	2001-current
10	Islamabad Medical and Dental College	Private	1997	100	SZABMU	Islamabad	ICT	F0002054	1997–current
11	Independent Medical College, Faisalabad	Private	2008	100	UHS	Faisalabad	Punjab	F0002457	2008-current
12	Sharif Medical and Dental College	Private	2008	100	UHS	Lahore	Punjab	F0002568	2008–current
13	Continental Medical College	Private	2008	100	UHS	Lahore	Punjab	F0002569	2008–current
14	Akhtar Saeed Medical and Dental College	Private	2009	150	UHS	Lahore	Punjab	F0002570	2009–current
15	Central Park Medical College	Private	2008	100	UHS	Lahore	Punjab	F0002571	2009–current
16	Multan Medical and Dental College	Private	2008	150	UHS	Multan	Punjab	F0002572	2009–current
17	Shalamar Medical and Dental College	Private	2010	150	UHS	Lahore	Punjab	F0002454	2010–current
18	Avicenna Medical College, Lahore	Private	2010	150	UHS	Lahore	Punjab	F0002453	2010–current
19	Shahida Islam Medical College	Private	2016	100	UHS	Lodhran	Punjab	F0005086	not eligible
20	Rashid Latif Medical College	Private	2010	150	UHS	Lahore	Punjab	F0002392	2010–current
21	Islam Medical College	Private	2010	150	UHS	Sialkot	Punjab	F0002573	2010–current
22	Amna Inayat Medical College	Private	2011	100	UHS	Sheikhupura	Punjab	F0002574	2011–current
23	Azra Naheed Medical College	Private	2011	150	UHS	Lahore	Punjab	F0002575	2011–current
24	Al-Nafees Medical College	Private	2012	100	IU-H	Islamabad	ICT	F0002682	2012–current
25	Pak Red Crescent Medical and Dental College	Private	2012	100	UHS	Lahore	Punjab	F0002676	2017–2018
26	Aziz Fatimah Medical and Dental College Faisalabad	Private	2012	100	UHS	Faisalabad	Punjab	F0002684	2012–current
27	Hashmat Medical and Dental College (Admission Stopped and Recommended to Ministry of Health for Closure)	Private	2011	100	UHS	Jalalpure Jattan	Punjab	F0002683	2011–2014
28	Rawal Institute of Health Sciences	Private	2012	100	SZABMU	Islamabad	ICT	F0002681	2012–current
29	Rahbar Medical and Dental College	Private	2014	100	UHS	Lahore	Punjab	F0003099	2020–current
30	HBS Medical and Dental College	Private	2015	100	SZABMU	Islamabad	ICT	F0004050	2020–current
31	HITEC-Institute of Medical Sciences	Private	2016	100	NUMS	Taxila	Punjab	F0005931	not eligible
32	M. Islam Medical and Dental College	Private	2016	100	UHS	Gujranwala	Punjab	F0005933	not eligible
33	Sahara Medical College	Private	2016	100	UHS	Narowal	Punjab	F0005936	not eligible
34	Al Aleem Medical College	Private	2017	100	UHS	Lahore	Punjab	F0005928	not eligible
35	ABWA Medical College	Private	2017	100	UHS	Faisalabad	Punjab	F0007213	not eligible
36	Niazi Medical and Dental College	Private	2018	100	UHS	Sargodha	Punjab	not listed	not eligible
37	Bakhtawar Amin Medical and Dental College	Private	2012	100	UHS	Multan	Punjab	F0005929	2021–current
38	Sialkot Medical College	Private	2015	100	UHS	Sialkot	Punjab	F0004052	2020 - Current
39	CMH Kharian Medical College	Private	2018	100	NUMS	Kharian Cantt	Punjab	F0005930	not eligible
40	CMH Institute of Medical Sciences	Private		100	NUMS	Bahawalpur	Punjab	F0007211	not eligible
41	CMH Lahore Medical College	Private	2006	150	NUMS	Lahore Cantt	Punjab	F0002055	not eligible
42	CMH Multan Institute of Medical Sciences (CIMS)	Private	2015	150	NUMS	Multan Cantt	Punjab	F0004046	2020 - Current
43	Watim Medical College	Private		100	UHS	Rawalpindi	Punjab	not listed	not eligible

Sindh

Public

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No.	Name of medical school	Funding	Established	Enrollment	University	City	Province	WDOMS profile	ECFMG eligible graduates
1	Dow Medical College	Public	1945	350	DUHS	Karachi	Sindh	F0001288	1953–current
2	Chandka Medical College	Public	1973	250	SMBBMU	Larkana	Sindh	F0000200	1979–current
3	Sindh Medical College	Public	1973	350	JSMU	Karachi	Sindh	F0001289	1979–current
4	Karachi Medical and Dental College	Public	1991	250	UoK	Karachi	Sindh	F0001000	1997–current
5	Khairpur Medical College	Public	2012	100	PUMHS	Khairpur	Sindh	not listed	not eligible
6	Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences	Public	1881	350	LUMHS	Jamshoro	Sindh	F0001893	1953–current
7	Peoples University of Medical & Health Sciences for Women	Public	1974	250	PUMHSW	Nawabshah	Sindh	F0001291	1979–current
8	Dow International Medical College	Public	2007	150	DUHS	Karachi	Sindh	F0002369	2007–current
9	Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Medical College Lyari	Public	2011	50	DUHS	Karachi	Sindh	F0002685	2011–current
10	Ghulam Muhammad Mahar Medical College Sukkur	Public	2003	100	SMBBMU	Sukkur	Sindh	F0002391	2008–current
11	Bilawal Medical College	Public	2019	100	BMC	Hyderabad	Sindh	F0007262	2019-current
12	Gambat Medical College	Public		100		Gambat-Khairpur Mirs	Sindh	listed	not eligible

Private

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No.	Name of medical school	Funding	Established	Enrollment	University	City	Province	WDOMS profile	ECFMG eligible graduates
1	Aga Khan University Medical College	Private	1983	100	AKU	Karachi	Sindh	F0000152	1985–current
2	Baqai Medical College	Private	1988	100	BMU	Karachi	Sindh	F0001292	1993–current
3	Isra University	Private	1997	150	IU-H	Hyderabad	Sindh	F0000586	2002–current
4	Hamdard College of Medicine & Dentistry	Private	1994	100	HU-K	Karachi	Sindh	F0001085	1999–current
5	Jinnah Medical & Dental College	Private	1998	100	UoK	Karachi	Sindh	F0000587	2002–current
6	Sir Syed College of Medical Sciences for Girls	Private	1998	100	UoK	Karachi	Sindh	F0000588	2002–current
7	Ziauddin Medical College	Private	1996	150	ZU	Karachi	Sindh	F0001371	1996–current
8	Muhammad Medical College	Private	1999	100	UoS	Mirpurkhas	Sindh	F0000589	2003–current
9	Liaquat National Medical College	Private	2007	100	UoK	Karachi	Sindh	F0002162	2007–current
10	Bahria University Medical and Dental College	Private	2008	150	BU-I	Karachi	Sindh	F0002576	2009–current
11	Al-Tibri Medical College	Private	2010	100	IU-H	Karachi	Sindh	F0002577	2010–current
12	Liaquat College of Medicine and Dentistry	Private	2006	100	UoK	Karachi	Sindh	F0002418	2006–current
13	United Medical and Dental College	Private	2013	100	JSMU	Karachi	Sindh	F0003101	2013–current
14	Indus Medical College	Private	2014	100	UoS	T.M. Khan	Sindh	F0004051	not eligible
15	Karachi Institute of Medical Sciences	Army	2016	100	NUMS	Karachi	Sindh	F0005932	not eligible
16	Fazaia Ruth Pfau Medical College	Private	2019	100	Air University (Pakistan Air Force)	Karachi	Sindh	F0007215	not eligible
17	Suleman Roshan Medical College	Private		100		Tando Adam	Sindh	not listed	not eligible

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK)

Public

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No.	Name of medical school	Funding	Established	Enrollment	University	City	Province	WDOMS profile	ECFMG eligible graduates
1	Khyber Medical College	Public	1954	275	KMU	Peshawar	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	F0001083	1957–current
2	Ayub Medical College	Public	1979	270	KMU	Abbottabad	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	F0000206	1982–current
3	Saidu Medical College	Public	1998	115	KMU	Swat	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	F0002245	2004–current
4	Gomal Medical College	Public	1998	115	KMU	D. I. Khan	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	F0002274	1998–current
5	Khyber Girls Medical College	Public	2004	150	KMU	Peshawar	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	F0002112	2004–current
6	KMU Institute Of Medical Sciences, Kohat	Public	2006	115	KMU	Kohat	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	F0002458	2009–current
7	Bannu Medical College	Public	2007	110	KMU	Bannu	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	F0002686	2011–current
8	Bacha Khan Medical College	Public	2010	100	KMU	Mardan	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	F0002578	2011–current
9	Gajju Khan Medical College Swabi	Public	2014	70	KMU	Swabi	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	F0007263	2018–current
10	Nowshera Medical College	Public	2017	115	KMU	Nowshera	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	F0005935	not eligible

Private

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No.	Name of medical school	Funding	Established	Enrollment	University	City	Province	WDOMS profile	ECFMG eligible graduates
1	Frontier Medical College	Private	1995	100	BU-I	Abbottabad	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	F0001644	1998–current
2	Kabir Medical College	Private	1995	100	GU	Peshawar	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	F0001154	1997–current
3	Women Medical College	Private	2000	100	KMU	Abbottabad	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	F0000590	2003–current
4	Peshawar Medical College	Private	2005	150	RIU	Peshawar	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	F0002070	2005–current
5	Abbottabad International Medical College	Private	2008	100	KMU	Abbottabad	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	F0002459	2008–2018
6	Swat Medical College	Private		100	KMU	Swat	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	not listed	not eligible
7	Pak International Medical College	Private	2010	100	KMU	Peshawar	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	F0002580	2010–current
8	Rehman Medical College	Private	2010	100	KMU	Peshawar	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	F0002581	2010–current
9	Muhammad College of Medicine (Former Al-Razi Medical College)	Private	2012	100	none	Peshawar	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	not listed	not eligible
10	North West School Of Medicine	Private	2017	100	KMU	Peshawar	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	F0005934	2022–current

Balochistan

Public

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No.	Name of medical school	Funding	Established	Enrollment	University	City	Province	WDOMS profile	ECFMG eligibility
1	Bolan Medical College	Public	1972	320	UoB	Quetta	Balochistan	F0000202	1978–current
2	Loralai Medical College	Public	2016	Not accredited by PMC	UoB	Loralai	Balochistan	not listed	not eligible
3	Makran Medical College	Public	2016	Not accredited by PMC	UoB	Turbat	Balochistan	not listed	not eligible
4	Jhalawan Medical College	Public	2016	Not accredited by PMC	UoB	Khuzdar	Balochistan	F0002526	2013–current

Private

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No.	Name of medical school	Funding	Established	Enrollment	University	City	Province	WDOMS profile	ECFMG eligible graduates
1	Quetta Institute of Medical Sciences	Private	2011	100	NUMS	Quetta	Balochistan	F0002687	2011 — Current

Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK)

Public

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No.	Name of medical school	Funding	Established	Enrollment	University	City	Province	WDOMS profile	ECFMG eligible graduates
1	Azad Jammu Kashmir Medical College	Public	2012	110	UHS	Muzaffarabad	AJK	F0002928	2022-current
2	Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Shaheed Medical College	Public	2012	110	UHS Lahore	Mirpur	AJK	F0002929	2012–current
3	Poonch Medical College	Public	2013	110	UHS	Rawalakot	AJK	F0003102	2022-current

Private

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No.	Name of medical school	Funding	Established	Enrollment	University	City	Province	WDOMS profile	ECFMG eligibility
1	Mohiuddin Islamic Medical College	Private	2009	100	MIU	Mirpur	AJK	F0002582	2009–current

Curriculum

After successfully completing five years of theoretical and practical (clinical) training in the medical college and affiliated teaching hospitals the graduates are awarded a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) degree. The graduates are then eligible to apply for a medical license from the PMC. The curriculum for all colleges, irrespective of their regional location and university affiliation, is designed by PMC. The curriculum spans a term of five years or seasons (four professional years).^{[citation needed]}

• First year (first professional year – part 1)
• Second year (first professional year – part 2)
• Third year (second professional year)
• Fourth year (third professional year)
• Fifth/final year (fourth professional year)

Main courses of the curriculum, respective of the academic year they are examined in, are as follows:

* includes Nutrition, Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Research Methods, Health education, Family Planning, Occupational, Environmental, Preventive and Tropical Medicine.

Assessment methods

Theoretical, practical and clinical knowledge is assessed by one or more of the following methods; multiple choice questions (MCQs), short essay questions (SEQs), short answer questions (SAQs), laboratory skills, viva voce, and objective structured clinical examination (OSCE). Required laboratory training is provided in biochemistry, histology, physiology, pharmacology, toxicology, pathology including hematology, immunology and microbiology. Teaching in gross anatomy is assisted by exploratory dissection of cadavers. A mandatory group research project is also to be submitted by the students before the fourth professional examination in the community medicine department. Students are also taught diagnostic imaging and technical report writing in the radiology department.

Clinical training and evaluation sessions (or clerkship) at the affiliated teaching hospitals is also compulsory for all medical students, especially in their second, third and fourth (final) professional years. These include observation, assisting and practice in various emergency, outpatient, inpatient and operative settings in the following rotating disciplines: anesthesiology, cardiology, dermatology, general surgery, gynaecology, internal medicine, obstetrics, ophthalmology, orthoptics, orthopedics, otorhinolaryngology, acoustics, pediatrics, psychiatry, radiology and urology.

Visits to various locations for the purposes of training and understanding of social, legal, communal and preventive aspects of health are also conducted if possible, such as:

Foundation year

Once the student has graduated after passing his or her final (fourth professional) examination, he or she is eligible to apply for a seat as a house officer in either the attached hospital of the college (usually as a paid employee) or in any other tertiary health care hospital (usually as an unpaid employee or "honorary"). The graduate has to first register (provisional) with and acquire a certificate from PMDC. The house officer has to serve for 12 months (foundation year) at one or more hospitals in four modules; 3 months in internal medicine, 3 months in general surgery, 3 months in medicine allied and 3 months in surgery allied in any order.^[8] The graduate can then apply for a medical practice license from PMDC which will allow the medical graduate to work as a registered medical professional anywhere in the country and study for higher specialties/qualifications.

Public health education

All medical students are taught various aspects of public health such as:

• Auxology
• Biological Weaponry and Hazards
• Biostatistics
• Case Reporting
• Child and Maternal Healthcare
• Community Dentistry
• Community Genetics and Genomics
• Community Ophthalmology
• Community Psychiatry
• Data Collection and Archiving
• Disaster Management
• Environmental Medicine (including Sanitation and Hospital Waste Management)
• Epidemiology and Epidemic Control
• Euthenics
• Family Planning and Birth Control
• Food, Nutrition and Hygiene
• Global Health and Organizations
• Health Economics
• Health Education
• Health Surveillance
• Healthcare Systems
• Healthcare Infrastructure and Ergonomics
• Labor Health
• Occupational Safety and Medicine
• Outreach Methods
• Population Demographics
• Preventive Medicine (including vaccines)
• Rehabilitative Care
• Research Methods
• Resource Allocation
• Pharmaceutical Policy and Drug Trials
• Public Health Law and Reforms
• Social Health Determinants
• Tropical Medicine and Vector Control
• Telemedicine
• Venereal Disease Control and HIV/AIDS

See also

• Medical school
• List of medical schools
• List of medical organizations in Pakistan
• Pakistan Medical and Dental Council

References

External links

• PMDC official website