list of medical schools in pakistan 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. 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. 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. in order to get admission into any private medical college, the following weightage is used: 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: 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. medical seats number of registered medical seats allocation (pk) province public private total azad kashmir330100430 balochistan320100420 khyber pakhtunkhwa143510502485 punjab and islamabad420049008680 sindh240018504250 total8265800016265 number of registered medical colleges (pk) province/territory public private total azad kashmir314 balochistan112 khyber pakhtunkhwa101020 punjab and islamabad194362 sindh121729 total4572117 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). 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: first professional year – part i and ii: anatomy cell biology and histology cross-sectional anatomy embryology gross anatomy neuroanatomy radiological anatomy surface anatomy human physiology medical biochemistry, molecular biology and human genetics second professional year: behavioral sciences and medical ethics legal/forensic medicine and toxicology general pathology, microbiology and immunology pharmacology, pharmacognosy and therapeutics third professional year: community medicine*also called social or public health medicine ophthalmology otorhinolaryngostomatology (ent) special/systemic pathology fourth (final) professional year: internal medicine medicine i angiology cardiology gastroenterology hematology hepatology medical oncology neurology osteology pulmonology rheumatology medicine ii critical care medicine dermatology endocrinology infectious and venereal diseases nephrology psychiatry gynecology and obstetrics pediatrics surgery surgery i anesthesiology operative care plastic and reconstructive surgery radiology, radiotherapy and radiosurgery surgical infections surgical and radiation oncology traumatology (including burns) surgery ii bariatric surgery cardiothoracic surgery general surgery abdominal surgery breast surgery endocrine surgery endoscopic surgery laparoscopic surgery neurosurgery oral and maxillofacial surgery orthopedic surgery pediatric surgery urology (includes andrology) vascular surgery * 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: community medicine basic health unit (bhu) dog bite center factory or industrial unit hospital waste disposal site maternal and child health center (mchc) orphanage primary school rehabilitation center retirement home rural health center (rhc) special education institute vaccination center water purification plant dermatology skin laser clinic venereal disease control center legal and forensics medicine autopsy rooms courtrooms site of exhumation internal medicine cancer research center diabetes clinic emergency room intensive care unit obstetrics abortion clinic labor room ophthalmology eye laser clinic orthoptics clinic otorhinolaryngology acoustics laboratory hearing aid center speech therapy clinic pathology pathology museum psychiatry mental asylum surgery burns unit orthotic prosthetic center 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. 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. internal medicine (3 months) – compulsory module medicine allied (3 months) – options include: cardiology dermatology endocrinology gastroenterology hematology nephrology neurology oncology pathology pediatric medicine psychiatry pulmonology (chest medicine) rheumatology general surgery (3 months) – compulsory module surgery allied (3 months) – options include: anesthesiology and intensive care medicine cardiovascular surgery ent, head and neck surgery gynecology and obstetrics neurosurgery ophthalmology orthopedics plastic and reconstructive surgery pediatric surgery radiology and radiosurgery thoracic surgery urology list of medical college punjab public no. name of medical college funding established enrollment university city province wdoms profile ecfmg eligible graduates 1king edward medical universitypublic1860350uhslahorepunjab f0001290 1953–current 2 shaikh khalifa bin zayed al-nahyan medical and dental college public 2009 100 uhs lahore punjab f00002567 2010-current 3fatima jinnah medical collegepublic1948300uoplahorepunjab f0000199 1953–current 4nishtar medical university public1951300uhsmultanpunjab f0001535 1953–current 5allama iqbal medical collegepublic1975325uhslahorepunjabf0000203 1975–current 6rawalpindi medical universitypublic1974350uhsrawalpindipunjab f0000151 1979–current 7faisalabad medical university also known as punjab medical collegepublic1973300uhsfaisalabadpunjab f0000863 1977–current 8quaid-e-azam medical collegepublic1970325uhsbahawalpur punjab f0001859 1971–current 9services institute of medical sciencespublic2003220uhslahorepunjab f0001998 2004–current 10army medical collegepublic1977204nums rawalpindipunjab f0000204 1981–current 11nawaz sharif medical collegepublic200861uhs uoggujratpunjab f0002566 2009–current 12sargodha medical collegepublic2007120uhssargodhapunjab f0002456 2010–current 13federal medical and dental collegepublic2012100szambuislamabadict f0002675 2012–current 14ameer-ud-din medical collegepublic2011110uhslahorepunjab f0002677 2011–current 15khawaja muhammad safdar medical collegepublic2010120uhssialkotpunjab f0002678 2011–current 16gujranwala medical collegepublic2010120uhsgujranwalapunjab f0002679 2011–current 17sahiwal medical collegepublic2010120uhssahiwalpunjab f0002680 2011–current 18ghazi khan medical collegepublic2010120uhsdera ghazi khanpunjab f0004047 2016–current 19sheikh zayed medical college public 2003 160 uhs rahim yar khan punjab f0002063 2005–current private no. name of medical college funding established enrollment university city province wdoms profile ecfmg eligible graduates 1 fazaia medical college private 2015 100 au islamabad ict f0004048 2020–current 2f.m.h. college of medicine and dentistryprivate2000100uhslahorepunjab f0000582 2001–current 3foundation university medical collegeprivate2001150fuirawalpindipunjab f0000583 2002–current 4rai medical collegeprivate2014100uhssargodhapunjab f0003100 2015–current 5islamic international medical collegeprivate1996100riurawalpindipunjab f0000183 1998–current 6lahore medical and dental collegeprivate1997150uhslahorepunjab f0000584 2002–current 7shifa college of medicineprivate1999100stmuislamabadict f0000585 2002–current 8wah medical collegeprivate2002100uhswahpunjab f0002030 2007–current 9university medical and dental college faisalabadprivate2003150uhsfaisalabadpunjab f0002111 2003–current 10university college of medicine and dentistryprivate2001150uollahorepunjab f00019692001-current 11islamabad medical and dental collegeprivate1997100szabmuislamabadict f0002054 1997–current 12independent medical college, faisalabadprivate2008100uhsfaisalabadpunjab f0002457 2008-current 13sharif medical and dental collegeprivate2008100uhslahorepunjab f0002568 2008–current 14continental medical collegeprivate2008100uhslahorepunjab f0002569 2008–current 15akhtar saeed medical and dental collegeprivate2009150uhslahorepunjab f0002570 2009–current 16central park medical collegeprivate2008100uhslahorepunjab f0002571 2009–current 17multan medical and dental collegeprivate2008150uhsmultanpunjab f0002572 2009–current 18shalamar medical and dental collegeprivate2010150uhslahorepunjab f0002454 2010–current 19avicenna medical college, lahoreprivate2010150uhslahorepunjab f0002453 2010–current 20shahida islam medical collegeprivate2016100—lodhranpunjab f0005086 not eligible 21rashid latif medical collegeprivate2010150uhslahorepunjab f0002392 2010–current 22islam medical collegeprivate2010150uhssialkotpunjab f0002573 2010–current 23amna inayat medical collegeprivate2011100uhssheikhupurapunjab f0002574 2011–current 24azra naheed medical collegeprivate2011150su-llahorepunjab f0002575 2011–current 25al-nafees medical collegeprivate2012100iu-hislamabadict f0002682 2012–current 26pak red crescent medical and dental collegeprivate2012100uhslahorepunjab f0002676 2017–2018 27aziz fatimah medical and dental college faisalabadprivate2012100uhsfaisalabadpunjab f0002684 2012–current 28hashmat medical and dental college (admission stopped and recommended to ministry of health for closure)private2011100uhsjalalpure jattanpunjab f0002683 2011–2014 29rawal institute of health sciencesprivate2012100szabmuislamabadict f0002681 2012–current 30rahbar medical and dental collegeprivate2014100uhslahorepunjab f0003099 2020–current 31hbs medical and dental collegeprivate2015100szabmuislamabadict f0004050 2020–current 32hitec-institute of medical sciencesprivate2016100numstaxilapunjab f0005931 not eligible 33m. islam medical and dental collegeprivate2016100uhsgujranwalapunjab f0005933 not eligible 34sahara medical collegeprivate2016100uhsnarowalpunjab f0005936 not eligible 35 al aleem medical college private 2017 100 uhs lahore punjab f0005928 not eligible 36 abwa medical college private 2017 100 uhs faisalabad punjab f0007213 not eligible 37 niazi medical and dental college private 2018 100 uhs sargodha punjab not listed not eligible 38bakhtawar amin medical and dental collegeprivate2012100—multanpunjabf0005929 2021–current 39sialkot medical collegeprivate2015100—sialkotpunjabf0004052 2020 - current 40cmh kharian medical collegeprivate2018100—kharian canttpunjabf0005930 not eligible 41cmh institute of medical sciencesprivate100—bahawalpurpunjab f0007211 not eligible 42cmh lahore medical collegeprivate2006150—lahore canttpunjab f0002055 not eligible 43cmh multan institute of medical sciences (cims)private2015150—multan canttpunjab f0004046 2020 - current 44watim medical collegeprivate100—rawalpindipunjab not listed not eligible public no. name of medical school funding established enrollment university city province wdoms profile ecfmg eligible graduates 1chandka medical collegepublic1973250smbbmularkanasindh f0000200 1979–current 2dow medical collegepublic1945350duhskarachisindh f0001288 1953–current 3sindh medical collegepublic1973350jsmukarachisindh f0001289 1979–current 4karachi medical and dental collegepublic1991250uokkarachisindh f0001000 1997–current 5khairpur medical collegepublic2012100pumhskhairpursindh not listed not eligible 6liaquat university of medical and health sciencespublic1881350lumhsjamshorosindh f0001893 1953–current 7peoples university of medical & health sciences for womenpublic1974250pumhswnawabshahsindh f0001291 1979–current 8dow international medical collegepublic2007150duhskarachisindh f0002369 2007–current 9shaheed mohtarma benazir bhutto medical college lyaripublic201150duhskarachisindh f0002685 2011–current 10ghulam muhammad mahar medical college sukkurpublic2003100smbbmusukkursindh f0002391 2008–current 11bilawal medical collegepublic2019100bmchyderabadsindh f0007262 2019-current 12gambat medical collegepublic100gambat-khairpur mirssindh listed not eligible private no. name of medical school funding established enrollment university city province wdoms profile ecfmg eligible graduates 1aga khan university medical collegeprivate1983100akukarachisindh f0000152 1985–current 2suleman roshan medical collegeprivate100tando adamsindh not listed not eligible 3 baqai medical college private 1988 100 bmu karachi sindh f0001292 1993–current 4faculty of medicine and allied medical sciences (isra university)private1997150iu-hhyderabadsindh f0000586 2002–current 5hamdard college of medicine & dentistryprivate1994100hu-kkarachisindh f0001085 1999–current 6jinnah medical & dental collegeprivate1998100uokkarachisindh f0000587 2002–current 7sir syed college of medical sciences for girlsprivate1998100uokkarachisindh f0000588 2002–current 8ziauddin medical collegeprivate1996150zukarachisindh f0001371 1996–current 9muhammad medical collegeprivate1999100uosmirpurkhassindh f0000589 2003–current 10liaquat national medical collegeprivate2007100uokkarachisindh f0002162 2007–current 11bahria university medical and dental collegeprivate2008150bu-ikarachisindh f0002576 2009–current 12al-tibri medical collegeprivate2010100iu-hkarachisindh f0002577 2010–current 13liaquat college of medicine and dentistryprivate2006100uokkarachisindh f0002418 2006–current 14united medical and dental collegeprivate2013100jsmu karachisindh f0003101 2013–current 15indus medical collegeprivate2014100uost.m. khansindh f0004051 not eligible 16karachi institute of medical sciencesarmy2016100numskarachisindh f0005932 not eligible 17fazaia ruth pfau medical collegeprivate2019100air university (pakistan air force)karachisindh f0007215 not eligible public no. name of medical school funding established enrollment university city province wdoms profile ecfmg eligible graduates 1ayub medical collegepublic1979270kmuabbottabadkhyber pakhtunkhwa f0000206 1982–current 2khyber medical collegepublic1954275kmupeshawarkhyber pakhtunkhwa f0001083 1957–current 3saidu medical