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Other name | KMDC |
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Motto | Knowledge for All |
Type | Public |
Established | 1991 |
Affiliation | Pakistan Medical and Dental Council College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan University of Karachi Karachi Metropolitan Corporation |
Principal | Prof Tazeen Fatima munim |
Students | 1650 |
Location | , Pakistan |
Campus | Urban |
Colors | Green |
Website | kmdc |
Karachi Metropolitan University (formerly Karachi Medical & Dental College) [1] [2] is a public medical college in Karachi, under the administration of Karachi Metropolitan Corporation.
It was founded by Naimatullah Khan in 1991. [3]
It offers MBBS and BDS programs at undergraduate level which are accredited by the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council. KMDC also offers postgraduate specialties in medicine and dentistry in affiliation with the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan and University of Karachi. [4]
Karachi Mayor Barrister Murtaza Wahab announced that Karachi Medical and Dental College status has been changed to a university and the name of Karachi Medical and Dental College is now Karachi Metropolitan University. [1] [2]
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