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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. The medical schools in Karachi are both private and public.
University of Karachi announced in September 2014 that it will establish its own medical college and a 100-bed hospital. The admission in the college for 100 students will be started in November 2014. [1]
The Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS) is a public medical university located in the Urban metropolitan area of Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. It was founded by Sir Hugh Dow, the then Governor of Sindh, in 1945.
Bahria University or BU, is a public Sector university established in 2000 by Pakistan Navy at Shangrilla Road, Sector E-8/1 in Islamabad, Pakistan. The university maintains campuses in Karachi and Lahore.
Hamdard University is a private research university with campuses in Karachi and Islamabad, Pakistan. It was founded in 1991 by the renowned philanthropist Hakim Said of the Hamdard Foundation. Hamdard is one of the first and the oldest private institutions of higher education in Pakistan. In Karachi, Hamdard University is the largest private research university with a campus area of over 350 acres.
Abbasi Shaheed Hospital is a teaching hospital located in Paposh Nagar neighborhood of Nazimabad, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.
Fatima Jinnah Dental College, commonly referred to by the acronym FJDC, is the oldest dental school in Karachi and one of the oldest in Pakistan. Established in 1992, it is run and managed by a duly registered Fatima Jinnah Dental College & Hospital Trust. It offers students a four-year undergraduate program leading to a degree of Bachelor of Dental Sciences (BDS) in addition to sponsoring graduate students to post-graduate qualification of M.S., MPhil and Ph.D.
Dow International Medical College is a government-owned public sector medical college in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, which is recognized by the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC). Admittance is limited to 150 students per year. It is affiliated with Dow University of Health Sciences,.
Karachi's educational system is divided into five levels: primary ; middle ; high ; intermediate ; and university programs at undergraduate and graduate level.
Baqai Medical University is a higher education institution located on M-9, Super Highway, Karachi, Pakistan.
Nursing is a major component of Pakistan's health-care system. The topic has been the subject of extensive historical studies, is as of 2009 a major issue in the country, and has been the subject of much scholarly discussion amongst academics and practitioners. In 2009, Pakistan’s government stated its intent to improve the country's nursing care.
Hamdard College of Medicine & Dentistry trains students for the degree of Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery and Bachelor of Dental Surgery. These degrees will be awarded to candidates who successfully complete all requirements set out in the rules and regulations specified by the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC). The college is located at the main campus of Hamdard University located in the northern part of Karachi, Pakistan.
Jinnah Medical and Dental College was established in 1998 in Karachi, Sindh Pakistan. It is located in the heart of Karachi on Shaheed-e-Millat Road. The first batch of doctors and dentists graduated from JMDC in 2003 and 2004 whereas first batch of pharmacy graduated in 2009. The college is affiliated with the JINNAH SINDH MEDICAL UNIVERSITY (JSMU), which awards MBBS, BDS and pharm-D degrees to its graduates. Graduates from JMDC are eligible to sit for foreign qualifying examinations such as USMLE (ECFMG) and PLAB.
The Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences (LUMHS) is a public medical university located in Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan.
Ghulam Muhammad Mahar Medical College or GMMMC in short is the sixth public sector Medical college under the Government of Sindh where 100 meritorious students of tagged districts, including Sukkur, Khairpur and Ghotki are getting education every year. It is named after Sindh politician Ghulam Muhammad Khan Mahar.
Karachi Medical & Dental College is a public medical university in Karachi. It was founded by Naimatullah Khan in 1991.
United Medical and Dental College (UMDC) is a medical college located in Karachi, Pakistan. The college gives admission to 100 Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery & Medicine students each year. It has three affiliated hospitals located at different location in the city. UMDC is enrolling its ninth Batch of students in 2020. UMDC has been ranked amongst the top ten medical colleges in Pakistan and in the top two in Sindh by the Pakistan Medical Commission (PMC).
The National University of Medical Sciences, commonly referred as NUMS, is a public university located in Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan.
Javed Iqbal Kazi (1955–2014) was a Pakistani pathologist specialized in renal pathology, professor and chairman of Histopathology at Karachi Medical and Dental College, Sindh Institute of Urology & Transplantation, Dr. Ziauddin Hospitals & National Institute of Blood Diseases, and served as Dean of medicine of University of Karachi. He was also the board member of Journal of Pakistan Medical Association since 2005. He established the department of Histopathology at Sindh Institute of Urology & Transplantation, Karachi, in 1995 and is said to have established Renal and Transplant Pathology in Pakistan.