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.[ citation needed ]
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]
The minimum requirements are: [4]
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]
Province | Public | Private | Total |
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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 |
Province/Territory | Public | Private | Total |
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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 |
No. | Name of medical College | Funding | Established | Enrollment | University | City | Province | WDOMS profile | ECFMG eligible graduates |
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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 |
No. | Name of medical school | Funding | Established | Enrollment | University | City | Province | WDOMS profile | ECFMG eligible graduates |
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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 | ||
No. | Name of medical school | Funding | Established | Enrollment | University | City | Province | WDOMS profile | ECFMG eligible graduates |
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1 | Frontier Medical College | Private | 1995 | 100 | BU-I | Abbottabad | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | F0001644 | 1998–current |
2 | [abir 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 |
No. | Name of medical school | Funding | Established | Enrollment | University | City | Province | WDOMS profile | ECFMG eligibility |
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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 |
No. | Name of medical school | Funding | Established | Enrollment | University | City | Province | WDOMS profile | ECFMG eligible graduates |
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1 | Quetta Institute of Medical Sciences | Private | 2011 | 100 | NUMS | Quetta | Balochistan | F0002687 | 2011 — Current |
No. | Name of medical school | Funding | Established | Enrollment | University | City | Province | WDOMS profile | ECFMG eligible graduates |
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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 |
No. | Name of medical school | Funding | Established | Enrollment | University | City | Province | WDOMS profile | ECFMG eligibility |
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1 | Mohiuddin Islamic Medical College | Private | 2009 | 100 | MIU | Mirpur | AJK | F0002582 | 2009–current |
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 ]
Main courses of the curriculum, respective of the academic year they are examined in, are as follows:
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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:
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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.
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