The study of medicine is becoming very appreciable and the number of students willing to study medical is increasing with the passage of time. In Pakistan, many government and private educational institutes are running who are at the top in providing the medical education to a large number of students. The Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) have set criteria for the students to get admitted in any of these medical institutes. According to the set criterion by Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC), the admission will be given only on the basis of Merit and opportunity will be opened for talented and hard working students.
To the date, the number of medical institutions in Pakistan has exceeded from 70. to get admission at any of the medical college or university, students will be able to pass an entry test like a MCAT test after getting good result at grade 11 and 12 from HSC. After passing MCAT test, students can get admission at some medical college to complete their Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS).
Government Medical Schools in Pakistan
The top medical institutes of Pakistan which are owned by the government are as follow:
- Allama Iqbal Medical College in Lahore
- Ayub Medical College in Abbotabad
- Bacha Khan Medical College in Mardan
- Bolan Medical College in Quetta
- Chandka Medical College in Larkana
- De’ Montmorency College of Dentistry in Lahore
- D. G. Khan Medical College in Dera Ghazi Khan
- Dow International Medical College in Karachi
- Dow Medical College in Karachi
- Fatima Jinnah Medical College in Lahore
- Gomal Medical College in Dera Ghazi Khan
- Gujaranwala Medical College in Gujaranwala
- Karachi Medical and Dental College in Karachi
- Khyber Girls Medical College in Peshawar
- Khyber Medical College in Peshawar
- King Edward Medical University in Lahore
- Liaquat University of Medical and health in Jamshoro
- Sialkot Medical College in Sialkot
- Sindh Medical College in Karachi
- Quaid-A-Azam Medical College in Bahawalpur
- Rawalpindi Medical College in Rawalpindi
Military Medical Schools in Pakistan
Some Medical Colleges owned by the Military are as follow:
- Army Medical College inn Rawalpindi
- CMH Lahore Medical and Dental College in Lahore
Private Medical Colleges in Pakistan
More over some privately owned medical colleges are also very famous in Pakistan who give good results and produced great doctors each year. Some of these institutions are as follow:
- Abbotabad Internal Medical College in Abbotabad
- Agha Khan University and Medical College in Karachi
- Akhtar Saeed Medical and Dental College in Lahore
- Avicenna Medical College in Lahore
- Bahria University Medical and Dental College in Karachi
- Foundation University Medical College in Rawalpindi
- Frontier Medical College in Abbotabad
- Hamdard College of Medicine and Dentistry in Karachi
- Islamabad Medical and Dental College in Islamabad
- Islam Medical College in Sialkot
- Jinnah Medical and Dental College in Karachi
- Jinnah Medical College in Peshawar
- Lahore Medical and Dental College in Lahore
- Multan Medical and Dental College in Multan
- Peshawar Medical College in Peshawar
- Shalamar Medical and Dental College in Lahore
- Shifa College of Medicine in Islamabad
- Sir Syed College of Medical Sciences in Karachi
- University College of Medicine and Dentistry in Lahore
- University Medical and Dental College in Faisalabad
- Yusra Medical and Dental College in Islamabad
