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List of All US Approved Pakistan Medical Schools

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Updated: September 7, 2013

All the following medical schools in Pakistan are recognized by ECFMG (Educational Commision for Foreign Medical Graduates) which means that you are eligible to take the USMLE after graduation and then allowed to practice in the United States.
  1. Abbottabad International Medical College - Abbottabad
  2. Aga Khan Medical College - Karachi
  3. Akhtar Saeed Medical & Dental College - Lahore
  4. Al-Nafees Medical College - Islamabad
  5. Al-Tibri Medical College - Karachi
  6. Allama Iqbal Medical College - Lahore
  7. Ameer-ud-Din Medical College - Lahore
  8. Amna Inayat Medical College - Sheikhupura
  9. Animuddin Medical College - Quetta
  10. Army Medical College - Rawalpindi
  11. Avicenna Medical College - Lahore
  12. Ayub Medical College - Abbottabad
  13. Aziz Fatimah Medical & Dental College - Faisalabad
  14. Azra Naheed Medical College - Lahore
  15. Bacha Khan Medical College - Mardan
  16. Bahria University Medical & Dental College - Karachi
  17. Bannu Medical College - Bannu
  18. Baqai Medical College - Karachi
  19. Bolan Medical Center - Quetta
  20. C.M.H. Lahore Medical College - Lahore
  21. C.M.S. Medical College - Hyderabad
  22. Central Park Medical College - Lahore
  23. Chandka Medical College - Larkana
  24. Continental Medical College - Lahore
  25. Dow International Medical College - Karachi
  26. Dow Medical College - Karachi
  27. F.M.H. College of Medicine & Dentistry - Lahore
  28. Fatima Jinnah Medical College for Women - Lahore
  29. Federal Medical & Dental College - Islamabad
  30. Foundation University Medical College - Rawalpindi
  31. Frontier Medical College - Abbottabad
  32. Ghulam Mohammad Mahar Medical College - Sukkur
  33. Gomal Medical College - Dera Ismail Khan
  34. Gujranwala Medical College - Gujranwala
  35. Hamdard College of Medicine & Dentistry - Karachi
  36. Hashmat Medical & Dental College - Gujrat
  37. Independent Medical College - Faisalabad
  38. Islam Medical College - Sialkot
  39. Islamabad Medical & Dental College - Islamabad
  40. Islamic International Medical College - Rawalpindi
  41. Isra University Faculty of Medicine and Allied Medical Sciences - Hyderabad
  42. Jinnah Medical & Dental College - Karachi
  43. Jinnah Medical College - Peshawar
  44. KUST Institute of Medical Sciences - Kohat
  45. Kabir Medical College - Peshawar
  46. Karachi Medical & Dental College - Karachi
  47. Khawaja Muhammad Safdar Medical College - Sialkot
  48. Khyber Girls Medical College - Peshawar
  49. Khyber Medical College - Peshawar
  50. King Edward Medical University - Lahore
  51. Lahore Medical & Dental College - Lahore
  52. Liaquat College of Medicine and Dentistry - Karachi
  53. Liaquat National Medical College - Karachi
  54. Liaquat University of Medical & Health Sciences - Jamshoro
  55. Mohiuddin Islamic Medical College - Mirpur
  56. Muhammad Medical College - Mirpurkhas
  57. Multan Medical & Dental College - Multan
  58. Nawaz Sharif Medical College - Gujrat
  59. Nishtar Medical College - Multan
  60. Pak International Medical College - Peshawar
  61. Pak Red Crescent Medical & Dental College - Lahore
  62. People's University of Medical & Health Sciences for Women - Nawabshah
  63. Peshawar Medical College - Peshawar
  64. Punjab Medical College - Faisalabad
  65. Quaid-E-Azam Medical College - Bahawalpur
  66. Quetta Institute of Medical Sciences - Quetta
  67. Rashid Latif Medical College - Lahore
  68. Rawal Institute of Medical Sciences - Islamabad
  69. Rawalpindi Medical College - Rawalpindi
  70. Rehman Medical College - Peshawar
  71. Sahiwal Meidcal College - Sahiwal
  72. Saidu Medical College - Swat
  73. Sargodha Meidcal College - Sargodha
  74. Services Institute of Medical Sciences - Lahore
  75. Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Medical College - Karachi
  76. Shalamar Medical & Dental College - Lahore
  77. Sharif Medical & Dental College - Lahore
  78. Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Medical & Dental College - Lahore
  79. Sheikh Zayed Medical College - Rahim Yar Khan
  80. Shifa College of Medicine - Islamabad
  81. Sindh Medical College - Karachi
  82. Sir Syed College of Medical Sciences for Girls - Karachi
  83. University College of Medicine & Dentistry - Lahore
  84. University Medical & Dental College - Faisalabad
  85. Wah Medical College - Wah Cantt
  86. Women Medical College - Abbottabad
  87. Yusra Medical & Dental College - Islamabad
  88. Ziauddin Medical College - Karachi

Updated: September 7, 2013

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#62 ·
3 New Medical Colleges Added

Three more medical colleges have now been added to the ECFMG's FAIMER list.

Graduates of the following medical colleges are now eligible to take the USMLE and practice in the United States upon completion of a residency program:

  • Peshawar Medical College in Peshawar
  • Services Institute of Medical Sciences in Lahore
  • Sheikh Zayed Medical College in Rahim Yar Khan
If the college that you are interested in is NOT on the list of approved institutions then you will not be eligible to take the USMLE. Please contact the college for further information regarding their intentions to be approved by ECFMG.
 
#64 · (Edited by Moderator)
"Five Medical Colleges Operating Illegally" in 2005, What about now?

The following article was printed in "DAWN" on March 2, 2005 by Arshad Sharif.

"ISLAMABAD, March 2: Health Minister Mohammad Nasir Khan on Wednesday informed the National Assembly that five illegally operating medical and dental institutions had been asked to close down.

According to the record placed before the house by the minister, the institutions that have been asked to close down are Independent Medical College Faisalabad, Bhutta Medical College Faisalabad, University College of Medicine and Dentistry Lahore, MA Jinnah College Sargodha and Al Huda Medical College Lahore.

In reply to a question by MNA Yasmeen Rehman, the minister informed the house that 21 'provisionally recognized' medical and dental colleges were asked to upgrade their standards of education and improve teaching faculty, hospital facilities, laboratories and infrastructure as per Pakistan Medical and Dental Council requirements.

These are Lahore Medical and Dental College, EMH College of Medicine and Dentistry, Sir Syed College of Medical Sciences, Wah Medical College, Kabir Medical College GIMS, Peshawar; Sardar Begum Dental College Peshawar, Muhammad Medical College Mirpurkhas, Altamash College of Dental Medicine Karachi, Liaquat Ali Khan Memorial College of Dentistry Karachi, Hamdard College of Medicine and Dentistry Karachi, Jinnah Medical and Dental College Karachi, Ziauddin Medical College Karachi, Fatima Jinnah Dental College Karachi, Baqai Medical and Dental College Karachi, Margalla College of Dentistry Rawalpindi, Shifa College of Medicine Islamabad, Islamic International Medical College Rawalpindi, Foundation Medical College Rawalpindi, Women Medical College Abbotabad and Frontier Medical College Abbotabad.

In response to another question, the health minister told the National Assembly that a total of 33 'provisionally' recognized medical and dental colleges were functioning in the country.

Information was placed before the house by the health minister in response to a question by MNA Maimoona Hashmi who had sought details of the recognition status of the medical and dental colleges. The minister said there were a total of 53 medical and dental colleges in the country of which 33 were 'provisionally' recognized.

Following is the list of the 'provisionally recognized' medical and dental colleges as produced by the minister before the Lower House:

PUNJAB: Dental Section, Nishtar Medical College, Multan; Dental Section, Army Medical College, Rawalpindi; Services Institute of Medical Sciences, Lahore; FMH College of Medicine and Dentistry, Lahore; Foundation University Medical College, Rawalpindi; Islamic International Medical College, Rawalpindi; Dental Section, Islamic International Medical College, Rawalpindi (Allowed to admit 50 BDS students per year); Lahore Medical and Dental College, Lahore; Dental Section Lahore Medical and Dental College, Lahore (Only 50 BDS admission allowed per year); Shifa College of Medicine, Islamabad; Margalla College of Dentistry, Rawalpindi (Allowed to admit 25 BDS students per year); Wah Medical College, Wah Cantt.

SINDH: Karachi Medical and Dental College, Karachi; Baqai Medical College, Karachi; Baqai Dental College, Karachi (Allowed to admit 25 BDS students per year); Fatima Jinnah Dental College, Karachi (Allowed to admit 50 BDS students per year); Faculty of Medicine and Allied Medical Sciences/Isra University, Hyderabad; Hamdard College of Medicine Dentistry, Karachi (Allowed to admit 25 BDS students per year); Jinnah Medical and Dental College, Karachi; Dental Section, Jinnah Medical and Dental College, Karachi (Allowed to admit 25 BDS students per year); Sir Syed College of Medical Sciences for Girls, Karachi; Ziauddin Medical College, Karachi; Liaquat Ali Khan Memorial College of Dentistry, Karachi (Allowed to admit 50 BDS students per year); Altamash College of Dental Medicine, Karachi ( Allowed 50 BDS admissions per year); Muhammad Medical College, Mirpurkhas.

NWFP: Dental Section, Ayub Medical College, Abbottabad; Khyber College of Dentistry, Peshawar (Recognized for 50 BDS admission per year); Saidu Medical College, Swat; Gomal Medical College, D.I.Khan; Frontier Medical College, Abbottabad; Kabir Medical College/GIMS, Peshawar; Sardar Begum Dental College (Allowed to admit 25 BDS students per year); Women Medical College, Abbottabad.

BALOCHISTAN: Dental Section, Bolan Medical College, Quetta."

(I did my best to search through the website (MedStudentz) to check if this article has not already been posted, but if it has been then you are most welcome to delete my post!! Not Kidding.)


Admin's Note: This article is somewhat dated (2005) and PM&DC has changed the way they recognize medical colleges. They have mostly done away with the "provisional" ranking for established medical colleges and now all schools fall into one of two categories: recognized or unrecognized. Unrecognized schools are usually forced to cease operations whereas recognized schools are granted full recognition under Pakistan law. One of the schools listed as being illegal (University College of Medicine and Dentistry Lahore) is now fully recognized by Pakistan and also the United States.

So the information here is pretty outdated but thank you to our member Junnat for taking the time to post it here nonetheless!

June 2009
 
#68 · (Edited)
The whole recognition process is based on a couple of things:

The faculty: Things like how big the faculty is, where they were trained, how many are foreign trained, how many are just MBBS grads, and how many actually practiced after completing the MBBS, etc.

The facilities: Things like how big the campus is, how big the lecture halls are, how many students per room and student to teacher ratio, etc

The curriculum: PMDC requires that a certain type of curriculum be followed.

There might be a few other things that I don't recall right now off the top of my head, but basically PMDC will come to the college and have an inspection to see how well the college is being run and how well it adheres to their standards. However if it's a new college, then it's not enough to impress the PMDC just once or twice-- they'll have to do it a number of times to show that they're actually stable and have established a foothold without risk of suddenly losing all their funding and shutting down.

A provisional recognition is just that. It means that the PMDC has stopped by, checked the place out, likes it, but still wants to make sure that in the future they'll hold up to the show they put on during the first few visits.
 
#70 ·
A medical school gets recognised with IMED only once their pioneer batch has graduated...SIMS (Services Institute of Medical Sciences , Lhr,) recently got into the US recognised list...so assuming Sargodha Medical College and CMH Medical college were founded recently, they r not on the list. :)
 
#71 ·
3 New Medical Colleges Added

Three more medical colleges have now been added to the ECFMG's FAIMER list.

Graduates of the following medical colleges are now eligible to take the USMLE and practice in the United States upon completion of a residency program:
  • Khyber Girls Medical College in Peshawar
  • University College of Medicine & Dentistry in Lahore
  • University Medical & Dental College in Faisalabad
If the college that you are interested in is NOT on the list of approved institutions then you will not be eligible to take the USMLE. Please contact the college for further information regarding their intentions to be approved by ECFMG.
 
#75 ·
Is Sargodha Medical College in the latest list of US approved Pakistan colleges?
I've asked before and people tell me to look in the list, but the date says it was posted a couple years ago, and i'm wondering if now, in 2009, any Sargodha medical colleges have been apporoved?
 
#76 ·
I've asked before and people tell me to look in the list, but the date says it was posted a couple years ago, and i'm wondering if now, in 2009, any Sargodha medical colleges have been apporoved?
The list was updated in June 2009. It says so at the bottom of the post. Also you can always check directly at the IMED website.

Graduates of Sargodha Medical College are not currently approved to practice in the US.
 
#77 ·
2 New Medical Colleges Added

Two more medical colleges have now been added to the ECFMG's FAIMER list.

Graduates of the following medical colleges are now eligible to take the USMLE and practice in the United States upon completion of a residency program:
  • CMH Lahore Medical College in Lahore
  • Islamabad Medical & Dental College in Islamabad
If the college that you are interested in is NOT on the list of approved institutions then you will not be eligible to take the USMLE. Please contact the college for further information regarding their intentions to be approved by ECFMG.
 
#80 ·
i really need your help guys!!!! im in ayub dental section which is regognized by pmdc but i want to know why it isnt in FAIMERS list when ayub medical college is in it and both the medical and dental college come under khyber medical university !!! so where can i check if graduates of ayub dental section can apply for nbde ( the exam similer to usmle for dental grads to apply in us) ?? and if ayub dental section is even regognized by us or not.
 
#82 · (Edited by Moderator)
AMDC Akhtar Saeed Medical & Dental College Lahore

Updated: August 16, 2009

All the following medical schools in Pakistan are recognized by ECFMG (Educational Commision for Foreign Medical Graduates) which means that you are eligible to take the USMLE after graduation and then allowed to practice in the United States.
  1. Aga Khan Medical College - Karachi
  2. Allama Iqbal Medical College - Lahore
  3. Animudden Medical College - Quetta
  4. Army Medical College - Rawalpindi
  5. Ayub Medical College - Abbottabad
  6. Baqai Medical College - Karachi
  7. Bolan Medical Center - Quetta
  8. C.M.S. Medical College - Hyderabad
  9. Chandka Medical College - Larkana
  10. CMH Lahore Medical College - Lahore
  11. Dow International Medical College - Karachi
  12. Dow Medical College - Karachi
  13. Fatima Memorial College of Medicine & Dentistry - Lahore
  14. Fatima Jinnah Medical College for Women - Lahore
  15. Foundation University Medical College - Rawalpindi
  16. Frontier Medical College - Abbottabad
  17. Gomal Medical College - Dera Ismail Khan
  18. Hamdard College of Medicine & Dentistry - Karachi
  19. Islamabad Medical & Dental College - Islamabad
  20. Islamic International Medical College - Rawalpindi
  21. Isra University - Hyderabad
  22. Jinnah Medical & Dental College - Karachi
  23. Kabir Medical College - Peshawar
  24. Karachi Medical & Dental College - Karachi
  25. Khyber Girls Medical College - Peshawar
  26. Khyber Medical College - Peshawar
  27. King Edward Medical University - Lahore
  28. Lahore Medical & Dental College - Lahore
  29. Liaquat University of Medical & Health Sciences - Jamshoro
  30. Muhammad Medical College - Mirpurkhas
  31. Nawabshah Medical College for Girls - Nawabshah
  32. Nishtar Medical College - Multan
  33. Peshawar Medical College - Peshawar
  34. Punjab Medical College - Faisalabad
  35. Quaid-E-Azam Medical College - Bahawalpur
  36. Rawalpindi Medical College - Rawalpindi
  37. Saidu Medical College - Swat
  38. Services Institute of Medical Sciences - Lahore
  39. Sheikh Zayed Medical College - Rahim Yar Khan
  40. Shifa College of Medicine - Islamabad
  41. Sindh Medical College - Karachi
  42. Sir Syed College of Medical Sciences for Girls - Karachi
  43. University College of Medicine & Dentistry - Lahore
  44. University Medical & Dental College - Faisalabad
  45. Wah Medical College - Wah Cantt
  46. Women Medical College - Abbottabad
  47. Ziauddin Medical College - Karachi
Updated: August 16, 2009

You can also find this list here.
Brother i think u have missed one at #48 Akhtar Saeed Medical & Dental College-Lahore ::.. Akhtar Saeed Medical And Dental College ..:: affiliated with PMDC & UHS
 
#83 ·
Brother i think u have missed one at #48 Akhtar Saeed Medical & Dental College-Lahore ::.. Akhtar Saeed Medical And Dental College ..:: affiliated with PMDC & UHS
As mentioned previously, we follow FAIMER.

Until FAIMER lists it on their site as being fully accredited we don't list it on our site as being approved as a school from where you can graduate and be eligible to take the United States board exams (USMLEs).

You can contact FAIMER to ask whether the school will be approved in the near future or not. This may also depend on whether Pakistan's Ministry of Health and Ministry of Education have communicated their desire to see this school be approved and put on the list.

If it is not on the FAIMER list (and subsequently not on our list) I would not assume that you will be able to graduate from there and be able to practice in the US.
 
#90 ·
1 New College Added

One more medical college has now been added to the ECFMG's FAIMER list.

Graduates of the following medical college are now eligible to take the USMLE and practice in the United States upon completion of a residency program:
  • Liaquat National Medical College in Karachi
If the college that you are interested in is NOT on the list of approved institutions then you will not be eligible to take the USMLE. Please contact the college for further information regarding their intentions to be approved by ECFMG.
 
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