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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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Sorry about that -- Dow has been added to the list -- good lookin' out :)
 
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yes plz rehan...tel me tel me the names of those institutions from karachi which r usmle approved...and plz i wanna ask one more thing...if i complete my mbbs 1st yr and 2nd yr from pakistan and then the rest from usa ? is it possible..inshallah if yes, wat is the criteria and how much marks or% do they demand..???i really need this info plz help me out
Allah hafiz
 
#8 ·
All the schools which are USMLE approved are listed above. Any school approved by the US is also approved for USMLE.
 
#9 · (Edited)
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. Bolan Medical Center - Quetta
  7. C.M.S. Medical College - Hyderabad
  8. Chandka Medical College - Larkana
  9. Fatima Memorial College of Medicine & Dentistry - Lahore
  10. Fatima Jinnah Medical College for Women - Lahore
  11. Foundation University Medical College - Rawalpindi
  12. Baqai Medical College - Karachi
  13. Frontier Medical College - Abbottabad
  14. Hamdard College of Medicine & Dentistry - Karachi
  15. Gomal Medical College - Dera Ismail Khan
  16. Jinnah Medical & Dental College - Karachi
  17. Islamic International Medical College - Rawalpindi
  18. Isra University - Hyderabad
  19. Karachi Medical & Dental College - Karachi
  20. Kabir Medical College - Peshawar
  21. Sindh Medical College - Karachi
  22. Khyber Medical College - Peshawar
  23. Sir Syed College of Medical Sciences for Girls - Karachi
  24. King Edward Medical College - Lahore
  25. Lahore Medical & Dental College - Lahore
  26. Liaquat University of Medical & Health Sciences - Jamshoro
  27. Muhammad Medical College - Mirpurkhas
  28. Nishtar Medical College - Multan
  29. People's Medical College for Girls - Nawabshah
  30. Punjab Medical College - Faisalabad
  31. Quaid-E-Azam Medical College - Bahawalpur
  32. Rawalpindi Medical College - Rawalpindi
  33. Saidu Medical College - Swat
  34. Shifa College of Medicine - Islamabad
  35. Women Medical College - Abbottabad
  36. Ziauddin Medical College - Karachi
  37. Dow Medical College - Karachi
Updated: October 11, 2006

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does anyone know if riphah international university (islamic medical college) is US approved???

wait sorry i found it in the list :D
 
#10 · (Edited by Moderator)
i give u the sincerest advice ever offered as a fellow human being. DO NOT go to IIMC rawalpindi. this institute is corrupt to the core with wrinkly old peverted ex army staff as your professors who suffer from an inferiority complex. if u do not posses a father or an uncle who is in the military as a high ranking officer, then they will make your stay a living hell. the teaching is next to nothing, the professors tell u not to read bd chaurasia, but the entire exm comes from it. anatomy is about 75 percent of the course. physiology is taught well by the only genuine professor in the whole faculty, brig. hameed. biochem teaching is non existant with each professor reading extracts from harpers and mushtaq for 2 hrs 2 times a week!

In this institute i could not talk to my fellow female collegues, as i would run the risk of being failed at vivas etc. but army staff kids used to openly go to chinese whorehouses in islamabad and they got rewarded with rankingt positions!!!
THIS INSTITUTE IS TOTALLY BOGUS, A CORRUPT MONEY MAKING MACHINE. IF U WANT TO SAVE UR MONEY AND MORE IMPORTANTLY YOUR TIME KEEP WELL AWAY!!! THERE ARE PLENTY OF OTHER NON CORRUPT GOOD MED UNIS IN THIS PINDI ISLAMABAD AREA, LIKE SHIFA, RMC AND WAH. STAY AWAY FROM IIMC [ Foul Language Edited ]
 
#12 ·
If you mean Dow Medical College (the only Dow I've ever heard of in Pakistan), it's already on the list at spot #37.
 
#15 ·
Let's please keep this thread related only to medical colleges in Pakistan which are approved by the United States. If you would like to discuss any admissions related questions, please start a new thread or post in the thread regarding MBBS admissions for 2007. Thanks everyone! :)
 
#17 ·
60 percent is the minimum requirement, period. Below 60 %, no med college woould consider your application. Moreover, one still needs beyond 60% (probably in 70s and 80s) to be considered within competitive ground , though i must say foreigners can get around with lower percentages too

Sorry below 60 %, one have to look into something else... at least this is what i know
 
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HELP NEEDED

hi.
can u pls send me the list of WHO and MCI recognised colleges in pakistan.
Also which among the following is the best coll:
FATIMA JINNA MED COLL
KING EDWARD MED COLL
AYUB MED COLL
CHANDKA MED COLL
NISHTAR MED COLL
PESHAWER MED COLL
RAWALPINDI MED COLL

PLS DO WRITE INTO ME AT THE EARLIEST.
 
#20 ·
aamskhan, your inquiry about the rating of the colleges has already been posted on the website, it's just scattered around...plesase try using the "SEARCH" option; just give yourself time, search around and you'll find your answer quicker than you think. If you would have searched around you would have noticed that there are threads containing information regarding certain colleges in Pakistan for example, KEMU, Shifa, and Nister have there own specific threads. So please look through the threads and you'll find out what people have to say about it.

Since people have already put their time and energy in answering the same question that you have asked, it would not be fair to just post a question, withoug searching first and wait that someone will answer the question when it has already been posted. Good luck!
 
#21 ·
Extracts from the site:


The International Medical Education Directory (IMED) provides an accurate and up-to-date resource of information about international medical schools that are recognized by the appropriate government agency in the countries where the medical schools are located. The agency responsible for this recognition in most countries is the Ministry of Health. Medical schools that are recognized by the appropriate agencies in their respective countries are listed in the International Medical Education Directory.​
A medical school is listed in IMED after FAIMER receives confirmation from the Ministry of Health or other appropriate agency that the medical school is recognized by the Ministry or other agency. FAIMER also updates the International Medical Education Directory as information about medical schools is received from Ministries of Health or other appropriate agencies.


So isnt it that they copy pasted the list of pmdc approved colleges?
thats the only criteria they have: being approved by the relevant local authorities

 
#22 ·
You're basically right about that except that IMED sometimes has a more up-to-date site than PM&DC does so it doesn't hurt to check both. :p
 
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hey every1.. im new to dis forum n wz just goin thru da list of USMLE approved med skoolz in pak u ppl have posted... n i found out dat DIMC is not dere.. infact DIMC is not even in the list of IMED or FAIMER or ECFMG..
plz dont confuse DIMC wid DMC because deez 2 r different medical colleges.. altho affiliated wid da same university i.e. DUHS
i hav applied in DIMC but after i got 2 knw dat itz nowhere in deez lists im too confused.. plz tel me iz dere a chance dat DIMC vil b approved 4 USMLE within 3 4 years? az u can appear in USMLE step 1 in ur 4th year of mbbs n im planning to do da same..
 
#24 ·
DMC and DIMC are the same institutions...

Dow International Medical College (DIMC) and Dow Medical College (DMC) are the same institutions....it's just that DIMC is an addition to DMC; just another building and campus for International students; who basically one day plan to go back to their nationals for practice. According to DMC, the addition was created especially for International students so they will not have any problem adjusting (they will have problems adjusting...mark my words!) According to their statement international students will have better facilities and environment..."Separate hostels with A/C and other facilities are available for boys and girls, with full security." I don't know if this is true or not since I have not visited that campus myself...now it makes sense that since DMC is US approved so obviously DIMC is approved as well.

This question was briefly answered in a different thread but since you probably didn't searched around before asking, I am posting it here with a few words added and edited. Now this is what I know...if you are not satisfied you can always contact the institution directly and ask them this question, okay so hope this helps
 
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hey junnat thanx a lot 4 ur detailed reply.. actually i did a bit of search in other threadz az vel but den again everywhere either ppl ver saying dat DIMC is a part of DMC (da same thing u just said) or dey dint even know abt it.. and abt d idea of calling dem.. well itz very difficult 2 contact sum1 of high authority in dow az dey all r too bzy in admission processes deez dayz n do not repond properly to my calls or even visits..
also.. wen DIMC (altho being a part of DMC) iz separately recognized by PMDC, shudnt it b separately approved 4 USMLE az vel? even SMC is a part of DUHS now but still it iz separately recognized by PMDC n approved 4 USMLE..
actually im not an international student.. i liv in khi.. n DIMC duz hav sum seats 4 d local studentz az vel.. n since i cudnt get in2 dow/smc.. da only option i hav left iz DIMC.. but another prob wid DIMC iz dat dey dont have a hospital yet (altho dey say in da prospectus dat dey hav a small 250 bedded hospital n dey'll upgrade it to 500 bedded one widin 2 yrz) but i visited da campus recently n found no hospital over dere.. altho da campus itself iz really nice.. but i dont think itz wise enough 2 trust our paki government dat dey vil provide us wid a well established hospital widin 2 yrz so dat v can do our clinicalz properly wen v cum in da 3rd yr of MBBS..
after evaluating all da pointz.. im a bit confused b/w zmu (ziauddin medical university) and DIMC.. plz tel me which institution wud b better 4 me? if i wish to appear in USMLE during my mbbs.. ??
 
#28 ·
The answer was given previously:

All the schools which are USMLE approved are listed above. Any school approved by the US is also approved for USMLE.

As far as transferring from a Pakistani medical college to a US one, it is generally not possible to transfer due to the huge difference in timing of curriculum, insane competitiveness of US schools, and the fact that all US medical schools require completion of a bachelors degree prior to gaining admission.
 
#32 ·
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.
 
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