This college offers a five-year course leading to a bachelor's degree in medicine and surgery--the equivalent of an M.D. degree in the United States. The MBBS degrees are recognized by the Ministry of Health of Pakistan, the Pakistan Medical & Dental Council, and the U.S. Education Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates. Established in 1995, Frontier and its teaching hospitals are self-financing institutions with highly qualified faculty and well-equipped laboratories. The Shahina Jamil Hospital and the Government Hospital Mansehera are where Frontier students are trained. A four-story, 110,000-square-foot college building accommodates all departments, lecture halls, laboratories, library, museum, auditorium, seminar and staff rooms, and offices. It has separate hostels for boys and girls, and facilities for various sports. Nine batches of students have already passed professional MBBS examinations and are working in the country and abroad. The MBBS course of study is open to male and female candidates from Pakistan and abroad.
Frontier Medical College
P.O. Public School
Abbottabad, Pakistan
001+92-922-381027
fmc.edu.pk
This school's mission is "to create an opportunity for aspiring ladies to develop their intellectual, spiritual, emotional, cultural and physical faculties, so as to grow up as the best of medical officers." This college was the first of its kind in the private sector in Pakistan, where previously no college existed exclusively for females. Sir Syed College has experienced faculty members, many of whom were heads of departments in other institutions prior to joining the college. Admission is granted for first-year classes leading to an MBBS degree. Admission is based on academic records and tests conducted by the college. Only students from outside Karachi can be accommodated in the hostel, if and when slots are available. The college is recognized by the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council and is affiliated with the University of Karachi.
Sir Syed College of Medical Sciences for Girls
ST-32, Block-5, Boating Basin
Clifton, Karachi
001+92-21-5835682
sscms.edu.pk
The Shifa College of Medicine was established "to graduate physicians for the 21st century who abide by scientific discipline and are altruistic, humane, knowledgeable, skillful and dutiful to their profession and the society at large." The college building is within the boundaries of Shifa International Hospital. All classrooms are equipped with internet access, over-head and slide projectors, and air-conditioning. It has laboratories for biochemistry, physiology, pharmacology, histology and pathology. The anatomy department has a dissection hall, and the college boasts well-stocked museums for anatomy, pathology, community medicine and forensic medicine. The college has a new integrated curriculum, taught by one of the best faculties in Pakistan. The admission process gives 50 percent weight to academic records, 40 percent to entrance exams and 10 percent to interviews. Hostel accommodations are separately available for men and women, with facilities that include shared bedrooms, bathrooms, sitting rooms and kitchens.
Shifa College of Medicine
Sector H-8/4
Islamabad, Pakistan
001+92-51-446801 ext. 3367
shifacollege.edu