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The Hamdard College of Medicine & Dentistry (HCM&D) (Urdu: ہمدرد طبی اور دندان سازی کالج) is recognized by the Pakistan Medical & Dental Council, [15] World Health Organization [16] (WHO), Medical Board of California [17] (USA), and FAIMER (Foundation of Advancement of International Medical Education and Research). [18]
Jamia Hamdard is an institute of higher education deemed to be university located in Delhi, India. [2] Founded in 1963 as Hamdard Tibbi College by Hakim Abdul Hameed, it was given the status of deemed to be university in 1989.
University of Karachi announced in September 2014 that it will establish its own medical college and a 100-bed hospital. The admission in the college for 100 students will be started in November 2014.
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), including 45 public sector ...
The National Medical Commission mentions 704 medical colleges, which teach MBBS in the country, as in July 2023. [19] There are both government run as well as private medical colleges in India. Admission to MBBS program in government colleges can be highly competitive because of subsidized education and extensive hands-on experience.
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. The medical schools in province of Sindh are both private and public.
Provincial medical entrance exams included the MDCAT conducted by the University of Health Sciences, Lahore in Punjab and Balochistan before the NMDCAT. It was implemented in 1998 as the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) on the initiative of the then chief minister of Punjab Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif to counter replete cheating in HSSC exams at the time.
After Sind province got separated from Bombay Presidency, the college started teaching MBBS under University of Bombay. The requirements set by the university to maintain the affiliation led to the college being shifted to Karachi on December 10, 1945, and as a result, it was renamed as Dow Medical College.