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The Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS) is a public medical university located in the Urban metropolitan area of Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. It was founded by Sir Hugh Dow , the then Governor of Sindh , in 1945.
Currently, Dow International Medical College admits up to 150 M.B.B.S. students per year. DIMC follows the semester system as per the directives of the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council. An integrated modular curriculum has been adopted by Dow University of Health Sciences since 2009. The DIMC is included in WHO directory and IMED-FAIMER.
Entrance into the medical colleges is based on merit under the guidelines of PMC. Both the academic performance at the Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSSC) (grades 11–12) and an entrance test like NMDCAT determine eligibility to enter most of the medical colleges.
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.
Dow University of Health Sciences: 64.53 4: University of Health Sciences (Lahore) 61.62 5: Khyber Medical University: 57.28 6: Jinnah Sindh Medical University: 53.62 7: Bahria Medical and Dental University: 51.99 8: Ziauddin University: 50.56 9: Sindh Institute of Medical Sciences: 43.64 10: Baqai Medical University: 41.58 11: Shaheed Mohtarma ...
In 2003, Sindh Medical College became a part of the Dow University of Health Sciences. It also shares the curriculum, faculty, and other certain resources with the other affiliated institutions of DUHS, such as DMC (Dow Medical College) and Dow International Medical College. [6] Later in 2010, it merged with Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre ...
Dow Medical college is a large provider of physicians to Pakistan and also to the United States. [7] It is the Pakistan medical school with the greatest amount of licensed physicians in the United States per the 2108 FSMB Survey with 3,232 licensed physicians. [7]
Higher education in Pakistan is the systematic process of students continuing their education beyond secondary school, learned societies and two-year colleges.The governance of higher education is maintained under the Higher Education Commission (Pakistan) (HEC) which oversees the financial funding, research outputs and teaching quality in the country. [1]