Faisalabad Medical University

Faisalabad Medical University sits on Sargodha Road in Faisalabad ¹². It is a public medical university in the UHS system ¹. Our dataset records 300 MBBS seats with a fee of PKR 50,000. ⁷ The BDS course runs at the Dental Institute on the same campus. Our directory carries it on the Dental Section, Punjab Medical College page.

Punjab Medical College came into existence in 1973 ¹. The Government of Punjab upgraded it to university status on 5 May 2017 ¹. The first MBBS batch graduated in 1978 ⁴.

The university holds the only public sector medical college in Faisalabad ¹. Faisalabad is the third-largest city of Pakistan and is known as the textile city ¹.

Students train at Allied Hospital, DHQ Hospital and GM Abad Hospital ¹². Our dataset records 2,000 clinical beds across the teaching hospitals. The campus covers 158 acres ¹⁴.

Punjab Medical College came into existence in 1973 on the campus of the Agriculture University, Lyallpur ¹. Prof. M.H. Toosi served as the first principal ¹. Prof Fateh Muhammad Choudry later led the college ¹. The campus later moved to its present location on Sargodha Road ¹.

The Government of Punjab upgraded Punjab Medical College to the status of a university on 5 May 2017 ¹. The university then held examinations and awarded degrees ¹. Wikipedia records the same upgrade in 2017 ⁴.

A government grant of Rs 460 million completed the new buildings, laboratories and the teaching hospital in 1982 ⁴. The first MBBS batch graduated in 1978 ⁴.

The university keeps basic science, medicine and surgery departments on its website ². The Dental Institute on the campus trains BDS students ². The website records Prof. Dr. Syed Asghar Naqi as Vice Chancellor ².

The UHS prospectus records Dr Muhammad Faisal Bilal Lodhi as Principal of Punjab Medical College ¹. It records the university among the government institutions of Punjab ¹.

Our dataset records 1973 as the founding year of the university. It records Allied Hospital and DHQ Hospital as the clinical partners of the programme.

Our dataset records four open-merit MBBS aggregates at this university. The closing aggregate moved from 87.85% in 2022 to 89.1% in 2023, then to 89.85% in 2024 and 93.7924% in 2025. The BDS merit series for the dental institute sits on the Dental Section, Punjab Medical College page.

UHS sets the aggregate with three components: 50% MDCAT, 40% HSSC and 10% SSC ¹. Compare sessions with care. The MDCAT mark scale moved from 210 to 200 and then to 180 across recent sessions. The same percentage does not mean the same raw score in every row.

Our dataset records 300 MBBS seats with a fee of PKR 50,000. ⁷ The PMDC public register lists 350 MBBS seats for Punjab Medical College ⁵. You need 60% in HSSC Pre-Medical and 55% in MDCAT for MBBS ¹.

Allied Hospital in Faisalabad is the main teaching hospital of the university ¹. Our dataset records 2,000 clinical beds across the teaching hospitals. The UHS prospectus records 1,500 beds at Allied Hospital, 1,000 at DHQ Hospital and 250 at GM Abad Hospital ¹.

The university website lists Allied Hospital, DHQ Hospital and GM Abad Hospital as allied institutes ². Clinical teaching of medical students runs at Allied Hospital and DHQ Hospital ⁴. Our dataset history note names Allied Hospital and DHQ Hospital as the clinical partners.

Clinical departments cover many specialties ⁴. They include Chest Disease, Dermatology, Psychiatry and Gynaecology ⁴. ENT, Surgery, Ophthalmology and Paediatrics join them ⁴. Orthopaedics, Neurosurgery, Cardiology and Urology complete the list ⁴.

The campus sits on Sargodha Road in Faisalabad ¹⁴. The campus covers 158 acres ¹. The facilities recorded in our dataset include the Allied Hospital clinical complex and DHQ Hospital wards. They also include the central medical library, student hostels and an auditorium and sports arena.

The prospectus records five female hostels and two male hostels ¹. Boys halls sit across Sargodha Road and girls halls sit next to Allied Hospital ⁴. The university library keeps a reading room for students ⁴.

The university keeps a sports complex with a cricket stadium, hockey and football fields, squash courts, badminton courts, a gymnasium and snooker tables ¹. A canteen and transport support run for students ¹.

Our dataset records PMDC recognition for the MBBS programme. The PMDC public register lists Punjab Medical College with 350 MBBS seats for the session we checked, while our dataset records 300 ⁵.

The UHS prospectus lists the university among the government medical and dental colleges of Punjab ¹. UHS publishes the public admission page with college-wise selection lists ⁶. Wikipedia records the university in the World Directory of Medical Schools ⁴.

Student societies at the university include Netizens, SYNCH, Parwaz, LDS, Limelight, the FMU Media Club, the FMU Arts Club and NDCS ¹.

The sports complex runs cricket, hockey, football, squash, badminton, gymnasium and snooker for students ¹. Hostels and transport support run for students ¹.

The university runs its admission notices and merit lists on its own website ³. Our dataset marks the university as open to both men and women.