Jhalawan Medical College

Jhalawan Medical College (JMC) is a public medical college on RCD Road in Khuzdar, Balochistan. It runs one programme, MBBS, over five years. The 2025-26 prospectus allots 50 MBBS seats to the college, and our dataset records the same 50 seats. ¹

Our dataset records a fee of PKR 18,000 and a hostel for students. The DHQ Teaching Hospital, Khuzdar serves as the attached clinical site. ¹

BUMHS, Quetta is the admitting university. Applications run through the BMC admission portal under the prospectus of the Government of Balochistan. ¹²⁶

The college takes its name from the Jhalawan region, the old princely state of the Khan of Kalat. The region covers the valleys of Zehri, Injira, Naal, Moola, Ferozabad, Wadh and Saroona. It borders Kharan on one side and Mekran on the other. ¹

The prospectus calls the region a gateway back to Alexander the Great, who marched part of his army to Sindh through the Moola pass. ¹

The Government of Balochistan notified the college on 24 February 2017 in notification No. SO-III (H) 2-1/2017/4048-57. The same notification covered Loralai Medical College and Mekran Medical College. ¹

JMC admitted its first batch in May 2018. The prospectus records 2018 as the establishment year, and our dataset records 2018. ¹ Teaching started in a temporary building on the main RCD Road. ¹

The main college building is under construction in the Educational Enclave of Khuzdar, beside BUETK, Sikandar Shaheed University and the Institute for Special Children. The main campus covers 500 acres and a modern teaching hospital is under construction at the future site. ¹

BUMHS has run the admitting and examination system since the 2018-19 session under Act No. VII of 2017. ² BUMHS posts examination notices for BMC, LMC, MMC and JMC students each session. ⁵ The prospectus records 400 enrolled students, 49 academic staff and Prof. Dr. Munir Ahmed Baloch as principal. ¹

Our dataset records four open-merit MBBS aggregates for JMC. The closing aggregate moved from 71% in 2022 to 72.3% in 2023, then fell to 68.5% in 2024 and 68.36% in 2025.

The 2025 figure matches the published close for Jhalawan Medical College in the Balochistan quota list. ⁴ Compare sessions with care. The MDCAT mark scale moved from 210 to 200 and then to 180 across recent sessions.

The prospectus sets the aggregate at 10% SSC, 40% HSSC and 50% MDCAT. ¹ The seat split shapes the merit. Khuzdar is the host district with three seats. Kalat is the host division with three seats. Seven divisional seats cover the other divisions, and the district merit pool covers the districts of the province. ¹

The DHQ Teaching Hospital, Khuzdar, is the affiliated hospital of JMC, as the prospectus records. ¹ The prospectus records 200 beds at the hospital. Our dataset records 500 clinical beds.

The prospectus states that clinical training and education run in the attached teaching hospitals of each college. ¹ A modern teaching hospital is also under construction at the future college site in the Educational Enclave. ¹

Basic teaching runs in the college first. The temporary campus holds the basic departments, a dissection hall and four museums for preclinical study. ¹

The temporary campus sits on the main RCD Road and covers 27 acres. ¹ It holds four lecture halls, four museums, a computer library and a library of medical books. It also holds one dissection hall, two common rooms for students and an auditorium for co-curricular activities. ¹

Sports space covers a football ground, a cricket ground and a basketball court. ¹ Our dataset lists the academic block, anatomy museum, student hostels and central library as core facilities.

The college keeps two female hostels and two male hostels. ¹ One boy hostel and one girl hostel sit in the centre of the city, and another boy hostel sits on the college campus. ¹

PMDC recognition stands active in our dataset. The PMDC public register lists 50 MBBS seats for this college, which matches our dataset and the prospectus. ³¹

Admission follows the PM&DC MBBS and BDS admissions regulations of 2018, as amended on 30 May 2019, and the prospectus carries provincial cabinet approval. ¹ Every selected student must register with PM&DC within 60 days of the session start. ¹

Our dataset also records a WHO World Directory listing, ECFMG eligibility and CPSP accreditation for the college.

The academic year for JMC runs from 1 March to 30 November, with exam preparation in December, exams in January and annual holidays in February. ¹ The modular system runs for MBBS under PM&DC standards, and students need 75% attendance to sit university exams. ¹

The college motto reads Integrity and Honor before anything, and the college colours are sky blue and maroon. ¹ Students train in the grounds, common rooms and auditorium of a campus built for co-curricular activity. ¹

The principal leads a welfare fund committee that covers student needs such as emergencies and hostel costs. ¹ Khuzdar sits between Quetta and Karachi, and our dataset records the college as the key referral and education centre of the region.