Makran Medical College

Mekran Medical College (MMC) is a public medical college on the M8 CPEC Road in Turbat, 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 college is one of the four public medical colleges of Balochistan. BUMHS, Quetta acts as the admitting university for all of them. ²¹

Clinical training runs at the attached DHQ Teaching Hospital, Turbat. ¹⁴ Applications, merit lists and selection run through the BMC admission machinery under the prospectus of the Government of Balochistan. ¹

The Government of Balochistan created three new medical colleges in one order. Notification No. SO-III (H) 2-1/2017/4048-57, dated 24 February 2017, announced Jhalawan Medical College, Loralai Medical College and Mekran Medical College. ¹

The college grew from the provincial public sector development programme during the year 2013-14. ¹⁴ Our dataset records 2018 as the establishment year.

The college started functioning in May 2018. First-year MBBS classes started on 17 May 2018. ¹⁴ Students entered under the admission policy of the Government of Balochistan. ¹

BUMHS formed shortly before the college opened. The BUMHS bill passed on 11 December 2017. The governor assented on 20 December 2017, and the gazette carried Act No. VII of 2017 on 22 December 2017. ² BUMHS acts as the admitting university from the 2018-19 session. ²

The admission and welfare machinery sits with the four public colleges. The Selection Committee includes the principals of BMC, MMC, Loralai and Jhalawan, with the BMC principal as chairman. ¹ Each college keeps its own welfare fund committee. ¹

The 2025-26 prospectus records 418 enrolled students and 66 members of academic staff at MMC. ¹

Our dataset records four open-merit MBBS aggregates for MMC. The closing aggregate moved from 71.2% in 2022 to 72.5% in 2023, then fell to 69.2% in 2024 and rose to 70.75% in 2025.

The 2025 figure matches the published close for Mekran Medical College in the Balochistan quota list. ⁶ 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 Seat distribution shapes the merit. Kech is the host district with two seats. Mekran is the host division with two seats. District merit covers 35 seats across the province. ¹

The District Headquarters Hospital, Turbat, serves as the attached teaching hospital of MMC. That pairing dates from the college opening in May 2018. ¹⁴ Our dataset records 500 clinical beds at the hospital.

The prospectus states that clinical training and education run in the attached teaching hospitals of each college. ¹ Students move from the basic departments on campus to the wards of the DHQ hospital for clinical work.

The college site lists the departments that carry the clinical and basic teaching. They include anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, pathology, pharmacology, community medicine, ENT and forensic medicine. ⁴

The campus covers 329,148 square feet, with 105,133 square feet of covered area, as the prospectus records. ¹ Our dataset lists the academic complex, anatomy lab, medical library and student hostels as core facilities.

The prospectus records a museum, a library, basic science laboratories, a dissection hall with a human body and an auditorium. ¹ It also records common rooms for boys and girls, a cafeteria, indoor and outdoor sports facilities and transport for students. ¹⁴

The college keeps one female hostel and two male hostels. ¹ The postal address is Mekran Medical College, Turbat, M8 CPEC Road, Turbat. ¹ The college site keeps an academics section, a faculty list, an admissions page, a fee structure page and a gallery. ⁵

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 college runs three terms: 1 March to 31 May, 1 August to 30 November and 1 December to 28 February. ¹ The modular system runs for MBBS under PM&DC standards, and students need 75% attendance to sit university exams. ¹

Students live in the male and female hostels and share the common rooms, cafeteria and sports facilities on campus. ¹⁴ The principal leads a welfare fund committee that covers student needs such as emergencies and hostel costs. ¹

Turbat sits on the M8 CPEC Road in the Makran division. Our dataset records that the college trains doctors for the coastal and desert communities of Balochistan. BUMHS posts examination notices for the provincial colleges each session. ⁷