Bashir College of Dentistry (Bashir Institute of Health Sciences)

Bashir College of Dentistry (BCD) is a private dental college in Islamabad. It works under the Bashir Institute of Health Sciences (BIHS) near Simly Dam Road in Bharakahu. The college teaches one undergraduate programme, the Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) ²⁷.

Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Medical University (SZABMU) is the affiliation authority. SZABMU lists the college among its affiliated private institutes with 50 BDS seats each year ⁷. The college states that its BDS programme is recognised by the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council ².

Dr. Bashir General and Dental Teaching Hospital is the attached training hospital and it sits on the same road ². The fact sheet records 120 beds at the hospital. BIHS also runs schools of allied health sciences, nursing, pharmacy, physical therapy and psychology on the wider campus ¹.

Applicants apply to the college through its own BDS admissions portal ⁸. The portal carried the label BDS Admissions 2025-26 when we opened it on 7 October 2026 ⁸. The contact page gives an admissions email and two campus phone lines for questions ³.

The fact sheet records the college as established in 2015 near Simly Dam Road in Islamabad and affiliated with SZABMU.

The wider BIHS group grew around Dr. Bashir Hospital and now offers programmes in dentistry, allied health sciences, nursing, pharmacy, physical therapy and psychology ¹.

The college named Prof. Dr. Mohtada Hassan as its founding principal. He describes the task as building a new dental college under the BIHS umbrella ².

The college describes its BDS programme as run with a structured curriculum and early clinical work across basic and clinical departments ². SZABMU lists the college in its institutes page with 50 BDS seats a year ⁷.

The first BDS batch held its orientation day on 31 March 2026 at the campus ⁵. The event marked the start of academic work for the inaugural batch of students.

A PMDC team then inspected the college and Dr. Bashir Hospital on 19 May 2026 ⁶. The inspection covered the teaching college and the attached hospital on Simly Dam Road.

The group also runs a research journal, the Journal of Bashir Institute of Health Sciences, and the 2026 edition carries volume 7 number 1 ¹.

The fact sheet records two closing aggregates for the BDS self-finance quota: 77.2% in 2024 and 80.4% in 2025.

SZABMU sets the standard aggregate for BDS admission at 50% MDCAT, 40% HSSC and 10% SSC ¹⁰. The MDCAT paper itself moved from 210 marks to 200 marks and then to 180 marks over recent years. An aggregate is not the same as a raw score.

Treat the two recorded figures as one direction of travel. They show the self-finance cut-off, not the open-merit cut-off, and each year uses a different admission cycle. The fact sheet holds these two years for the college, so use the official SZABMU admission rules for the current line ¹⁰.

Dr. Bashir General and Dental Teaching Hospital is the training ground for BDS students ². The fact sheet records 120 beds at the attached hospital. The hospital sits on Simly Dam Road with the college ³.

The college lists basic departments of anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, oral biology, general pathology and pharmacology ². It also lists dental materials, community and preventive dentistry, oral pathology and dental education ².

Clinical departments cover oral medicine, general medicine, general surgery, periodontology, oral and maxillofacial surgery, prosthodontics, orthodontics, operative dentistry and paediatric dentistry ².

The hospital runs outpatient sections for dental care, prosthodontics, surgery and physical therapy ². A PMDC inspection team visited the hospital on 19 May 2026 ⁶. The team checked the college and the hospital together.

The campus address is Simly Dam Road, Sari Chowk, Bharakahu, Islamabad ³.

Facilities recorded in the fact sheet include a dental skills phantom lab, oral surgery suites, student hostels and a medical library. The teaching hospital sits on Simly Dam Road.

The BIHS group shares research and teaching resources across its schools, and the group publishes the Journal of Bashir Institute of Health Sciences ¹.

The contact page lists the admissions office, the dean office and the vice-principal office for the campus ³. The home page also carries scholarships and fee-structure pages for applicants ¹.

The group posts institute events on the home page, such as an annual dinner and a mental-health awareness session ¹.

SZABMU lists Bashir College of Dentistry as an affiliated private institute with 50 BDS seats a year ⁷.

The college states that its BDS programme is recognised by the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council ². A PMDC team inspected the college in May 2026 ⁶.

The PMDC private dental register we checked on 7 October 2026 does not list the college ⁹. Check the current registration status with PMDC and SZABMU before you apply ⁹.

The fact sheet also records PMDC recognition, WHO (WDOMS) listing, ECFMG eligibility and CPSP accreditation for the college.

The fact sheet records student hostels, so outstation students can stay near the campus.

The fact sheet records no women-only restriction, so men and women study at the college.

The college holds orientation and campus events through the year. The first BDS batch held its orientation on 31 March 2026 ⁵.

The campus sits on the Bharakahu side of Islamabad, away from the city centre but within reach of the capital ³. BIHS runs societies and events across its schools ¹.