Khyber College of Dentistry

Khyber College of Dentistry is a public dental college on the University of Peshawar campus in Peshawar ⁴. Our dataset calls it the oldest dental institution in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Khyber Medical University in Peshawar runs its admissions ¹². The address on the site reads University Campus, Peshawar, postal code 25000 ⁴.

Our dataset records 100 BDS seats and a first-year fee of PKR 22,000. The KMU 2025-26 seat table gives the same 100 total, with 66 seats on open merit ¹. The PMDC public register lists 80 seats for the session we checked ³.

Our dataset lists the Khyber Teaching Hospital Dental Section as the attached hospital and records 150 beds there. The hospital site records a present bed capacity of 1202 for Khyber Teaching Hospital ⁶.

The college offers the BDS degree and postgraduate dental qualifications ⁴. The website lists eight clinical departments and four basic science departments ⁴. Services on the site include OPD, radiology and clinical pathology ⁴.

Our dataset records 1964 as the founding year. The college was established in 1964 as a department of dentistry in the pathology block of Khyber Medical College ⁵⁶. The first batch of students graduated in 1968 ⁵⁶. The Pakistan Medical and Dental Council accorded recognition to the BDS degree in November 1968 ⁶.

On 9 September 1978 the department moved to a new building called the Oral and Dental Hospital ⁵. In 1988 the college added an Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery ward and an operation theatre ⁵.

The Chief Minister, Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao, raised the department to college status in 1990 ⁵⁶. The Khyber Teaching Hospital history page records the upgrade from a department of Khyber Medical College in the same year ⁶.

In 2009 the department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery moved into a purpose-built building ⁵. In 2010 the college set up an R&D Cell, a pathology laboratory and a digital library ⁵. A seven-story building for department extension was completed in 2023 ⁵.

The college received ISO 9001:2015 certification in December 2023, described on Wikipedia as a first for the province ⁵.

Ahmad Iqbal is recorded as the founder of the college ⁵. The department worked inside Khyber Medical College for its first twenty-six years ⁵⁶.

The college publishes the Journal of Khyber College of Dentistry ⁵. The journal is recognised by the Higher Education Commission and indexed in the WHO Index Medicus ⁵. The journal carries peer-reviewed work from the college ⁵.

It is the first dental institute in the country to offer postgraduate training in periodontology ⁵. The website lists an admission notice for the MSc in Oral Medicine session of January 2026 ⁴.

Khyber Teaching Hospital was named Ayub Teaching Hospital when its foundation stone was laid on 30 November 1967 ⁶. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto officially inaugurated it on 19 February 1977 ⁶. The hospital site gives a present bed capacity of 1202 ⁶. The same page records tertiary care services at the facility ⁶.

Our dataset records five merit entries for this college. The open-merit BDS aggregate moved from 82.5% in 2022 to 84% in 2023, then to 88.4% in 2024 and 93.04% in 2025. The 2025 self-finance aggregate closed at 92.57%.

KMU builds the aggregate from three parts. MDCAT carries 50%, HSSC carries 40% and SSC carries 10% ¹². The MDCAT mark scale moved from 210 to 200 and then to 180 across recent sessions ⁷. One percentage point therefore does not mean one raw mark in every row.

The 2025-26 policy asks for 50% in MDCAT for BDS, against 55% for MBBS ¹. It also needs 60% in HSSC Pre-Medical ¹. Ties break on age first, then matric marks, then the entry test ¹.

KMU runs at least three consecutive merit lists for each session ¹. Vacant seats from the first list move into the second list ¹.

Our dataset lists the Khyber Teaching Hospital Dental Section as the attached hospital and records 150 beds there. Khyber Teaching Hospital records a present bed capacity of 1202 ⁶. The hospital was named Ayub Teaching Hospital when its foundation stone was laid in 1967 ⁶.

The website lists clinical services at the college ⁴. They are consulting, diagnosis, clinical pathology, radiology, OPD and forensic dentistry ⁴.

The clinical departments train students for the BDS degree ⁴. Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery has its own purpose-built building since 2009 ⁵. The department building holds an 18-bed ward, nine rooms and four operation theatres ⁵.

Students use the OPD and the radiology section for clinical work ⁴. A pathology laboratory and a digital library support the clinical teaching ⁵. The college also runs a consulting and diagnosis service for patients ⁴.

Our dataset records the dental section as the clinical base for the BDS programme. The dental section works at the University of Peshawar campus ⁴. The dental section also handles forensic dentistry work ⁴.

Our dataset records five campus facilities. They are the KCD clinical hospital in Peshawar, a maxillofacial surgery centre, a phantom simulation lab, a dental museum and hostels.

The college sits on the University of Peshawar campus ⁴. The address reads Khyber College of Dentistry, University Campus, Peshawar, postal code 25000 ⁴.

The website keeps a library among its other departments ⁴. It also lists a Medical Education department, an R&D Cell and an MIS unit ⁴. A student affairs section and a quality assurance cell also appear on the site ⁴.

A provost and warden run the girls’ hostel ⁴. The site lists a tender for a new block in that hostel ⁴.

The website lists eight clinical departments ⁴. They are oral and maxillofacial surgery, paediatric dentistry, orthodontics and prosthodontics ⁴. Periodontology and implantology, operative dentistry, oral medicine and forensic dentistry join them ⁴.

Four basic science departments sit with them ⁴. They are community dentistry, oral pathology, oral biology and dental materials ⁴.

Our dataset records a phantom simulation lab and a dental museum on campus.

Our dataset records PMDC recognition, a WHO World Directory listing, ECFMG eligibility and CPSP accreditation for the college. The PMDC public register lists the college with 80 seats, while our dataset and the KMU seat table record 100 ¹³.

The PMDC accorded recognition to the BDS degree in November 1968 ⁶. The college is also recognised by the CPSP for postgraduate training ⁵.

KMU works as the admitting university and publishes the seat distribution for each session ¹². The 2025-26 table splits the 100 BDS seats across open merit, self-finance and reserved quotas ¹. Open merit holds 66 of them ¹.

The 2025-26 policy states that no public college may admit beyond the seats allocated by the PMDC ¹.

Our dataset marks the college as open to men and women and records hostels on campus. The website keeps a provost and warden for the girls’ hostel ⁴.

A student affairs section handles student matters on the website ⁴. The site also lists a quality assurance cell and an MIS unit ⁴.

The college runs the Journal of Khyber College of Dentistry ⁵. The journal is peer reviewed, recognised by the Higher Education Commission and indexed in the WHO Index Medicus ⁵.

Students train at the University of Peshawar campus beside Khyber Teaching Hospital ⁴⁶. The site lists transport and hostel services for the students ⁴.

Our dataset records a dental museum and a phantom simulation lab for student practice.

The college also runs a book shop and internet services for the campus ⁴.