Khyber Girls Medical College

Khyber Girls Medical College (KGMC) is a public women-only medical college in Hayatabad, Peshawar. It takes female students only. Khyber Medical University (KMU), Peshawar, is the admitting authority. ⁹ Applicants register on the KMU central portal and list KGMC among their preferences. ⁵⁶ KMU prepares the merit list for the college. ⁵

KGMC started in 2004 as the Girls Campus of Khyber Medical College. It became an independent college on 8 December 2005. ² The college runs a five-year MBBS programme with 150 seats. ¹⁵ PMDC lists KGMC among the public medical colleges of Pakistan. ⁹

Hayatabad Medical Complex is the attached teaching hospital. PMDC lists it as the own hospital of the college. ³¹⁰ The campus sits in the Hayatabad township of Peshawar. ⁴ PMDC records the same Hayatabad address for the college. ¹⁰

Our dataset records the Hayatabad Medical Complex wards, a modern academic wing and girls residence hostels. It also records a digital resource library and an anatomy simulation centre. ¹ The site also lists a clinical skills lab, a health facility and a transport service. ¹

The Provincial Cabinet of KP took the first step in August 2003. It created a separate girls campus affiliated with KMC Peshawar. ² The campus sat in the PDA Building, Block IV, Phase V, Hayatabad. ² PMDC lists the college among the public medical colleges of Pakistan. ⁹

The government bought the building from PDA at a cost of Rs. 120 million. ² The campus started with a first batch of 50 students in the academic session 2004-05. ² The building sits in Block IV of Phase V, Hayatabad. ²

Chief Minister Akram Khan Durani announced the change on 8 December 2005. The Girls Campus of KMC became an independent college named Khyber Girls Medical College. ² KMU now runs its admissions with the other public colleges of KP. ⁵ The KMU admission policy covers KGMC in the same way. ⁵

The government declared Hayatabad Medical Complex the teaching hospital of KGMC. ³ The health department issued the notification on 2 January 2006. ³ PMDC recognised the college on 26 December 2008. ² The college shares the Hayatabad campus with the hospital. ⁴ PMDC lists the hospital as the own hospital of the college. ¹⁰

PMDC recognition for postgraduate study followed on 17 January 2009. ² The college is the only public medical college in KP that holds PMDC recognition for postgraduate basic medical sciences. ² PMDC lists the college among the public medical colleges of Pakistan. ⁹

The government approved 159 posts of teaching and para-medical staff. ² A girls hostel for 800 students went up on 30 kanals of government land. ² The hostel block also holds an auditorium, a cafeteria, an examination hall and a student-teacher centre. ² The college office manages the hostel and the residential rules. ¹

Professor Dr. Zia-Ul-Islam served as the founder principal. Professor Dr. Muhammad Zubair Khan followed him. Professor Dr. Abid Hussain took charge as principal and dean on 13 January 2013. ² The first convocation took place on 20 February 2014 and covered four graduate batches. ² PMDC recognised the college before that convocation took place. ²

KGMC open-merit aggregates rose in each of the last four sessions. The closing aggregate moved from 84.20% in 2022 to 85.55% in 2023. It then reached 88.90% in 2024 and 93.88% in 2025. The rise runs across four sessions without a break.

The 2025 self-finance line closed at 92.92%. It sits 0.96 points below the open-merit figure for the same year. The gap shows self-finance candidates who sat just under the open-merit line. KMU sets 31 December as the last date for open-merit MBBS admission. ⁵

KMU sets the aggregate with three components: 50% MDCAT, 40% HSSC and 10% SSC. ⁵ The 2025-26 open-merit list shows MDCAT marks out of 180. ⁷ KMU breaks a tie on age, then matric marks, then entry-test marks. ⁵ Read older rows with care. The MDCAT scale changed from 210 to 200 and then to 180 across years. One percentage therefore does not equal one raw score in every row.

Hayatabad Medical Complex (HMC) is the attached teaching hospital of KGMC. PMDC lists it as the own hospital of the college. ¹⁰ PMDC places the hospital in the own-hospital column for KGMC. ¹⁰ The health department declared it the teaching hospital on 2 January 2006. ³ The hospital sits in the Hayatabad township of Peshawar. ³ The college and the hospital share one Hayatabad campus. ⁴

HMC holds 1,250 beds and serves the Hayatabad township and Peshawar. Our dataset records the same 1,250-bed figure. The KGMC page breaks the bed count down by department. ³ Medical units and surgical units hold 60 beds each. ³ Emergency, ICU and CCU areas hold 109 beds. ³

Departments cover medicine, surgery, ENT, gynaecology and obstetrics, paediatrics, cardiology, orthopaedics, plastic surgery, oncology and neurosurgery. ³ The hospital also runs gastroenterology, endocrinology and paediatric cardiology units. ³ Our record names oncology, nephrology, cardiology and paediatrics among its specialised areas.

HMC opened in 1992 after construction that started in 1990. ¹¹ A burns and trauma centre joined the hospital in 2017. ¹¹ The hospital works as an autonomous teaching hospital. Students meet these specialties during supervised ward work. PMDC names the hospital in its 2025 attachment list. ¹⁰

The college sits in the PDA Building, Block IV, Phase V, Hayatabad. ²⁴ PMDC records the same address for KGMC. ¹⁰ The campus lies in the Hayatabad township of Peshawar. ⁴ The PDA Building holds the academic blocks of the college. ² The college and the hospital sit inside the same township. ⁴

Our dataset records the Hayatabad Medical Complex wards, a modern academic wing and girls residence hostels. It also records a digital resource library and an anatomy simulation centre. ¹ The site lists a clinical skills lab, a health facility and a cafeteria. ¹ The digital resource library serves the students and faculty. ¹ The anatomy simulation centre sits inside the academic wing.

A girls hostel for 800 students stands on 30 kanals of government land. ² The hostel block holds an auditorium, a cafeteria, an examination hall and a student-teacher centre. ² The campus also runs a transport service for students. ¹ The college office handles hostel rules and applications. ¹ Resident students live in the hostel block beside the academic wing. ²

PMDC recognised the college on 26 December 2008 and again on 17 January 2009. ² The college appears on the PMDC list of public medical colleges. ⁹ Our record marks the programme as active. KMU admits students to KGMC through its central portal. ⁶ The KMU portal carries the college merit lists. ⁸

The degree appears in the WHO World Directory of Medical Schools and qualifies graduates for ECFMG certification. CPSP accredits the college for postgraduate training. ² PMDC conducts the national MDCAT that KGMC applicants must pass. ⁵

KGMC holds PMDC recognition for postgraduate study in basic medical sciences. ² It is the only public medical college in KP with that recognition. ² KMU lists the college among the public colleges it admits students to. ⁶

KGMC is a women-only college. Every student on campus is female. ¹ The college describes itself as the first public sector medical college for girls in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. ¹ The college sits in the Hayatabad township of Peshawar. ⁴ PMDC lists KGMC among the public medical colleges of Pakistan. ⁹

The girls hostel holds 800 students and anchors residential life. ² The hostel block also holds an auditorium, a cafeteria and a student-teacher centre. ² The college office handles hostel rules and applications. ¹ The hostel sits inside the Hayatabad campus. ⁴ Resident students live in the hostel block beside the academic wing. ²

Three student societies work on campus: the Medical Society, the Sports Society and the Literary Society. ¹ A day-care centre and a health facility support daily campus life. ¹ The college office manages the day-care centre and the health facility. ¹ Hayatabad gives students access to markets, parks and public services.