KMU Institute of Medical Sciences

The KMU Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) is a public medical college in Kohat. It is a constituent institute of Khyber Medical University. ¹ Applicants register on the KMU central portal. ⁴ PMDC conducts the MDCAT that every applicant must pass. ³ PMDC lists the institute among the public medical colleges of Pakistan. ⁷ Kohat lies about an hour from Peshawar. ²

The institute opened in 2006. ² KMU took it over as a constituent institute on 25 November 2011. ² It runs a five-year MBBS programme with 115 seats. ² The prospectus splits those seats across allocation, subsidised open merit, merged-area, self-finance and minority categories. ² The seat figures come from the 2022-23 prospectus. ²

Two teaching hospitals serve the college. PMDC lists the Women and Children’s Liaquat Memorial Teaching Hospital as an own hospital. ⁸ PMDC lists MTI-DHQ Hospital, KDA, Kohat, as an affiliated hospital. ⁸ The two units sit inside Kohat city.

Our dataset records a 600-bed teaching hospital, a central library, student hostels and an anatomy lab. The campus sits inside the DHQ Hospital complex in Kohat. ¹ Our record marks the MBBS programme as active. The college site carries notices and downloads for applicants. ¹

Kohat University of Science and Technology first planned the institute. ² Its syndicate took the decision in 2005. ² Governor Khalil-ur-Rehman inaugurated the institute on 6 April 2006. ² Kohat lies about an hour from Peshawar. ² The institute set out to serve Kohat division and the districts around it. PMDC lists the institute among the public medical colleges of Pakistan. ⁷

The institute started inside the Divisional Headquarter Hospital at KDA, Kohat. ² A purpose-built building later came up beside it. ² The prospectus records that new building as work in progress. ² The site sits in the Kohat Development Authority area. ² The clinical blocks stay next door to the teaching hospital.

KMU took the institute as a constituent part on 25 November 2011. ² Notification No. SOH/3-3/KMU records that transfer. ² The institute then carried the KMU-IMS name. ² KMU now runs the admission portal and the academic calendar for the institute. ⁴ The KMU portal carries the college merit lists. ⁵

Two hospitals carry the clinical programme. PMDC lists the Women and Children’s Liaquat Memorial Teaching Hospital as an own hospital of the institute. ⁸ PMDC lists MTI-DHQ Hospital as an affiliated hospital. ⁸ The two hospitals give students bedside clinical experience.

The government of KP declared both hospitals teaching hospitals. ² Our dataset records 600 beds across them. The prospectus records 500 beds across Liaqat Memorial Hospital and the DHQ hospital. ² Students do community medicine postings across the district. The two hospitals sit inside Kohat city. ⁸

Ten MBBS sessions passed out of the institute. ² The Family Medicine Department won approval at the 24th Academic Council on 2 November 2021. ² The institute runs departments in the basic and clinical sciences. ¹ The academic council meets at KMU for programme approvals. ²

Both hospitals hold CPSP accreditation for FCPS training. ² The subjects are gynaecology and obstetrics, medicine, surgery, ENT and ophthalmology. ² The institute journal, KMUJ, holds PMC, HEC and CPSP recognition. ² The journal carries research from the basic-science departments of the institute. ² The prospectus lists those five subjects in full. ²

KIMS open-merit aggregates rose in each of the last four sessions. The closing aggregate moved from 80.95% in 2022 to 82.30% in 2023. It then reached 87.30% in 2024 and 93.11% in 2025. The rise runs across four sessions without a break.

The 2025 self-finance line closed at 92.62%. It sits 0.49 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. ³ KMU publishes the list on the cas.kmu.edu.pk portal. ⁵

KMU sets the aggregate with three components: 50% MDCAT, 40% HSSC and 10% SSC. ³ The 2025-26 open-merit list shows MDCAT marks out of 180. ⁶ KMU breaks a tie on age, then matric marks, then entry-test marks. ³ 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.

Clinical training runs through two hospitals in Kohat. PMDC lists the Women and Children’s Liaquat Memorial Teaching Hospital as an own hospital of the institute. ⁸ PMDC lists MTI-DHQ Hospital, KDA, Kohat, as an affiliated hospital. ⁸ The two units sit inside Kohat city.

The government of KP declared both hospitals teaching hospitals. ² Our dataset records 600 beds across them. The prospectus records 500 beds across Liaqat Memorial Hospital and the DHQ hospital. ² The declared bed count covers inpatient wards, emergency care and the specialty units.

Students rotate through inpatient wards, emergency care and community postings. The clinical departments cover cardiology, orthopaedics, ENT, paediatrics, surgery, urology and gynaecology. ¹ Students also work in the Women and Children’s hospital for paediatric and obstetric postings. ⁸ The wards sit a short walk from the academic building.

Both hospitals hold CPSP accreditation for FCPS training. ² House-job training runs after graduation. The hospitals serve Kohat division and the districts around it. ¹ PMDC names both hospitals in its 2025 attachment list. ⁸

The institute sits inside the DHQ Hospital complex at the Kohat Development Authority. ² Its address is Kohat Development Authority, Kohat. ¹ A purpose-built building stands beside the hospital blocks. ² Kohat lies about an hour from Peshawar. ² The campus shares its grounds with the teaching hospital.

Our dataset records an academic campus, a central library, student hostels and an anatomy lab. A smart classroom carries the teaching sessions. ¹ Departments cover anatomy, biochemistry, community medicine, medical education, forensic medicine, pathology, pharmacology and physiology. ¹

Resident students live in the hostel blocks. The prospectus sets hostel dues and names a hostel warden. ² The library serves students and faculty. ² The library keeps the reference collection for the basic-science departments. ²

The student affairs section runs student services beside the account, IT and store sections. ¹ Student societies work outside class hours. ¹ The college site carries notices, downloads and the contact block. ¹ The IT section supports the college network on campus. ¹

PMDC recognition covers the MBBS programme at KIMS. ⁷ The institute appears on the PMDC list of public medical colleges of Pakistan. ⁷ Our record marks the programme as active. KMU admits students to the institute through its central portal. ⁴ KMU publishes the merit lists on its portal. ⁵

The prospectus records recognition by the Pakistan Medical Commission in Islamabad. ² Our record lists the degree in the WHO World Directory of Medical Schools and ECFMG eligibility. CPSP accreditation also appears in our record.

The KMU portal carries a KIM/KIMS merit category. ⁵ KMU lists the institute among the public colleges it admits students to. ⁴ PMDC conducts the national MDCAT that applicants must pass. ³

KIMS sits in Kohat, a district in southern KP. ¹ The campus sits beside the DHQ Hospital in the KDA area. ² Kohat lies about an hour from Peshawar. ² Hostels house resident students on campus. The hostels sit beside the academic building on the KDA site. ²

Four student societies run social welfare, literary, sports and hiking activities. ¹ The hiking club takes students into the hills around Kohat. ¹ The annual magazine carries the name FARAZ. ¹ Societies work beside the academic timetable.

The student affairs section handles student services. ¹ Kohat gives students access to markets, transport and city services. The hospitals sit inside the same district. ⁸ Resident students live beside the academic wing. The prospectus names a hostel warden for the residence. ² Resident students pay hostel dues set in the prospectus. ²