Northwest School of Medicine

Northwest School of Medicine (NWSM) is a private medical college in Hayatabad, Peshawar ¹³. It runs the five-year MBBS programme with 150 seats ⁶. KMU conducts its admissions on the private-sector admission portal ⁴⁵. The site keeps an MBBS programme page with outcomes, assessment and fee structure ¹.

The college belongs to Alliance Healthcare, the group that built Northwest General Hospital ¹². PMDC lists Northwest General Hospital and Northwest General Hospital II as the college's own teaching hospitals ⁷. Our record lists 500 beds at the hospital. Our record marks the MBBS programme as active for the session we checked.

The hospital page describes a 500-plus bed tertiary care hospital with more than 1,000 patients a day in the outdoor department ². Most of the hospital consultants also teach at the college ². The hospital page states that the hospital serves patients from Afghanistan and neighbouring countries ².

The campus sits in Hayatabad beside the teaching hospital of the same group ³². Our record gives an estimated yearly fee of PKR 1,450,000 for the MBBS course. Our record marks the college entry as active for the session we checked.

Our record gives two founding dates for the college. One field reads 2017 and the history note reads 2016. The Wikipedia list of Pakistani medical colleges gives 2017 ⁹. No page on the college site states a founding year ¹. The contact page lists the Hayatabad address of the college ³.

Alliance Healthcare established the college in Hayatabad, Peshawar ¹. The hospital page describes Northwest General Hospital as the first project of Alliance Healthcare ². The hospital page states that Alliance Healthcare grew from a group of like-minded healthcare professionals ².

KMU lists the college among its affiliated institutes ⁸. PMDC's private medical register carries the college with 150 MBBS seats ⁶. The register names the college as North West School of Medicine ⁵.

The college runs 17 clinical departments ¹. The site states that it runs the first undergraduate research programme in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, with regular research conferences ¹. The site keeps programme outcome pages for the MBBS course ¹. It also keeps pages for electives, student portfolios and mentoring for the students ¹.

The Northwest Journal of Medical Sciences holds recognition from HEC and PM&DC ¹. CPSP accredits the hospital for house jobs and postgraduate training ². The site reports that the journal was recognised again by PMDC in March 2026 ¹. CPSP accredited the journal in November 2024, as the site records ¹.

The hospital page states that most consultants of the hospital serve as faculty at the college ². The group also runs Northwest General Hospital II, which the site describes as a facility for affordable care ². The site states that Northwest General Hospital II runs with top medical specialists ².

The footer of the site links two hospitals of the group: Northwest General Hospital I and II ¹. It also links the Northwest Institute of Health Sciences under Alliance Healthcare ¹.

Our record holds four self-finance closing aggregates for this college. The closing aggregate moved from 78.85% in 2022 to 80.2% in 2023, then to 83.1% in 2024 and 86.2% in 2025. The 2025 row is the highest of the four.

KMU builds the aggregate from three parts: 50% MDCAT, 40% HSSC and 10% SSC ⁴. The private portal applies the same formula to every private college on its list ⁴. The MDCAT mark scale moved from 210 to 200 and then to 180 across recent sessions. One percentage does not mean one raw score in every row.

The private portal asks for at least 60% in HSSC Pre-Medical and at least 55% in MDCAT for MBBS ⁴¹⁰. Our record gives an estimated yearly fee of PKR 1,450,000 for MBBS. The gaps between the four rows are 1.35, 2.9 and 3.1 points.

PMDC lists Northwest General Hospital and Northwest General Hospital II as the college's own hospitals ⁷. Our record lists 500 beds at the main hospital. The hospital page describes a 500-plus bed tertiary care hospital ². The hospital page calls the hospital a tertiary care hospital, teaching institute and research centre ².

The hospital page records more than 1,000 patients a day in the outdoor department ². The facilities list a linear accelerator, the POA bone bank and a neonatal transport service ². The hospital departments cover cardiology, cardiothoracic surgery, neurosurgery, paediatric surgery and urology among others ². Medicine departments cover endocrinology, neurology, oncology and rheumatology ².

The hospital kept a COVID ward during the pandemic years, as recorded on the hospital page ². CPSP runs house jobs and postgraduate training at the hospital ².

The site states that most consultants of the hospital serve as faculty at the college ². Students therefore meet the same clinicians in the wards and in the lecture halls. The hospital page lists departments across clinical sciences, surgical sciences and medicine ².

The campus sits at Plot #8, Sector A-2, Phase-V, Hayatabad, Peshawar ³. Our record lists the Northwest General Hospital and Research Centre and the modern Hayatabad campus. It also lists the robotic surgery and cath lab, the student hostels and the digital library.

The college site lists hostels, a library and a virtual learning environment among its facilities ¹. A career development programme guides the students through their training ¹. The facilities menu keeps pages for campus facilities, the library, hostel facilities and the virtual learning environment ¹.

The campus sits in Phase-V Hayatabad beside the teaching hospital ²³. The students walk between the lecture halls and the hospital units of the same phase. The site keeps a mentoring page and student portfolios for the training ¹.

The college keeps a web mail service for the students and staff ¹. The site links job opportunities and an anti-harassment cell for the campus community ¹.

PMDC's private medical register carries Northwest School of Medicine in Peshawar with 150 seats ⁶. KMU lists the college among its affiliated institutes ⁸. Our record marks the MBBS programme as PMDC recognised. The register and the affiliated list both carry the college for the current session ⁶⁸.

Our record also lists a WHO directory entry and ECFMG eligibility. The site states CPSP accreditation for the hospital ¹². The Northwest Journal of Medical Sciences holds recognition from HEC and PM&DC ¹. Our record marks the college entry as active for the session we checked.

The college keeps hostels for its students ¹. A virtual learning environment supports study outside the classroom ¹. The college site lists a student code of conduct for the campus ¹. A student bodies page links the groups that run on the campus ¹.

The site states that the college runs the first undergraduate research programme in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and holds regular research conferences ¹. A career development programme guides the students on residencies and jobs ¹. The site keeps a shadowing page for the students beside the career programme ¹.

The campus sits in Phase-V Hayatabad, a residential area of Peshawar, beside the teaching hospital ³². The college held the 4th Northwest Multidisciplinary Annual Research Conference in 2026 ¹. Our record marks the college open to men and women.