Saidu Medical College

Saidu Medical College (SMC) is a public medical college in Saidu Sharif, Swat. Khyber Medical University (KMU), Peshawar, is the admitting authority. ³ Applicants register on the KMU central portal and list SMC among their preferences. ⁴ PMDC conducts the MDCAT that every applicant must pass. ³

The college announced its establishment in October 1998. ¹ Classes for the first MBBS batch started on 28 December 1998 with 50 students. ¹ The college runs a five-year MBBS programme with 115 seats. ³ PMDC lists SMC among the public medical colleges of Pakistan. ⁷

Saidu Group of Teaching Hospitals is the attached hospital. PMDC lists it as the own hospital of the college. ⁸⁹ The group serves Malakand Division and parts of Kohistan. ² The two wings sit 1.5 km apart in Saidu Sharif. ² The college and the hospital group sit inside Saidu Sharif.

Our dataset records the Swat Valley campus, an anatomy lab and museum, student hostels and a medical library. The site lists lecture theatres, laboratories, a library, an auditorium and accommodation. ¹ Our record marks the MBBS programme as active.

The announcement of the college came in October 1998 on the floor of the Provincial Assembly. ¹ Classes for the first MBBS batch started on 28 December 1998. ¹ The first batch held 50 students. ¹ Swat is a district in Malakand Division, KP. PMDC lists the college among the public medical colleges of Pakistan. ⁷ The campus sits in Saidu Sharif, Swat. ¹

The first MBBS batch graduated in 2003. ¹ The dean message records the first admission in April 1999. ¹ The site therefore gives two start dates for the first session. ¹ Our record marks the MBBS programme as active. The college runs the MBBS course from that session onward. ¹

The college first worked in an old paramedic school and hostel building. ¹ The government later overhauled, renovated and furnished the premises. ¹ The campus sits on main Saidu Sharif Road. ¹ A college library, a digital library and security services work on campus. ¹ Security services work across the campus through the session. ¹

Saidu Teaching Hospital grew into the Saidu Group of Teaching Hospitals. ² The group runs two wings 1.5 km apart. ² The group serves Malakand Division and parts of Kohistan. ² The group works as the clinical base for the college. ⁸

The hospital dates from 1971. ⁹ Wikipedia records it as the teaching hospital of Saidu Medical College. ⁹ PMDC lists the group as the own teaching hospital of the college. ⁸ The hospital serves the district from the 1970s onward. ⁹

The first batch of graduates went into service in 2003. ¹ The record notes strong emergency surgical exposure and community medicine training. Departments cover basic sciences and clinical specialties. ¹ KMU prepares the merit list for the college. ³

KMU now runs the admission process for the college. ³ The site links to KMU results and admission notices. ¹ A dedicated admissions page for 2025-26 sits on the college site. ¹ KMU is the admitting authority for the public colleges of KP. ⁴ KMU publishes the merit lists on its portal for applicants. ⁶

SMC open-merit aggregates rose in each of the last four sessions. The closing aggregate moved from 82.10% in 2022 to 83.50% in 2023. It then reached 88.20% in 2024 and 93.61% in 2025. The rise runs across four sessions without a break.

The 2025 self-finance line closed at 92.93%. It sits 0.68 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 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. ⁵ 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.

Saidu Group of Teaching Hospitals is the attached hospital of SMC. PMDC lists it as the own teaching hospital of the college. ⁸ The group runs two wings 1.5 km apart. ² The record gives the group 1,300 beds. The group works as the teaching base from the 1970s onward. ⁹ PMDC names the group in its 2025 attachment list. ⁸

The group serves Malakand Division and parts of Kohistan. ² Wikipedia records a founding year of 1971 for Saidu Teaching Hospital. ⁹ The article names it as the teaching hospital of SMC. ⁹ The hospital group sits in the same district as the college.

Departments cover medicine, gastroenterology, dermatology and paediatric surgery. ² The site lists accreditation for medical education and training by PMDC and CPSP. ² A house-job training programme runs through the group. ² Students take the house-job posts after graduation. ²

Accident and emergency care, intensive care and neonatal care work across the wings. ⁹ PMDC and CPSP accredit the group for training. ² Students meet these services during clinical rotations. Emergency surgical exposure forms a large part of the training record. The group serves patients from Malakand Division and parts of Kohistan. ²

The college sits on main Saidu Sharif Road in Saidu Sharif, Swat. ¹ The Swat Valley surrounds the campus in northern KP. Swat is a district in Malakand Division. The campus sits on main Saidu Sharif Road. ¹

The site records lecture theatres, laboratories, a library, an auditorium and offices. ¹ A college library, a digital library and security services work on campus. ¹ Accommodation serves resident students. ¹ Offices for the college administration sit on the same site. ¹ Security services work across the campus through the session. ¹

Our dataset records the Swat Valley campus, an anatomy lab and museum, student hostels and a medical library. Departments of anatomy, physiology, pathology and community medicine sit in the academic blocks. ¹ Student hostels sit beside the academic blocks. The academic blocks sit on main Saidu Sharif Road. ¹

The teaching hospital wings sit in the same district as the college. ² Hostel residents live close to the lecture halls and laboratories. The site links to KMU results and admission notices. ¹

PMDC recognises the MBBS programme at SMC. ¹⁷ The college appears on the PMDC list of public medical colleges of Pakistan. ⁷ Our record marks the programme as active. KMU admits students to SMC through its central portal. ⁴ The KMU portal carries the college merit lists. ⁶

The site records CPSP accreditation for postgraduate clinical training. ¹ The degree appears in the WHO directory of international medical colleges. ¹ Our record lists ECFMG eligibility for graduates. The site states that the degree is recognised worldwide. ¹ Our record lists PMDC recognition for the programme.

PMDC and CPSP accredit the teaching hospital group for training. ² PMDC conducts the national MDCAT that SMC applicants must pass. ³ KMU lists the college among the public colleges it admits students to. ⁴

SMC sits in Saidu Sharif in the Swat Valley. ¹ The campus sits on main Saidu Sharif Road. ¹ The Swat Valley surrounds the campus in northern KP. Hostels house resident students on campus. PMDC lists the college among the public medical colleges of Pakistan. ⁷

The site records a college library, a digital library, security services and accommodation. ¹ Student accommodation sits beside the academic blocks. An auditorium hosts college events. ¹ Students use the digital library beside the college library. ¹ The mission statement names service, altruism, lifelong learning, research and leadership as student goals. ¹

Swat gives students access to markets, valleys and town services. Clinical work at the hospital group keeps students in the district through the course. The hostel and campus sit close to the hospital wings. Resident students live in the hostel blocks on campus. The college and the hospital group sit inside one district. ²