CMH Lahore Medical College and Institute of Dentistry

CMH Lahore Medical College sits on Abdur Rehman Road inside Lahore Cantonment ¹. The medical college opened in 2006 and its Institute of Dentistry opened in 2008 ¹. The campus covers 12 acres ¹. NUMS names the college as one of its affiliated medical and dental colleges ⁵.

NUMS runs one centralized admission process for the MBBS and BDS programmes ⁴. The Pakistan Medical and Dental Commission lists the college with 150 MBBS seats ⁶. The same register lists the Institute of Dentistry with 75 BDS seats ⁷.

Students take clinical training at Combined Military Hospital Lahore ⁸. Our dataset records 1,000 clinical beds at that hospital. The hospital describes itself as the primary teaching hospital for the college ⁸.

The campus also runs BSN, DPT, MIT, MLT, Optometry and Orthoptics, and Nutrition and Dietetics programmes ¹. The college reports a faculty of 400 teachers, including 10 PhD holders ¹. Its library holds 20,279 books ¹.

The college was established in Lahore Cantonment in 2006 ¹. It operates under the patronage of the Pakistan Army, as recorded in our dataset. The Institute of Dentistry joined the campus in 2008 ¹. The address is Abdur Rehman Road, Lahore Cantt ¹.

NUMS is the admitting university for this college. Its 2025-26 advertisement states that NUMS conducts the centralized admission test for all Armed Forces administered medical and dental colleges ⁴. The test runs under PM and DC admission regulations ⁴. The NUMS college list names CMH Lahore Medical College and Institute of Dentistry, Lahore Cantt ⁵. The UHS private-sector circular for the same session does not include the college ⁹.

The attached hospital began as a British Military Hospital in 1854 ⁸. It developed into Combined Military Hospital Lahore. The hospital works as the primary teaching hospital for the college ⁸. Our dataset records 1,000 clinical beds there.

Clinical rotations run through many departments at the hospital. The list includes Medicine, General Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, and Paediatrics ⁸. It also includes Ophthalmology, ENT, Orthopaedics, Pathology, Radiology and Rehabilitation ⁸. Oncology, Neurology, Psychology and Plastic Surgery join the same list ⁸. The hospital runs a trauma centre and an intensive care unit ⁸.

Students also train at the Hand and Upper Limb Surgery unit and the Army Cardiac Center ⁸. Dental students use the Maxillofacial Center at the Institute of Dentistry ⁸. The selection criteria page lists a five-year MBBS and a four-year BDS programme ³. The college posts merit lists on its own website ¹⁰.

Our dataset records four self-finance merit aggregates for MBBS at this college. The closing aggregate moved from 84.3% in 2022 to 85.75% in 2023, then to 87.2% in 2024 and 90.15% in 2025. The BDS self-finance aggregates read 81.5%, 82.85%, 84.8% and 87.9% for the same four sessions.

NUMS sets the aggregate with three components: 50% entrance test, 40% HSSC and 10% SSC ⁴. Compare sessions with care. The MDCAT mark scale moved from 210 to 200 and then to 180 across recent sessions. The same percentage does not mean the same raw score in every row.

Our dataset records 150 MBBS seats and 75 BDS seats at this college. The NUMS entry test pass marks are 55% for MBBS and 50% for BDS ⁴. A candidate also needs at least 60% in FSc Pre-Medical or an equivalent qualification ⁴.

Combined Military Hospital Lahore is the main clinical home of the college. It began as a British Military Hospital in 1854 ⁸. The hospital works as the primary teaching hospital for the college ⁸. Our dataset records 1,000 clinical beds and tertiary sub-specialty clinics there.

Students rotate through many specialties. The hospital lists Medicine, General Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Paediatrics ⁸. It also lists Ophthalmology, ENT, Orthopaedics, Pathology, Radiology and Rehabilitation ⁸. Further units cover Oncology, Neurology, Psychology and Plastic Surgery ⁸. A trauma centre and an intensive care unit operate inside the hospital ⁸.

Dental students use the Maxillofacial Center at the Institute of Dentistry ⁸. Medical students also train at the Hand and Upper Limb Surgery unit and the Army Cardiac Center ⁸. Our dataset records emergency and surgical rotations among the hospital duties.

The campus occupies 12 acres on Abdur Rehman Road in Lahore Cantt ¹. The facilities recorded in our dataset include the CMH Lahore hospital complex and the Institute of Dentistry dental hospital. They also include anatomy dissection theatres, cadet and civilian hostels, and an auditorium and sports arena.

A mosque opened on campus in 2016 and seats more than 1,000 people ¹. The library holds 20,279 books ¹. The college reports 400 teachers on faculty, including 10 PhD holders ¹.

The Institute of Dentistry runs its own dental hospital on the same grounds ¹. Hostels for cadet and civilian students sit on campus, as recorded in our dataset. The auditorium and sports arena host college events, as recorded in our dataset.

The Pakistan Medical and Dental Commission lists the college in its private medical colleges register with 150 MBBS seats ⁶. The same register lists the Institute of Dentistry with 75 BDS seats ⁷. Our dataset records PMDC recognition for both programmes.

NUMS names the college in its official list of medical and dental colleges for the 2025-26 session ⁵. The UHS private-sector circular for the same session does not list the college ⁹. Admissions therefore run through the NUMS centralized process ⁴.

The college publishes its selection criteria and merit lists on its own website ²¹⁰.

Students live in the cadet and civilian hostels on campus, as recorded in our dataset. The mosque opened in 2016 and holds more than 1,000 worshippers ¹. Games and college events use the campus sports arena and auditorium, as recorded in our dataset.

The library keeps 20,279 books for study and reference ¹. Clinical days run at Combined Military Hospital, where students meet a wide range of cases, as recorded in our dataset.

The college reports about 1,400 alumni ¹. NUMS offers open merit and foreign seats at this college ⁴. Our dataset marks the college as open to both men and women.