Fatima Jinnah Medical University

Fatima Jinnah Medical University (FJMU) is a public medical university on Queen's Road in central Lahore. The University of Health Sciences (UHS), Lahore, conducts its MBBS admission as the admitting university. Applicants register on the UHS public MBBS portal and list FJMU among their college preferences. ²³

The institution dates from 1948, and it was set up to train women doctors for the new state. The Government of Punjab granted it university status on 1 July 2015. Fatima Jinnah Medical College now works as the constituent college of the university. ²¹ Prof. Khalid Masud Gondal leads the university as vice chancellor, and Prof. Dr. Abdul Hameed leads the constituent college. ²

UHS allots FJMU 300 MBBS seats for the 2025-26 session. ²⁷ Sir Ganga Ram Hospital is the main teaching hospital, with Government Teaching Hospital Shahdara and Government Mozang Teaching Hospital as allied hospitals. ² Our dataset records 950 beds at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital. The university also runs constituent nursing colleges at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital and Government Teaching Hospital Shahdara. ²

The story starts before partition. The Punjab Medical Education and Relief Society formed in 1941 with 100 founder members. ¹ Teaching began at Balak Ram Medical College in 1942 with a batch of 50 students, and the batch held 44 men and 6 women. ¹ The college carried the name of a son of Sir Ganga Ram. ¹

The Queen's Road bungalow came from Mrs. Balak Ram and her son L. Sri Ram. ¹ Col. D. H. Rai served as the first principal of the college. ¹ Shrimati Sarojini Naidu opened the Anatomy and Physiology blocks on 6 January 1946. ¹ The Anatomy Hall carries the name of R. B. Dr. Beli Ram. ¹

Partition in 1947 stopped the work, and the college stayed abandoned. ¹ Prof. Shujaat Ali then proposed a medical institution for women doctors to Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah. ² The Father of the Nation approved the association of the institution with his sister, Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah. ² Prof. Shujaat Ali became the first principal of the new college. ²

The UHS prospectus records the college establishment year as 1948. ² The first batch held 39 students, and that batch graduated in 1953. ² Prime Minister Khawaja Nazim-ud-Din formally inaugurated the college on 31 March 1949. ² The prospectus calls it the first women medical institution of the country. ²

The intake now stands at 300 students a year. ² Around 13,000 doctors graduated from the institution in its first 75 years. ² The university home page reports 13,000 alumni and 2,250 current students. ⁵

The Government of Punjab awarded university status on 1 July 2015. ²¹ The Higher Education Commission granted accreditation and a regular NOC on 23 December 2017. ¹ The teaching hospitals hold accreditation from the Pakistan Medical Commission and the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan (CPSP). ¹ At the 2015 upgrade, the principal became the vice chancellor. ⁶

The university now offers postgraduate MS, MD, M.Phil and PhD routes and runs a College of Nursing with Post RN and BSN programmes. ⁵ Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Mother & Child Hospital and Government Teaching Hospital Shahdara appear among its affiliated institutes. ⁴⁵

FJMU MBBS open-merit aggregates moved from 88.91% in 2022 to 90.18% in 2023, then to 90.10% in 2024 and 93.8136% in 2025. The series rises after 2023 and gains about 4.9 points across the four sessions.

UHS builds the aggregate from three parts: 10% of SSC marks, 40% of HSSC marks and 50% of MDCAT marks. ² The final figure is rounded to four decimal places. ² The prospectus works two examples, one on a 200-mark MDCAT and one on a 180-mark MDCAT. ² Compare sessions with care, because an equal percentage does not mean an equal raw score.

UHS runs separate preference lists for female and male candidates, and FJMU sits on the female list. ² PMDC names the college as a women-only institution. ⁷

Sir Ganga Ram Hospital is the primary clinical site for FJMU students. The hospital began in 1921 in the walled city of Lahore and moved to its present site in 1943. ⁶ Our dataset records 950 beds at the hospital. The hospital sits near the Punjab Assembly and Shahra-i-Quaid-i-Azam. ⁶ Sir Ganga Ram donated the land, and the hospital now serves western and southern Lahore with the districts nearby. ⁶

The UHS prospectus names three allied hospitals for the university: Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Government Teaching Hospital Shahdara and Government Mozang Teaching Hospital. ² The prospectus records 200 beds at Shahdara and 50 beds at Mozang. ² Together the three hospitals give about 1,200 beds for clinical training. ²

Clinical departments cover medicine, surgery, obstetrics and gynaecology, paediatrics, ENT, ophthalmology and orthopaedics. ⁴ Obstetrics and gynaecology runs four units, while general medicine and general surgery run three units each. ⁴

Clinical work starts in the later years of the MBBS course. Wards, specialty units and the emergency department give students patient contact under supervision.

The campus covers 154 kanals on Shahra-e-Fatima Jinnah, formerly Queens Road, in Lahore. ²⁴ Academic departments, lecture halls and the clinical wards sit close to each other.

The library runs an electronic library that opened in 2010. It holds 1,600 online books and more than 30,000 online journals, plus 16 international and 36 national journals in print. ² The British Council online resource adds more than 50,000 items. ² The library keeps a book bank of 5,500 books and a World Health Organization corner. ⁶ An audio-visual department supports teaching with multimedia systems. ⁶

The college hostel sits within walking distance of the university. It has eight blocks with accommodation for 1,200 students, and the prospectus lists eight hostels for female students. ² Our dataset records the historic Queen Mary campus, a modern simulation laboratory, auditorium and examination halls, and a clinical research cell.

The university runs the Shujjat Ali Hall sports complex, with playgrounds, a swimming pool and a gymnasium. ² Seven buses serve day scholars, and the information technology department provides Wi-Fi across the university area. ² A canteen and a transport service run inside the university area. ²

PMDC lists Fatima Jinnah Medical College for Women, Lahore, in its public medical colleges with a seat allocation of 300. ⁷ UHS names the university in the public-sector admission notice for 2025-26. ³ The prospectus lists FJMU among the public-sector colleges of Punjab for the session. ²

The Higher Education Commission granted accreditation and a regular NOC on 23 December 2017. ¹ The teaching hospitals hold Pakistan Medical Commission and CPSP accreditation. ¹ Wikipedia records degree recognition by PMDC, CPSP and the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan. ⁶ Our fact sheet also records a WHO World Directory listing, ECFMG eligibility and CPSP accreditation for the university.

FJMU is the only medical university in Pakistan that offers the MBBS degree to women only. ¹ The prospectus states that every public medical college allows co-education except Fatima Jinnah Medical College. ²

The literary society SHANAWAR publishes the college magazine Vanguard, and the university also brings out the Journal of Fatima Jinnah Medical University. ² Students take part in interclass and inter-college debates, mushaira and declamation contests. ² Annual sports events invite students and faculty. ² The sports list covers badminton, volleyball, cricket, athletics, swimming pool, basketball, table tennis and a gymnasium. ²

A student support programme offers counselling services and financial assistance. ² Alumni bodies include FJMCAANA, APPNA-FJMU and AFJOG. ² The North America wing holds annual meetings for students, researchers and faculty. ⁶ Notable alumnae include Yasmin Rashid, Bilquis Nasrum Minallah and Amna Buttar. ⁶ The campus lies in central Lahore, close to city services. ⁶