Fatima Memorial College of Medicine and Dentistry

Fatima Memorial College of Medicine and Dentistry is a private college in Shadman, Lahore. ²³ It offers the MBBS and BDS degrees. The University of Health Sciences (UHS), Lahore, runs its admission as the admitting university. ¹ Applicants register on the UHS private portal instead of applying to the college. ¹ The college site lists the College of Medicine, the College of Dentistry and the FMH Institute of Allied Health Sciences. ³

The college forms part of the Fatima Memorial System and teaches beside Fatima Memorial Hospital. ²⁴ It started the MBBS programme in 2000. ³ PMDC records 150 MBBS seats and 75 BDS seats for the college. ⁶⁷

Our fact sheet records 550 beds at Fatima Memorial Hospital. It gives estimated annual tuition of Rs. 1,700,000 for MBBS and Rs. 1,500,000 for BDS. The hospital serves as the clinical base for both programmes. ⁴ The Fatima Memorial System links the Saida Waheed FMH College of Nursing to the same campus. ³

The hospital honours Kaneez Fatima, who died in childbirth in 1917. Her husband, Maulvi Feroz-ud-din, was a prominent scholar. The couple faced a severe lack of medical facilities at the time. ⁴ The loss shaped the family decision to build a hospital in her memory. ⁴

In 1944, Maulvi Feroz-ud-din founded the Ferozsons Trust with a cash endowment and the proceeds from his books. ⁴ The Trust aimed to give quality medical care to the under-privileged on a non-profit, self-sustaining basis. It also promoted education and social development. ⁴ The vision started in 1971. Dr. Abdul Waheed and Begum Saida Waheed, the son and daughter-in-law of the founder, donated their assets for a hospital for women and children. ⁴

The hospital opened in 1977 as a 200-bed community facility for women and children. ⁴ It runs on a cross-subsidy model, where funds from paying patients support under-privileged patients. ⁴

By 2000, Fatima Memorial Hospital became a 453-bed multi-specialty tertiary care teaching hospital. ⁴ The college started its MBBS programme in the same year. ³ The medical and dental programmes share the same teaching hospital. ³⁴ Our fact sheet records 550 beds at the hospital.

The hospital became the teaching base for FMH College of Medicine and Dentistry. ⁴ It trains postgraduate doctors for the FCPS, MCPS, MD and MRCGP qualifications. ⁴ The Saida Waheed FMH College of Nursing uses it as a practice base, and nurses train there beside the doctors. ⁴

The college reported 58 positions and 1,416 distinctions in UHS examinations. ³ It runs the FMH Institute of Allied Health Sciences beside the medical and dental programmes. ³ The allied health institute reported 154 positions and 943 distinctions, and the nursing college reported 58 positions and 1,266 distinctions. ³ The college site lists a Department of Examination, a Department of Medical Education and a Department of Dental Education. ³ The college held convocations in 2022 and 2025. ³

FMH allots its seats under the private self-finance pool, so its aggregates follow the self-finance merit list. MBBS self-finance aggregates moved from 82.95% in 2022 to 84.10% in 2023, then to 85.10% in 2024 and 88.20% in 2025. The BDS line moved from 80% to 81.30%, 82.50% and 85.40% across the same four years.

UHS builds the aggregate from 10% of SSC marks, 40% of HSSC marks and 50% of MDCAT marks. ¹ The final figure is rounded to four decimal places. ¹ The MBBS line ends about 5.3 points above the 2022 figure. An equal percentage does not always mean an equal raw score.

Seats at FMH follow the private-sector list, which stayed open to domicile of any district of Pakistan. ¹ The college charged an estimated Rs. 1,700,000 a year for MBBS in our fact sheet.

Fatima Memorial Hospital in Shadman, Lahore, is the teaching base for the college. ⁴² It opened in 1977 as a 200-bed community hospital for women and children. ⁴ By 2000 it became a 453-bed multi-specialty tertiary care teaching hospital. ⁴ Our fact sheet records 550 beds. The hospital also acts as a referral centre for a mobile health service. ⁴

The hospital reports more than 9.2 million patients treated and 83% subsidised care. ⁵ It runs a 24/7 emergency department, a cardiac catheterisation laboratory, a neonatal intensive care unit, dialysis and a rheumatology unit. ⁵ The college site names the hospital as the teaching base for the MBBS and BDS programmes. ³

Gastroenterology runs as a CPSP-recognised training programme. ⁵ The dentistry division covers oral and maxillofacial surgery, orthodontics and prosthodontics, with CBCT imaging. ⁵ Students meet patients in wards, clinics and the emergency department under supervision. Postgraduate doctors train in the same hospital beside the MBBS students. ⁴ The hospital gives care to all patients regardless of their ability to pay. ⁴

The campus sits in Shadman, Lahore, next to Fatima Memorial Hospital. ²³ Our dataset records hospital wards and modern dental hospital suites in the same complex. The college site groups the medical college, the dental college and the allied health institute on one campus. ³

The college runs student housing, a counselling office and clubs and societies. ³ Our dataset records hostels in Shadman, a digital library and the Saida Waheed FMH Nursing College. The site adds a student affairs department and an online learning management system. ³ The nursing college shares the campus with the medical and dental wings. ³ The counselling office and the student affairs office sit on the same campus. ³

Research runs through an Institutional Review Board, and academic quality runs through a Quality Enhancement Cell. ³ Students train in the hospital beside nursing and allied health students. ³⁴ A provides page on the site lists the campus facilities for students. ³

The college site records full recognition by the Pakistan Medical Commission and affiliation with the University of Health Sciences. ³ UHS lists the college in its private-sector MBBS list and its BDS list for the 2025-26 session. ¹

PMDC lists the medical college in Lahore with 150 seats and the dental college with 75 seats. ⁶⁷ Both entries sit on the active private college lists with PMDC recognition for the MBBS and BDS programmes. ⁶⁷ An older line on the college site still names the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council. ³ Our fact sheet also records a WHO World Directory listing, ECFMG eligibility and CPSP accreditation.

Student affairs, clubs and societies run through the college student body. ³ The college held convocations in 2022 and 2025, and the Student Hand Book 2024-25 sets the dress code and conduct rules for students. ³

A counselling office supports students through the course, and the student affairs department runs the daily activities. ³ Our dataset records hostel accommodation in Shadman for students from outside Lahore. The site lists dramatics, societies and extra and co-curricular activities among student affairs. ³

Alumni bodies exist for the MBBS batch, the dental batch and overseas graduates. ³ The Shadman location puts students close to central Lahore services. ² Events and activities pages list the college calendar for the batches. ³ A fee installment policy guides how students pay their fees. ³