Gujranwala Medical College

Gujranwala Medical College is a public medical college on Alipur Chitta Road in Gujranwala. 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 the college among their preferences. ¹² The college sits in Gujranwala, a district of about five million people in Punjab. ³

Our fact sheet dates the college to 2010. The college works as a constituent college of the University of Health Sciences. ¹ The prospectus gives the establishment year as 2011. ¹ PMDC lists it among the public medical colleges of Punjab. ⁶

UHS allots the college 120 MBBS seats for the 2025-26 session. ¹² Clinical training runs at Gujranwala Teaching Hospital and GMC Teaching Hospital. ¹ Our fact sheet records 1,000 clinical beds. The college offers postgraduate training beside the MBBS course. ¹³ The prospectus records 101 academic staff and 560 enrolled students. ¹ The site lists its departments in three groups. ³

The Government of Punjab founded the college to serve the Gujranwala division. Our fact sheet records it among the government medical colleges of Punjab. Our fact sheet dates the establishment to 2010. The UHS prospectus records the college as a constituent college of the university. ¹ The college site lists DHQ Teaching Hospital and GMC Teaching Hospital as affiliated institutes. ³⁵

The campus covers 50 acres of purpose-built land off Alipur Chitta Road, near Village Gondalanwala. ¹⁴ Construction of the campus completed in October 2014. ¹ The campus grew through support from the Government of Punjab along its journey. ¹ The collaboration between the college and the government advances medical education in the region. ¹ Academic departments, hostels and grounds sit inside one campus.

The college set up a Department of Medical Education manned by trained medical educators. ¹ The department works to foster academic quality across the batches. ¹ The site groups the basic science departments into anatomy, physiology, pharmacology and community medicine. ³ The prospectus records a staff of 101 members and an enrolment of 560 students. ¹ The college runs postgraduate training across various medical disciplines. ¹ The prospectus names Prof. Dr. Iqbal Hussain Dogar as principal, and the college site names Prof. Dr. Muhammad Haroon Hamid. ¹³

The college reports near-100% passing results in university examinations, with distinctions every year. ⁵ Previous batches are now enrolled in postgraduate courses in Pakistan and abroad. ⁵ The site records an improving academic trend since the inception of the college. ⁵ The site shows a progress report page for the college. ³

The motto of the college reads Committed to Serve. ¹ The college website lists affiliated institutes, hostels, a library and an alumni office in its navigation. ³

The two teaching hospitals serve as practical training grounds for the students. ¹ The hands-on learning lets students apply theory in real medical settings. ¹ The site keeps committees, organograms and rules in its sections. ³

GMC MBBS open-merit aggregates moved from 86.55% in 2022 to 87.85% in 2023, then to 89.45% in 2024 and 93.6742% in 2025. The series gains about 7.1 points across the four sessions.

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 prospectus works two examples, one on a 200-mark MDCAT and one on a 180-mark MDCAT. ¹ Compare sessions with care, because an equal percentage does not mean an equal raw score.

The last session shows the sharpest rise in the series, at more than four points above 2024. The prospectus shows a provisional list first and a final list after that. ¹

Clinical training runs at two hospitals. Gujranwala Teaching Hospital holds 742 beds, and GMC Teaching Hospital holds 502 beds. ¹ The UHS prospectus names both as the teaching hospitals of the college. ¹ The prospectus calls them distinguished teaching hospitals affiliated with the college. ¹ Both hospitals work as practical training grounds for medical students. ¹

Our fact sheet records 1,000 clinical beds and names Allama Iqbal Memorial Teaching Hospital, Gujranwala, as the attached hospital. The college website lists DHQ Teaching Hospital and GMC Teaching Hospital among its affiliated institutes. ³ The prospectus gives both hospitals as the attached teaching hospitals. ¹

Students meet patients in wards and specialty units under supervision. Our fact sheet records inpatient clinical teaching across the Gujranwala division. Students apply their theoretical knowledge in real medical settings. ¹ Our fact sheet records a rich pathology case load in the division.

The affiliated institutes also list a nursing college beside the two hospitals. ³ The list appears on the same site as the department pages and the alumni section. ³

The campus covers 50 acres on Alipur Chitta Road, near Village Gondalanwala. ¹⁴ Academic departments, hostels and grounds sit inside one campus. Our dataset records a modern anatomy dissection hall, an auditorium and a sports ground. The prospectus lists sports facilities, transport and a canteen as available. ¹

The library provides access to 30,000 journals. ¹ The hostels link to the HEC Digital Library. ¹ The college website lists a library and student hostels among its sections. ³ The site groups departments into basic sciences, medicine and allied, and surgery and allied. ³

Separate hostels for girls and boys hold the students from outside the city. ¹ The prospectus records both hostels on the campus. ¹ The site keeps administrative units for finance, information technology, security and transport. ³ The site also keeps a quality enhancement cell page for academic feedback. ³ The site shows a progress report page for the college. ³

UHS names the college in its public-sector admission notice for the 2025-26 session. ² PMDC lists Gujranwala Medical College among the public medical colleges of Punjab. ⁶ The admission notice sets the application window and the merit list dates for the college. ² UHS allots seats and prepares merit lists for the college under one process. ¹²

The UHS prospectus records the college as a constituent college of the university. ¹ Our fact sheet records PMDC recognition, a WHO World Directory listing, ECFMG eligibility and CPSP accreditation. The prospectus gives the college profile, including principal, staff and enrolment. ¹

The motto of the college reads Committed to Serve. ¹ The college magazine carries the name Rachna Gems, and the alumni association works under the name GMCAA. ¹ The prospectus records the college colour as blue. ¹ The site keeps a news section and an alumni office for the batches. ³

Separate hostels for girls and boys give residential life on campus. ¹ Sports grounds and an auditorium hold events for students. ¹³ The principal message on the site calls the student body the main stakeholder on the campus. ³ Students get the chance to show their talents in healthy extracurricular activities. ³

Our dataset records student hostels, an auditorium and a sports ground on the campus. The site lists a Gemcon conference page and a JGMC journal page for the college. ³