Institute of Dentistry, Nishtar Medical College

The Institute of Dentistry is the dental wing of Nishtar Medical University in Multan. ¹³ It works as a constituent part of the university system, not as a separate institution. Students take their medical subjects inside Nishtar Medical College. ¹ The prospectus names Prof. Dr. Zubair Hasan Awaisi as the principal. ¹ The institute serves patients from southern Punjab and adjoining regions. ¹ The campus sits opposite the Circuit House in Multan. ¹

The University of Health Sciences (UHS), Lahore, conducts its BDS admission as the admitting university. Applicants register on the UHS public BDS portal and list the institute among their preferences. ¹²

Our fact sheet dates the dental wing to 1974, and it records 150 clinical beds at Nishtar Hospital. UHS allots 65 BDS seats for the 2025-26 session. ¹ The institute trains dentists at the undergraduate level and runs postgraduate dental training in MCPS, FCPS and MDS. ¹ About 195 postgraduate residents trained there so far. ¹

The story starts with the parent institution. Dr. Mohammad Jamal Bhutta raised the idea of a medical college for the region in 1945. ⁵ Governor Sardar Abdur Rab Nishtar announced the college on 31 December 1950 at Lahnge Khan’s Garden in Multan. ⁵ Nishtar Medical College began teaching on 29 April 1951. ¹

The college carried the name of the governor, and its hospital started in 1953 with 80 beds. ¹ Dr. Muhammad Jamal Bhutta served as the first principal. ¹ The NMU history page records the announcement and the start of teaching for the college. ⁵

The dental wing began as the Dental Section of Nishtar Medical College in 1974. ³¹ The section taught its first students inside the medical college, and the setup stayed that way for decades. ¹ The section worked under the administration of the medical college until 2009. ¹

The section gained autonomy in 2009 and took the name Nishtar Institute of Dentistry. ¹ A purpose-built campus opened in April 2009 on the road between the Circuit House and the District Jail. ³¹ The new campus holds the dental departments, laboratories and clinics in one building. ³

Nishtar Medical College itself became Nishtar Medical University in May 2017, and the institute moved with it into the university structure. ¹⁵ The university structure put the institute under one system with the medical college. ¹ The institute held its first convocation in March 2016. ¹

The UHS prospectus records more than 1,492 graduates of the institute. ¹ The parent university now teaches around 1,654 MBBS students, with 54 students from seven countries. ¹ The graduates serve in and outside the country. ¹ The institute meant for graduation in dentistry also trains specialists. ¹

The prospectus records the institute motto as Learn to Serve and the colours as yellow and purple. ¹ The institute holds an alumni body named Nishtar Dental Alumini. ¹ The office runs from 8:00 am to 3:00 pm on working days. ¹

Institute of Dentistry BDS open-merit aggregates moved from 88.10% in 2024 to 93.4636% in 2025. The series gains about 5.4 points in one session.

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.

BDS needs at least 50% in MDCAT, against 55% for MBBS. ¹ The institute sits on the public BDS list for Punjab. ¹⁶ The public BDS schedule shows a provisional list on 26 December and a final list on 29 December 2025. ²

The institute runs its clinical work through Nishtar Dental Hospital on the campus. Our dataset records 150 beds at Nishtar Hospital, the parent hospital of the university. The UHS prospectus records 08 beds inside the institute and 20 beds in the maxillofacial ward. ¹ The maxillofacial ward runs as ward number 29 inside Nishtar Hospital. ¹ The institute serves the city of Multan and the wider southern Punjab region. ¹ Patients also come from interior Sindh, Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. ¹

The prospectus also lists 20 beds in general surgery, 20 in general medicine and 10 in psychiatry for the dental students. ¹ Nishtar Hospital, the wider parent hospital, holds 1,700 beds and 3,100 staff. ¹ The prospectus calls the institute a tertiary care dental setup for the region. ¹ The wards sit inside Nishtar Hospital beside the dental building. ¹

The campus holds 127 dental units across the departments. ³ Services include an outpatient department and radiology with OPG and 3-D cephalometric imaging. ³ Students treat patients under supervision in the dental chairs and the wards.

The purpose-built campus opened in April 2009 opposite the Circuit House on the District Jail road in Multan. ³¹ The NMU site records 08 kanal of land, five floors and 123,850 square feet of space. ³ Our fact sheet records two acres and five kanals for the campus. The building sits in the heart of the city for easy patient access. ¹

The campus holds a phantom head lab for pre-clinical practice. ³ Our dataset records orthodontic and prosthodontic labs and oral surgery suites. The dental departments run their own laboratories and clinics. ³ Sports facilities, transport and a canteen run on the campus. ¹ The NMU contact page carries the university switchboard for queries. ⁴

Medical subjects for the BDS course are taught at Nishtar Medical College on the same university system. ¹ Hostels provide two blocks for female students and four blocks for male students, shared with the parent university. ¹ The campus holds a library, an auditorium and a museum for the batches. ¹

PMDC lists the Institute of Dentistry, Nishtar Medical College, in its public dental colleges with a seat allocation of 50. ⁶ UHS names the institute in the public-sector admission notice for 2025-26. ² The notice lists the institute among the public dental colleges of Punjab. ²

The prospectus records the institute as an autonomous constituent of Nishtar Medical University. ¹ Our fact sheet records PMDC recognition, a WHO World Directory listing, ECFMG eligibility and CPSP accreditation. The institute trains specialists in MCPS, FCPS and MDS across dental subjects. ¹ The prospectus gives the staff count as 33 academic members. ¹

Students study inside the wider Nishtar Medical University campus in Multan, which covers 125 acres. ¹ The university system gives the dental students access to the parent hospital and the medical departments. ¹ The prospectus gives the college colours as yellow and purple. ¹ Different co-curricular and extracurricular activities run regularly at the institute. ¹

The institute magazine carries the name Nida. ¹ Students share the hostels with the medical batches and take part in university events. ¹ Scholarships sit with the student facilities of the institute. ¹

The first convocation of the institute took place in March 2016, and more than 1,492 graduates now work across the country. ¹ The alumni body works under the name Nishtar Dental Alumini. ¹ The facilities list for students gives hostel, library, sports, scholarship and transport. ¹