Wah Medical College

Wah Medical College is a private medical college in Wah Cantt, Punjab. The National University of Medical Sciences (NUMS) runs its admission through one centralised NUMS process. ¹³

The college teaches the MBBS course. The PMDC private medical college list carries Wah Medical College with a seat allocation of 150. ⁷ The college also runs a School of Allied Health Sciences and an Institute of Nursing beside the MBBS course. ⁹

The attached hospital in our dataset is POF Hospital with 600 beds. The website gives a higher bed count than our dataset, and we added a conflict line at the top of this file. ⁹ Students do their clinical rotations in its wards. ⁵

The campus, the hostels and the hospital sit within the same premises with high security. ⁹ Wah Cantt lies at the foot of the Margalla Hills, and the college runs a gated campus guarded round the clock. ¹⁰

NUMS lists the college among its private sector affiliated medical colleges and publishes its merit lists. ¹³

Our dataset dates the college to 2002. The Pakistan Ordnance Factories (POF) Welfare Trust in Wah Cantonment backs the college. ⁵

The college website gives its founding as December 2003. The POF Board founded it as a continued effort to provide quality education in this part of the country. ⁵

Wikipedia records the establishment year as 2002, in line with our dataset. ⁶

The POF Welfare Trust and the POF Board govern the college. The website describes this link with the POF community as the base of the college. ⁵ The our-strength page calls the college a subsidiary of the POF Board and Welfare Trust. ⁹

Earlier records show the older paths of the college. Wikipedia cites an archived PMDC recognition notice of 19 August 2010 and an archived UHS affiliation notice of 1 December 2011. ⁶

The college remained affiliated with UHS till 2016. The website states that it held top-three positions during that period. ⁹

NUMS now runs the admission and the merit lists for the college. Its 2025-26 advertisement places Wah Medical College in the list of private sector affiliated medical colleges. ¹³

PMDC inspected the college in 2021 and placed it in the A+ category as the best college in the country. ⁹ The our-strength page states that the college stood first among all NUMS-affiliated medical colleges. ⁹

GHQ inspected the college and its hostels in June 2022. NUMS and PMDC then held a joint inspection of the college in late January 2026. ⁹

The college held its 13th convocation in 2025 and its 14th convocation in 2026. ⁹ A white coat ceremony opens each new batch, and the latest one ran on 17 February 2026. ⁹

The Institute of Nursing and the School of Allied Health Sciences extend the training offer of the college. ⁹

The campus covers about 200 kanals in Wah Cantonment. ⁶

The recorded MBBS closing aggregates belong to the self-finance quota. The value moved from 84.00% in 2022 to 85.00% in 2023, then to 84.50% in 2024 and to 87.60% in 2025. The 2025 value is the highest of the four recorded sessions at this college.

Our dataset records an estimated annual fee of PKR 1,700,000 for MBBS. The website lists a competitive fee structure. The foreign student package costs $13,000 all inclusive, with hostel, mess, medical cover, internet and transport. ⁹

NUMS builds the aggregate from three parts: 50% NUMS entrance test, 40% HSSC and 10% SSC. ¹ Compare sessions with care. The national MDCAT scale moved from 210 marks in 2021 to 200 marks in 2022 and to 180 marks in 2025. So one percentage does not equal one raw score in every row. ⁸

Clinical training runs at POF Hospital in Wah Cantt. Our dataset records 600 beds at this attached hospital.

The website describes POF Hospital as a tertiary care teaching hospital. PMC and CPSP recognize it for house job and postgraduate training. ⁹

CPSP recognizes the hospital for FCPS training in 17 specialties. ⁹ The website reports high indoor and outdoor patient care with bed occupancy at 100%. ⁹ All beds at the hospital are charity beds. ⁹

The college record describes the caseload of the hospital. It notes emergency caseloads, occupational trauma surgery, and paediatric and maternal health services for the rotations. ⁵ The hospital runs an accident and emergency department among its clinical units. ⁹

Every graduating student gets a house job opportunity. ⁹ Students also visit seven rural dispensaries in batches as part of community oriented medical education. ⁹

Students work in the clinical wards of the hospital during their MBBS course. Our campus record also lists the POF Hospital clinical wards as a core facility.

The campus covers about 200 kanals in Wah Cantt. ⁶ Our campus record lists a modern academic wing, an anatomy museum with a dissection hall, and a central digital library.

The website lists a counselling cell, a cafeteria, a research lab and a skills lab among the student services. ⁵

The lecture theatres and laboratories are air conditioned. ⁹ The LRC library runs air conditioned reading spaces, and the digital library links with the HEC online library. ⁹

Four hostels with four-star living stand on the campus for boys and girls. ⁹ Hostels, the college campus and the hospital sit within the same premises with high security. ⁹

Sports facilities include a highly equipped gym, cricket, hockey and football grounds, a golf course and an international standard swimming pool. ⁹ A digitalized examination hall runs with IT equipment on campus. ⁹

The campus is gated and guarded round the clock. Transport runs to Rawalpindi and Islamabad for day scholars. ¹⁰

A virtual tour of the college runs on the website, so applicants can see the buildings before they report. ⁵

Our dataset lists PMDC recognition, WHO WDOMS listing, ECFMG eligibility and CPSP accreditation for the college.

Wikipedia cites an archived PMDC recognition notice of 19 August 2010 for the college. ⁶ NUMS runs the college in its private sector affiliated group and publishes its merit lists. ¹³

The website states that the college is registered with the World Health Organization, GMC-UK and ECFMG-USA. ⁹ It also lists the college in the FAIMER International Medical Education Directory and calls it a designated institution by British Columbia, Canada. ⁹

The college topped the National Licensing Exam run by PMDC with a 100% result. ⁹ PMDC also awarded the college a Certificate of Excellence as the best college in the country for academic performance. ⁹

Student hostels give learners from outside Wah a place to live on site. The website lists the hostel among its student services. ⁵

A counselling cell supports students during the course. Transport, a cafeteria and the digital library cover the daily services. ⁵

The research lab and the skills lab give students space for practice beyond the wards. ⁵

Students play regular evening sports, and the campus holds a gym and grounds for cricket, hockey and football. ⁹ POF club facilities and an international standard swimming pool stay open to students. ⁹

The college funds students to present papers at national and international conferences. It gives a publication award of Rs. 50,000 for each publication, and it runs its own research journal. ⁹

Students run charity work and community service as part of their training. ⁹