Altamash Institute of Dental Medicine

Altamash Institute of Dental Medicine (AIDM) is a private dental college in Karachi. Our dataset records one programme at the institute, the four-year BDS with 80 seats. The college publishes dental admission criteria only and names no MBBS course. ¹ The about menu carries messages from the founder, along with a mission, a vision and goals. ²

Jinnah Sindh Medical University is the affiliating university in our dataset. The site affiliation list also names the University of Karachi. ¹ PMDC lists the institute with 80 BDS seats on its private dental list. ⁶ The site menu carries an admissions section with a prospectus, a fee structure and a scholarship page. ¹

Students train at the Altamash Dental Hospital in Clifton. ² PMDC records Altamash General Hospital in Karachi as an owned teaching hospital and PNS Rahat as an affiliated one. ¹⁰

Our dataset records PMDC recognition, WHO WDOMS listing, ECFMG eligibility and CPSP accreditation. The site adds a collaboration with the Karolinska Institute in Sweden. ² PMDC approved the admission policy and criteria for the BDS session 2025-2026. ¹

Our dataset dates the institute to 2001 and states that it was founded in Clifton, Karachi by Dr. Mohammad Altamash. Our dataset describes it as a specialised dental institution for students in the province. The home page carries a founder message from Muhammad Altamash on teaching and research. ² The about menu carries the mission, the vision and the goals of the institute. ²

The site states that AIDM works in close collaboration with the Karolinska Institute in Sweden. ² Temple University’s Kornberg School of Dentistry appears in the same affiliation and collaboration list. ² The list also names the University of Karachi beside JSMU. ² Our dataset records the Karolinska link as a campus facility.

The site describes undergraduate study, postgraduate study, research programmes, foreign collaboration and student-teacher exchange programmes. ² The programmes menu lists continuing dental education and dental auxiliary training for students. ² A postgraduate track follows the undergraduate course for students who qualify. ² It states that admission follows strict merit and the criteria of the dental regulator. ¹

PM&DC approved the admission policy and criteria for the BDS session 2025-2026, as the admission page records. ¹ The admission menu also carries a merit list for 2023, a prospectus and a fee structure. ¹ The admission portal runs at portal.altamash.edu.pk for online registration. ¹

JSMU records the affiliation date as 12 March 2015 for the BDS programme. ⁴ The joint Sindh prospectus names the institute among the JSMU affiliated institutions for session 2025-26. ⁵ PMDC lists the institute in Karachi with 80 BDS seats. ⁶ PMDC’s medical college list does not carry the institute. ⁷

Wikipedia records the institute in the dental table with 80 seats under JSMU. ⁸ The page leaves its founding year blank. The site places the institute at 2-R, Sunset Boulevard, Phase-IV, Defence Housing Authority, Karachi. ¹ The hospital list gives the same address. ¹⁰

The site menu carries a college tour, faculty pages, a journal, a quality enhancement cell, a publication repository, learning resources and an alumni section. ¹ Our dataset records the CAD/CAM prosthodontics lab and the digital library on campus. The institute also runs jobs and contact pages for applicants. ¹ The site menu also carries news and events and community services pages. ²

The BDS self-finance closing aggregate moved from 78.10% in 2022 to 79.55% in 2023, then to 80.80% in 2024 and 83.90% in 2025. The 2025 figure is the highest on this record. The rise is steady across the four years, and the four-year gain totals 5.80 points.

Our dataset holds BDS merit only, with no gaps between the four years. Fees sit at Rs. 1.35 million per year in our dataset, marked as an estimate. Our dataset marks both the fee and the merit figures as research estimates.

Merit uses 50% MDCAT, 40% HSSC and 10% SSC. ¹⁵ The joint Sindh prospectus sets the MDCAT pass mark for BDS at 50%. ⁵ Read sessions with care. The MDCAT scale moved from 210 marks in 2021 to 200 marks in 2022 and then to 180 marks. ⁹

Our dataset records Altamash Hospital as the attached hospital with 150 beds. The aidm pages describe a dental hospital without a bed count. ² PMDC confirms both hospitals on its recognised hospital list. ¹⁰

PMDC records Altamash General Hospital in Karachi as an owned teaching hospital of the institute. ¹⁰ PNS Rahat appears beside it as an affiliated hospital. ¹⁰ The address on that list matches the college address at 2-R, Sunset Boulevard. ¹⁰

The hospital site places Altamash General Hospital at ST-9/A, Clifton Block 1. ³ It runs a 24-hour emergency, operation rooms, an intensive care unit and a neonatal intensive care unit. ³ Diagnostic services cover X-ray, OPG, CT, MRI, ultrasound and endoscopy. ³ A clinical laboratory works around the clock, and a pharmacy stays open for patients. ³ Departments include cardiology, gastroenterology, paediatrics, surgery and maxillofacial surgery. ³

The dental side trains students at Altamash Dental Hospital. ² The site records pre-clinical labs and an outpatient department that supervises students in a clinical setting. ¹² The college and the hospital share one address on the PMDC list. ¹⁰

The institute works from 2-R, Sunset Boulevard, Phase-IV, Defence Housing Authority in Karachi. ¹ PMDC’s hospital list gives the same address for the institute. ¹⁰ The site describes the setting with pre-clinical labs and supervised outpatient training. ¹²

Campus facilities in our dataset are the Altamash Dental Hospital in Clifton and the Karolinska research link. A CAD/CAM prosthodontics lab, a digital library and hostel facilities complete the list. Hostel facilities let students from outside Karachi live near the campus.

The learning resources menu carries faculty pages, a journal, a publication repository and a quality enhancement cell. ¹ Students reach the material through the learning resources section. ¹ The college tour page shows the campus to applicants. ¹ A college virtual tour shows the campus to remote applicants. ²

The admission office shares the campus address, and applicants reach it by telephone or email. ¹ The site also carries jobs and contact pages for the college. ¹ The admissions menu holds the prospectus and fee structure PDFs for download. ¹

Our dataset records PMDC recognition, WHO WDOMS listing, ECFMG eligibility and CPSP accreditation. The site affiliation list names JSMU, the University of Karachi, PMDC, CPSP, Temple University and the Karolinska Institute. ² PMDC approved the admission policy for the BDS session, as the admission page records. ¹

PMDC’s dental list gives the institute 80 seats in Karachi. ⁶ PMDC’s medical college list does not carry it. ⁷ Wikipedia gives the same 80-seat figure under JSMU. ⁸

JSMU dates the affiliation to 12 March 2015, and the joint prospectus lists the institute for session 2025-26. ⁴⁵ The site menu carries the accreditation entries under its about section for applicants to confirm. ²

The site menu gives students a college tour, faculty pages, news and events, and an alumni section. ¹ Transfer, jobs and contact pages sit beside them for students and graduates. ¹ A quality enhancement cell and a publication repository complete the menu. ¹ The associations menu carries the student and staff associations of the institute. ²

The institute describes foreign collaboration and student-teacher exchange programmes for those who qualify. ² Our dataset records the Karolinska research link among campus facilities. The learning resources section holds the reading material for coursework. ¹ The college virtual tour lets applicants view the campus before they apply. ²

Our dataset records hostel facilities at the institute, so students from outside Karachi can live near campus. The admission menu carries a scholarship page and a fee structure for applicants. ¹ A merit list page for 2023 shows past admission rounds. ¹ The news and events pages carry convocation and campus notices for students. ²