Bahria University Medical and Dental College, Karachi

Bahria University Medical and Dental College (BUMDC) is a private medical and dental college in DHA Phase II, Karachi. ¹ The National University of Medical Sciences (NUMS) admits students to its MBBS and BDS programmes. ³⁴ The PMDC private medical colleges list records 150 MBBS seats for Bahria University Medical College, Karachi. ⁵

The Pakistan Navy started the college under Bahria University in 2008. ⁹ The campus sits adjacent to PNS Shifa. Our dataset records 600 beds at PNS Shifa. The PMDC lists PNS Shifa, Karachi as the hospital owned by the college. ⁶

Our dataset lists an MBBS programme of 150 seats and a BDS programme of 50 seats. It marks hostel accommodation as available for men and women. The NUMS college list names the dental section of the same college. ³

The campus gives its address as adjacent to PNS Shifa, Sailor Street, DHA Phase 2, Karachi. ¹ The campus sits next to the hospital on one road. ¹ Our dataset records a fee of PKR 1,650,000 for the MBBS programme and PKR 1,500,000 for BDS. Both figures are marked as estimated. The MBBS course runs for five years and the BDS course for four.

Our dataset dates the founding of BUMDC to 2008 and records the Pakistan Navy as its founder. An admissions profile of the college states that BUMDC started in the second half of 2008. ⁹ The college works under Bahria University, a federal university of the Pakistan Navy. The university runs the college from its Karachi health sciences campus. ² The university publishes an academic roadmap page that carries the mission of the medical college ⁸.

Bahria University dates its Health Sciences Campus in Karachi to 2009. ² The campus houses the medical and dental college. ² The campus lists Vice Admiral (R) Athar Mukhtar as its Director General. ² The campus runs degree programmes in medicine, dentistry, nursing, physiotherapy and public health. ¹

The first MBBS batch of the college graduated in December 2013. ⁹ The graduation ceremony ran on 3 March 2014. ⁹ The graduates started their house job at PNS Shifa Hospital. ⁹ The ceremony marked the first output of the college. ⁹

The Journal of Bahria University Medical and Dental College started in 2011. ¹⁰ It is a peer-reviewed biomedical journal with print ISSN 2220-7562 and online ISSN 2617-9482. ¹⁰ The journal gives students and staff a route into research. ¹⁰ The university website carries the journal page. ¹⁰

The NUMS college list for 2025 places BUMDC in the armed forces administered medical colleges group and in the armed forces administered dental colleges group. ³ The list records the college website as bahria.edu.pk/bumdc/. ³ The list separates the medical group from the dental group for seat purposes. ³ Both groups sit under the same college name on the list. ³

The PMDC private medical colleges list records 150 MBBS seats for the college. ⁵ The PMDC attached-hospitals list names PNS Shifa, Karachi as the hospital owned by the college. ⁶ NUMS publishes merit lists for BUMDC under the centralized process. ⁷

The campus address reads adjacent to PNS Shifa, Sailor Street, DHA Phase 2, Karachi. ¹ The campus sits inside DHA Phase II, a planned neighbourhood of Karachi. ¹ The health sciences campus holds the medical and the dental sections on one site. ² Bahria University dates that campus to 2009. ² The site sits beside the hospital on one street. ¹

Our dataset records these closing self-finance MBBS aggregates for BUMDC: 83.2% in 2022, 84.55% in 2023, 83.8% in 2024 and 86.9% in 2025. The series dips slightly in 2024 and then rises to its highest recorded value in 2025.

BDS follows a similar path. The recorded closing self-finance aggregates are 80.4% in 2022, 81.75% in 2023, 81.2% in 2024 and 84.1% in 2025. The 2025 BDS value sits 3.7 points above the 2024 value.

Every recorded row carries the self-finance quota label. NUMS builds the aggregate from three parts: 50% NUMS entry test, 40% HSSC and 10% SSC. ⁴ Compare sessions with care. The MDCAT mark scale changed between 2021 and 2025, so the same percentage does not mean the same raw score in every row.

PNS Shifa is the teaching hospital of the college. The PMDC attached-hospitals list records PNS Shifa, Karachi as a hospital owned by the college. ⁶ Our dataset records 600 beds at PNS Shifa. The hospital stands on Sailor Street beside the campus. ¹

The campus stands adjacent to the hospital on Sailor Street, DHA Phase 2, Karachi. ¹ Students walk from the academic block to the clinical wards. The hospital gives training to the MBBS and BDS students of the college. The walk between the two blocks takes a few minutes. ¹

Our dataset notes training in diving and hyperbaric medicine, cardiac catheterization, trauma surgery and paediatric care. The hospital is a tertiary referral centre of the Pakistan Navy. The PMDC lists the hospital under the dental section of the college as well. ⁶

PMDC published the attached-hospitals list on 7 November 2025. ⁶ PNS Shifa appears as an owned hospital of the college in that list. ⁶ Our dataset notes 600 beds at the hospital. The hospital runs its departments for the patients and the students. The list separates owned hospitals from affiliated hospitals for each college. ⁶

The campus sits in DHA Phase II, Karachi, next to PNS Shifa. ¹ Our dataset lists the PNS Shifa hospital complex and the Bahria University health sciences campus among the facilities. It also lists a dental simulation lab, student hostels in DHA and a central medical library. The facilities sit inside the DHA Phase II area in our record. The hostels sit in DHA near the campus.

Bahria University dates the Karachi Health Sciences Campus to 2009. ² The campus runs degree programmes in medicine, dentistry, nursing, physiotherapy and public health. ¹ The medical and the dental sections sit on the same campus. ² Students walk between the lecture halls and the hospital wards on one site. ¹

Our dataset marks hostel accommodation as available for men and women. The campus keeps the academic block close to the hospital, so students move between teaching and clinical work on foot. ¹ The central medical library holds the reference collection in our record. The dental simulation lab supports pre-clinical practice.

The PMDC private medical colleges list records Bahria University Medical College, Karachi with 150 MBBS seats. ⁵ The NUMS college list names Bahria University Medical and Dental College, Karachi for both medical and dental admission. ³ NUMS states that it admits students to its armed forces administered colleges under PMDC regulations. ⁴ Our dataset records the recognition status as active. PMDC published the college lists for the 2025 session. ⁵

Our recognition record carries PMDC recognition, a WHO World Directory of Medical Schools listing, ECFMG eligibility and CPSP accreditation. The college also runs its own peer-reviewed journal. ¹⁰ The NUMS list separates the medical and the dental groups for the 2025 session. ³ The journal gives the college a research record for the session. ¹⁰

The campus sits in DHA Phase II, one of the planned neighbourhoods of Karachi. ¹ Our dataset lists student hostels in DHA. The hostels house students from other cities during the session. Our dataset marks hostel accommodation as available for men and women. The hostels sit inside the DHA area of Karachi in our record.

Students study beside a large naval hospital. ⁶ The hospital setting gives students contact with naval medical practice alongside civilian patients. The hospital sits on the same road as the academic block. ¹ Students reach the wards from the academic block on foot. ¹

The college runs the Journal of Bahria University Medical and Dental College, which started in 2011. ¹⁰ Students and staff use the journal as a route into research. The campus also runs programmes in nursing, physiotherapy and public health. ¹ Students meet peers from those programmes on one campus. ¹