Dental College, Dow International Medical College

Dow International Dental College is a public dental college in Karachi. The prospectus records it as Dow International Dental College, established in December 2011 as the dental section of Dow International Medical College ¹. Our dataset records 2012 as the founding year and 50 BDS seats.

This entry covers the four-year Bachelor of Dental Surgery ¹. The DUHS page records 50 students a year and PMDC registration ². The PMDC register lists the college with 50 seats ³.

Our dataset names DUHS Karachi as the affiliating university. The college is a constituent unit of the university ¹. The DUHS home page lists the college among its undergraduate colleges ⁴.

The college runs across two campuses: Mehmoodabad and Gulistan-e-Jauhar ¹. Our dataset records 120 beds at Dow University Hospital. The prospectus records the hospital as a 600-bed facility ¹. The prospectus lists the college in the DUHS section of its seat and fee tables ¹.

Our dataset records 2012 as the founding year and its history note records 2011. The prospectus states that the college was established in December 2011 as the dental section of Dow International Medical College ¹. The DUHS page gives the same date ².

The prospectus records Dow International Medical College established in 2007 with 150 students a year ¹. Our dataset records 2011 as the year of the dental wing. The dental section followed the parent college four years later ¹.

The prospectus records recognition by the PM and DC for the four-year BDS ¹. The DUHS page records the college as recognized and registered with PMDC ².

The college later added postgraduate study: an MSc in Oral Health Sciences and FCPS residency in operative dentistry and prosthodontics ¹. The DUHS home page lists an FCPS-II in dentistry at the college ⁴.

The prospectus records two campuses for the college ¹. The Mehmoodabad campus holds the academic block and the clinical and dental OPD block ¹. The Gulistan-e-Jauhar campus holds laboratories and clinical wards ¹.

The parent college sits in the WHO Directory and IMED-FAIMER list and holds accreditation from AMRCB, MBC and CPSP ¹. The prospectus records a 200,000 sq ft campus and the 600-bed Dow University Hospital ¹.

The principal of the college is Prof. Dr. Amynah Tariq Shaikh ². The DUHS page gives the Mehmoodabad address for the college ².

The DUHS home page lists the Ojha campus hospitals with the university group ⁴. The Sindh prospectus treats the college as a public sector dental college of DUHS with 50 seats ¹.

The Sindh prospectus seat table gives the college 50 seats for the session ¹. The seat table splits the 50 seats into 48 on merit and two overseas ¹. The dataset itself lists 50 BDS seats for this college. The fee table gives a first-year open-merit total of Rs 923,395 ¹.

Our dataset records two open-merit BDS aggregates for this college: 79.2% in 2024 and 85.4% in 2025. The dataset holds no rows for 2022 and 2023.

The 2025 figure sits more than six points above the 2024 figure. Compare sessions with care because the MDCAT mark scale moved from 210 to 200 and then to 180.

The Sindh prospectus builds the aggregate from 10% SSC, 40% HSSC and 50% MDCAT ¹. A candidate needs at least 50% in MDCAT 2025 for BDS ¹. HSSC Pre-Medical must carry at least 660 out of 1100 marks ¹.

Our dataset records a fee of PKR 28,000. The prospectus records an admission fee of Rs 100,000 and tuition of Rs 750,000 a year on merit ¹.

The first year totals Rs 923,395 without transport ¹. With transport the first year totals Rs 967,685 ¹.

Our dataset records 120 beds at Dow University Hospital as the attached hospital. The prospectus records the hospital as a 600-bed facility ¹.

The prospectus records clinical teaching through affiliations with the 600-bed Dow University Hospital and other Karachi institutions ¹. The Ojha Institute of Chest Diseases sits with the DUHS hospital group ¹.

The Sindh Infectious Diseases Hospital joins the same hospital group ¹. The DUHS home page records a DIDC Dental Hospital ⁴.

The prospectus records a Dental OPD at the Mehmoodabad campus ¹. The Mehmoodabad campus holds the academic block and the clinical and dental OPD block ¹.

The Gulistan-e-Jauhar campus holds clinical wards for general medicine, general surgery and oral and maxillofacial surgery ¹. It also holds a phantom head laboratory, advanced operating theatres and simulation centres ¹.

Students treat patients through the dental OPD ¹. Our dataset records that the college trains students in dental surgery, community dentistry and maxillofacial prosthetics. The prospectus records clinical teaching at the Mehmoodabad campus of the college ¹.

The college runs across two campuses in Karachi ¹. The Mehmoodabad campus sits at Chanesar Goth behind the NMC ².

The academic block holds laboratories for power, ceramic, oral pathology and pre-clinical work ². It also holds a museum and a modern library with a book section and a digital library ².

The Gulistan-e-Jauhar campus holds laboratories for anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, pharmacology and pathology ¹. It also holds lecture halls, tutorial rooms and auditoriums ¹.

Our dataset lists the dental hospital, advanced CAD/CAM lab, implantology clinic, research centre access and hostels. The prospectus records a phantom head laboratory and simulation centres ¹.

Our dataset records student hostels. The prospectus sets a transport fee of Rs 43,000 a year as an optional charge ¹.

The schedule adds a document verification charge of Rs 6,500 at admission ¹. The college phone line runs from the Mehmoodabad address ². The fee schedule also lists enrollment, development, laboratory and IT charges at admission ¹.

Our dataset records PMDC recognition, a WHO directory listing, ECFMG eligibility and CPSP accreditation. The prospectus records recognition by the PM and DC for the four-year BDS ¹.

The PMDC register lists the college with 50 seats ³. The DUHS page records the college as recognized and registered with PMDC ². The PMDC register keeps the college active for the session ³.

The parent college sits in the WHO Directory and IMED-FAIMER list and holds AMRCB, MBC and CPSP accreditation ¹. The prospectus records MSc and FCPS training at the college ¹. The register of public dental colleges covers the college among the public dental colleges of Sindh ³.

Our dataset records student hostels. The prospectus sets an optional transport fee of Rs 43,000 a year ¹.

Students study across the Mehmoodabad and Gulistan-e-Jauhar campuses ¹. The second campus holds lecture halls, tutorial rooms and auditoriums for student work ¹.

The prospectus charges student activity funds of Rs 10,000 a year under the fee schedule ¹. The schedule adds a library charge of Rs 10,000 at admission ¹. A development fee appears at admission under the college fee schedule ¹.

Students use the digital library at the Mehmoodabad campus ². The DUHS home page lists the college among the undergraduate colleges of the university ⁴.

Our dataset records campus facilities that include the dental hospital, implantology clinic and research centre access. The prospectus records postgraduate study in operative dentistry and prosthodontics for students who continue after the BDS ¹.