Dental Department, Karachi Medical and Dental College (KMDC)

The Dental Department of Karachi Medical and Dental College is a public dental unit in Karachi. KM and DC came into existence on 27 November 1991 as the first medical and dental college run by a Metropolitan Corporation ¹. Our dataset records 100 BDS seats and 100 beds at Abbasi Shaheed Hospital.

This entry covers the four-year Bachelor of Dental Surgery ¹. The university offers 250 MBBS seats and 100 BDS seats ¹. The PMDC register lists the dental department with 100 seats ⁷.

Our dataset names JSMU Karachi as the affiliating university. The prospectus records KMDC as a constituent unit of Karachi Metropolitan University under the Sindh Assembly Act of 2023 ¹. The JSMU site lists only private affiliated colleges ⁶.

The college domain kmdc.edu.pk redirects to thekmu.edu.pk ². The prospectus allots the BDS seats to Karachi District only ¹. The prospectus gives the college its own seat, fee and hospital tables ¹.

Our dataset records 1991 as the founding year. The prospectus states that KM and DC came into existence on 27 November 1991 ¹. It was the first medical and dental college established by a Metropolitan Corporation ¹.

The college pioneered hundred percent merit admissions and introduced the aptitude test for admissions ¹. Wikipedia records that the mayor, Naimatullah Khan, founded the college in 1991 ⁴.

Karachi Metropolitan University was established under the Sindh Assembly Act No. LIV of 2023 ¹. KMDC and Abbasi Shaheed Hospital sit as its constituent integral units ¹. The university offers undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate programmes at its Karachi campus ¹.

The Sindh cabinet approved the university conversion on 22 February 2022 ². Wikipedia records the rename announced by Mayor Barrister Murtaza Wahab ⁴. The university runs its admissions through the online portal for the session ³.

Our dataset records that the dental department started in 1991 alongside the MBBS section. The BDS programme runs as a four-year course ¹. The prospectus gives 100 seats in BDS and 250 in MBBS ¹.

The prospectus records the principal as Prof. Dr. Naila Zahir ¹. The head of the dentistry department is Prof Dr Syed Sheeraz Hussain ¹. The college passed out 26 batches ¹.

The prospectus prints separate fee and hostel tables for the college ¹. The prospectus lists six hospitals for training at the college ¹.

Abbasi Shaheed Hospital became a teaching hospital for the college ⁵. Wikipedia records the hospital founded in 1974 and run by the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation ⁵.

The alumni network runs from 1997 to 2025 under the name Kmdcians ¹. The patient welfare organisation HOPES is run by the students of the college ¹. Wikipedia records the college among the institutions founded by the mayor of Karachi ⁴. The PMDC register keeps the dental department active with 100 seats ⁷.

Our dataset records two open-merit BDS aggregates for this college: 79.5% in 2024 and 85.8% 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 50,000 and tuition of Rs 117,000 a year on merit ¹.

Self-finance seats cost Rs 100,000 admission and Rs 1,200,000 tuition a year ¹. The foreigner and overseas seats cost in US dollars under the same table ¹.

Abbasi Shaheed Hospital is the main teaching hospital ¹. The prospectus records it with 1000 beds ¹. Our dataset records 100 beds for the hospital.

Wikipedia records Abbasi Shaheed Hospital with 850 beds and calls it the third largest government hospital in Karachi ⁵. The hospital serves about one million people ⁵.

Wikipedia names the hospital after Major Ziauddin Abbasi ⁵. The hospital grew from a Karachi Metropolitan Corporation facility into a teaching hospital for the university ⁵.

Five more hospitals attach to the college ¹. Sarfaraz Rafique Hospital holds 100 beds and Sobhraj Maternity Hospital holds 150 ¹. Spenser Eye Hospital holds 150 beds ¹.

The Karachi Institute of Heart Disease holds 170 beds and the Karachi Institute of Kidney Disease holds 100 ¹. The dental OPD runs 100 chairs ¹.

Our dataset records specialised dental outpatient and surgical clinics at Abbasi Shaheed Hospital. Students treat patients through the dental OPD in the clinical years. Sarfaraz Rafique, Sobhraj, Spenser, KIHD and KIKD join Abbasi Shaheed for training ¹.

The college sits at Block M, North Nazimabad Town, Karachi ². The prospectus records the college and Abbasi Shaheed Hospital as constituent units of the university ¹.

Our dataset lists the Abbasi Shaheed dental clinics, phantom head laboratory, oral pathology department, central library and student common rooms. The prospectus records a dental OPD with 100 chairs ¹.

The university records a campus address in Karachi and a UAN line ². The admission page runs the application form for the session ³.

Our dataset records no hostel for this college. The prospectus prints a hostel fee schedule for merit and self-finance students ¹. The hostel room charge sits at Rs 60,000 a year ¹.

The principal’s message in the prospectus sets high standards for the dentistry programme ¹. The alumni network runs on the campus from 1997 to 2025 ¹. The UAN line runs from the campus address ².

Our dataset records PMDC recognition, a WHO directory listing, ECFMG eligibility and CPSP accreditation. The PMDC register lists the dental department with 100 seats ⁷.

The prospectus records the BDS programme as a four-year course under the university ¹. HEC scholarship students from FATA and Balochistan sit in the MBBS and BDS programmes ¹.

The Allama Iqbal overseas scholarship students sit in the same two programmes ¹. Karachi Metropolitan University was established under the Sindh Assembly Act of 2023 ¹.

Wikipedia records the MBBS and BDS programmes with PMDC accreditation ⁴. The PMDC register covers the dental department among the public dental colleges of Sindh ⁷.

The college runs seven student societies on campus ¹. They cover wellness, academic excellence, performing arts, sports, community service, public speaking and entrepreneurship ¹.

The patient welfare organisation HOPES is run and governed by the students of the college ¹. The alumni network runs from 1997 to 2025 under the name Kmdcians ¹.

The sports setup covers futsal, football, cricket, table tennis, basketball, volleyball, snooker and badminton ¹. Our dataset records student common rooms on campus.

The prospectus prints a hostel fee schedule for merit and self-finance students ¹. The schedule sets a one-time hostel admission charge of Rs 5,000 ¹.

Students share the North Nazimabad campus with the MBBS students of the university ¹. The admission page runs the application form and contact line for the session ³. The sports list also covers table tennis and volleyball ¹.