Karachi Medical and Dental College (KMDC)

Karachi Medical and Dental College is a public medical and dental college in North Nazimabad, Karachi. ² It works as a constituent unit of Karachi Metropolitan University. ¹³

The college came into existence on 27 November 1991. ¹ It was the first medical and dental college established by a metropolitan corporation. ¹

The Sindh prospectus keeps 250 MBBS seats and 100 BDS seats at the college. ¹ Our programme record lists the same seat counts at Rs. 28,000 a year for each course. Our programme record lists MBBS as a five-year course and BDS as a four-year course.

The Karachi Metropolitan Corporation founded the college in 1991. ¹⁴ The prospectus records that the college pioneered the policy of one hundred percent merit admissions and the aptitude test for admission. ¹

The Sindh cabinet agreed on 22 February 2022 to convert the college into Karachi Metropolitan University. ³ The prospectus records the university under Sindh Assembly Act No. LIV of 2023, with the college and Abbasi Shaheed Hospital as constituent units. ¹ Wikipedia dates the university to the same assembly act. ⁴

Wikipedia records the college as the first medical college in Pakistan managed by a metropolitan corporation. ⁴ It also records a legacy that spans more than two decades. ⁴

The two Sindh prospectuses name different principals. The all-Sindh prospectus names Prof. Dr. Naila Zahir, and the LUMHS prospectus names Prof. Dr. Nargis Anjum. ¹²

The LUMHS prospectus records 2,078 enrolled students in MBBS and BDS and 25 pass-out batches. ² The all-Sindh prospectus records 26 pass-out batches. ¹

An alumni network works under the name KMDC Alumni 1997-2025, and the student body runs the patient welfare organisation HOPES. ¹

Our dataset records KMDC MBBS open-merit aggregates of 85.40% for 2022, 86.80% for 2023, 81.50% for 2024 and 82.52% for 2025. The 2025 self-finance aggregate is 81.21%.

Our dataset records BDS open-merit aggregates of 82.30% for 2022, 83.55% for 2023, 79.50% for 2024 and 85.80% for 2025.

Every aggregate follows the Sindh formula: 50% MDCAT, 40% HSSC and 10% SSC. ¹ The MDCAT scale moved from 210 marks to 200 marks and then to 180 marks across these years. ⁷ One percentage point is not one raw mark in every row. The 2024 MBBS row sits 5.30 points below 2023, and the 2025 row recovers to 82.52%. The rows move within about five points across the four sessions.

Abbasi Shaheed Hospital in Nazimabad works as the main teaching hospital of the college. ¹⁵ Wikipedia names the hospital as the teaching hospital for Karachi Metropolitan University. ⁵

The hospital dates to the early 1970s and took its name from Major Ziauddin Abbasi, who died in the 1965 war. ⁵ Karachi Metropolitan Corporation runs the hospital. ⁵

The prospectus records 1,000 beds at Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, Wikipedia records 850 beds and our dataset records 950 beds. ¹⁵ Our dataset history note places the clinical base at Abbasi Shaheed Hospital in Nazimabad.

The prospectus lists the attached hospitals. ¹ Sarfaraz Rafique Hospital holds 100 beds and Sobhraj Maternity Hospital holds 150 beds. ¹ Spencer Eye Hospital holds 150 beds, the heart institute holds 170 beds and the kidney institute holds 100 beds. ¹

The dental unit holds 100 chairs for clinical work. ¹

The college sits at Block M, North Nazimabad, District Central, Karachi. ²

The prospectus records a gymnasium and sports grounds for futsal, football and cricket, with courts for table tennis, basketball, volleyball, snooker and badminton. ¹

Our facilities record lists the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital wards, the modern dental clinics, the KMDC auditorium, the digital learning resource lab and the on-campus library.

The LUMHS prospectus records an on-campus library and a digital learning resource lab for student work. ² It gives the college address with the telephone lines and the contact email. ²

The prospectus records the college research journal, Annals of ASH and KMDC, as recognised by the HEC and PMDC. ²

Wikipedia records accreditation from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Pakistan for the teaching hospital. ⁵

Our recognition record holds PMDC recognition, a WHO World Directory listing, ECFMG eligibility and CPSP accreditation. Our dataset marks the recognition status of the college as active.

The prospectus keeps the college inside the public sector admission rules of Sindh. ¹ The seat tables of the province list the college under the Karachi selection centre. ¹

The prospectus lists student societies for wellness, academic excellence, performing arts, sports, community service, public speaking and entrepreneurship. ¹ Students also run the patient welfare organisation HOPES. ¹

Sports run in the gymnasium and on the futsal, football and cricket grounds. ¹

The college places students from FATA and Balochistan through an HEC scholarship programme and hosts Allama Iqbal scholars from Sri Lanka and Afghanistan. ¹

Our facilities record lists no college hostel, so students arrange their own stay in Karachi. Our dataset history note records intensive clinical emergency experience, trauma surgery and urban community health for students.