Khairpur Medical College

Khairpur Medical College is a public medical college in Khairpur Mir’s in northern Sindh. The Sindh Government prospectus lists it among the twelve public sector medical colleges of the province ¹. Our dataset records 100 MBBS seats, 500 beds at Civil Hospital Khairpur and student hostels on campus.

The college runs one undergraduate programme, the five-year MBBS ¹³. It offers no BDS programme in our records. Seats serve ten tagged districts of northern and central Sindh ¹. Khairpur district holds 16 seats, the largest share of the ten districts ¹.

Our dataset names PUMHS Shaheed Benazirabad as the affiliating university. The prospectus records that the college follows the syllabus of PUMHS Nawabshah for its examinations ¹. The college opened as a LUMHS project in 2012 ²⁴.

Clinical teaching runs at KMC Civil Hospital Khairpur and three more hospitals in the city ¹². The college website records an IT network that links the campus, hospital and hostels ².

Our dataset records 2012 as the founding year. The prospectus states that the college was established on 30 June 2012 inside the Government Elementary College for Women at Khairpur Mir’s ¹. The college website records the inauguration on 29 December 2012 by the Chief Minister of Sindh, Syed Qaim Ali Shah ².

The college opened under the name LUMHS Khairpur Medical College ². It started with five staff members drawn from LUMHS ⁴. Wikipedia records Prof Dr Mashoor Alam Shah as the first principal and Dr Mumtaz Ali Channa as the first administrator ⁴.

The first batch of 100 students joined the session 2014-15 ¹. The Pakistan Medical and Dental Council recognised the college for 100 MBBS seats in 2015 ¹². Wikipedia marks 2015 as the establishment year for this reason ⁴.

Students and faculty later protested for council affiliation ⁵. The Pakistan Medical Commission granted provisional affiliation on 21 February 2020 ⁴. The News reported the affiliation on 24 January 2020 and named the long protests behind it ⁵.

The first batch graduated in March 2020 ². Six hundred students graduated and 500 students study in the current batches, as the prospectus records ¹. Session 2025-26 admits the twelfth batch of 100 students ¹.

Of the 100 seats, 85 sit on general merit and 15 on the College Education Assistance Programme ¹. Khairpur district holds 16 seats, Dadu and Naushero Feroze hold 11 each ¹.

The annual examination system started in January 2020 under the PUMHS Nawabshah syllabus ³. A modular examination system followed in 2022 under the same syllabus ¹. The college teaches the PM and DC curriculum for its MBBS course ¹.

The prospectus names Prof. Dr. Javed Ahmed Phulpoto as the principal of the college ¹. The prospectus records a purpose-built college under construction near the railway station and Civil Hospital ¹. Wikipedia records planned construction on 28 acres at the KTN plot ⁴.

The prospectus lists Khairpur district with a population of 2.6 million around the college ¹.

Our dataset records four open-merit MBBS aggregates for this college. The closing aggregate moved from 78.2% in 2022 to 79.55% in 2023. It fell to 77.2% in 2024 and rose to 83.1% in 2025.

The 2025 figure is the highest in the series. It also marks the largest single-session rise in the four rows. 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 three parts: 10% SSC, 40% HSSC and 50% MDCAT ¹. A candidate needs at least 55% in MDCAT 2025 for MBBS ¹.

Our dataset records a fee of PKR 18,000 for the MBBS programme. The prospectus records an admission fee of Rs 20,000 and an affiliation fee of Rs 15,000 ¹. The first year totals Rs 43,800 on district merit ¹. Yearly tuition sits at Rs 48,000 for merit seats ¹.

KMC Civil Hospital Khairpur is the main teaching hospital. Our dataset records 500 beds and the prospectus gives the same figure ¹. Our dataset lists its teaching wards among the campus facilities.

Three more hospitals attach to the college. The prospectus lists TB Hospital Khairpur with 50 beds, SIOVS Eye Hospital with 20 beds and Kausar Hospital with 50 beds ¹. The four hospitals add up to 620 beds under the prospectus figures ¹.

The college website names City Hospital paediatrics unit, Lady Willington Hospital gynae unit I and Kausar Hospital gynae unit II ². Students rotate through these sites in the clinical years. Students also work at the TB Hospital and the eye hospital ¹.

Basic departments cover anatomy, biochemistry, pharmacology, forensic medicine and community medicine ². Clinical departments cover medicine, surgery, paediatrics, obstetrics and gynaecology and ophthalmology ².

The first batch completed its clinical years at these hospitals and graduated in March 2020 ². Session 2025-26 trains the twelfth batch across the same attached hospitals ¹. The prospectus records these hospitals as attached to the college for training ¹.

The college sits on Station Road in Khairpur Mir’s ². It lies close to the railway station and the Civil Hospital ¹. A purpose-built campus was under construction at the time of the 2025-26 prospectus ¹.

Our dataset lists the academic block, anatomy laboratory, medical library, teaching wards and student hostels. The lecture halls, laboratories, seminar halls and museums are air conditioned ². The site records a digital library, an IT lab and a digital repository ².

The campus network links the college, hospital and hostels over a peer-to-peer line with Wi-Fi coverage ². Biometric attendance and CCTV cameras run across the campus ².

Our dataset records student hostels on campus. The hostel schedule charges Rs 10,000 a year plus utility and maintenance charges ¹.

The site lists contact lines for the principal office and the examination cell ². Students use the digital library and the IT lab for coursework ².

Our dataset records PMDC recognition, a WHO directory listing, ECFMG eligibility and CPSP accreditation. The college won PM and DC recognition for 100 MBBS seats in 2015 ¹².

Wikipedia records PMC recognition on 21 February 2020 ⁴. The News reported that the PMC granted provisional affiliation in January 2020 ⁵.

The PMC asked the college to submit the prerequisites for full registration ⁵. The college website records PMC and HEC re-registration in January 2020 ².

PUMHS Nawabshah records a history of medical education since 1974 ⁶. The first batch graduated in March 2020 under the recognition ².

Khairpur Mir’s is the headquarters of Khairpur district ¹. The prospectus records a district population of 2.6 million ¹. The college serves students from ten tagged districts ¹. Students come from Dadu, Naushero Feroze, Larkana and Ghotki among them ¹.

Students live on campus in the hostels. Our dataset records student hostels and Wikipedia records one girls hostel ⁴. Wikipedia also records planned construction on 28 acres at the KTN plot ⁴.

The college asks students to take part in sports and recreational activities and to follow its code of conduct ³. Students move to the attached hospitals for clinical work in the later years ¹.

Wikipedia records the college motto as service to humanity ⁴. The site records a digital library over VPN for students ².