Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences (Dental)

The Institute of Dentistry at Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences sits in Jamshoro, Sindh. The prospectus calls it the second oldest but the largest institute of dentistry in the country ¹. Our dataset records 100 BDS seats and 150 beds at Liaquat University Hospital.

This entry covers the dental programme: the four-year Bachelor of Dental Surgery ¹. The PMDC register lists the unit as Faculty of Dentistry, LUMHS with 100 seats ⁶. The university admits students through the Sindh Government prospectus for session 2025-26 ¹.

Our dataset names LUMHS Jamshoro as the affiliating university. The dental section runs at the Jamshoro campus and started there in 1963 ¹⁴. The unit teaches twelve departments across basic and clinical dental sciences ³.

Students train at the dental hospital, the skill lab and the OSPE centre on campus ³. The university publishes an admissions portal for the session ⁵. The fee schedule adds a PMDC registration charge of Rs 7,000 at admission ¹.

Our dataset records 1881 as the founding year. The prospectus traces the root to a medical school at Civil Hospital Hyderabad opened in 1881 ¹. Wikipedia records a first batch of 20 students while the prospectus records 45 ¹⁴.

Wikipedia names Henry Napier Bruce Erskine at the inauguration of the Sindh Medical School ⁴. The school moved to Karachi on 10 December 1945 and took the name Dow Medical College ¹. Liaquat Medical College started in Hyderabad in 1951 under the University of Sindh ¹.

The college took its name from Liaquat Ali Khan, the first Prime Minister of Pakistan ¹. The college shifted to its Jamshoro campus in 1963 ¹. The prospectus lists the dental section among the departments that moved to Jamshoro in 1963 ¹.

The Dental Section was added in 1963 for the Bachelor of Dental Surgery degree ¹. The section started postgraduate courses in the same year ¹. Wikipedia records the Faculty of Dentistry introduced in 1963 ⁴.

The college became a postgraduate medical institute in 1989 ¹. By then it produced more than 1,200 specialists with postgraduate qualifications ¹. The Liaquat University Ordinance of 20 January 2001 upgraded the college to LUMHS ¹.

The university became the first public sector medical university of the country ¹⁴. The dental section became the Institute of Dentistry when the college gained university status ¹. The prospectus lists the institute among the constituent units of the university ¹.

The institute is recognized by the PM and DC and by CPSP for postgraduate training ¹. The prospectus records British GMC and ECFMG recognition for the college ¹.

Postgraduate study covers MSc in clinical disciplines, FCPS-II in oral and maxillofacial surgery, operative dentistry and prosthodontics, and FCPS in orthodontics ¹. The university introduced an integrated modular curriculum in 2021 ⁴.

The PMDC register lists the dental unit with 100 seats for the session ⁶.

Our dataset records four open-merit BDS aggregates for this college. The closing aggregate moved from 80.2% in 2022 to 81.5% in 2023. It fell to 78.9% in 2024 and rose to 85.2% in 2025.

The 2025 figure is the highest in the series. 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.

Our dataset records a fee of PKR 18,000. The prospectus records an admission fee of Rs 20,000 and tuition of Rs 48,000 a year on district merit ¹. The first year on district merit therefore costs Rs 68,000 ¹.

Overseas seats cost Rs 50,000 admission and US$11,000 tuition a year ¹.

Students treat patients at the dental hospital on the Jamshoro campus ³. Our dataset records Liaquat University Hospital as the attached hospital with 150 beds. The prospectus lists the Institute of Dentistry among the constituent institutes of the university ¹.

Clinical departments cover operative dentistry, oral and maxillofacial surgery, orthodontics, prosthodontics and periodontology ³. Oral medicine, paediatric dentistry and forensic odontology join them ³. Basic departments cover science of dental material, oral biology, community dentistry and oral pathology ³.

The faculty publishes learning outcomes for the BDS programme ³. The prospectus records a dentistry skill lab and an OSPE centre at the faculty ²³. The PMDC register lists the unit with 100 seats for the session ⁶.

The institute trains postgraduates in oral and maxillofacial surgery, operative dentistry, prosthodontics and orthodontics ¹. Training runs under CPSP recognition for the college ¹.

Wikipedia records Liaquat University Hospital and the NIMRA Cancer Hospital as affiliates of the university ⁴. The dental hospital sits with the medical college institutes on the Jamshoro campus ¹.

The university sits on a 570-acre campus at Jamshoro ⁴. The medical college moved there in 1963 and the dental section joined it the same year ¹.

Our dataset lists the dental hospital, maxillofacial surgery operatories, phantom head skills lab, central university library and hostels. The faculty records a dentistry skill lab and an OSPE centre ²³.

The prospectus gives an Al-Tibri International Hostel for boys at Rs 5,000 per month ¹. Other hostels for boys and girls cost Rs 50,000 a year plus a one-time allotment fee ¹.

Students pay a transport fee of Rs 15,000 a year under the fee schedule ¹. The university development fee adds Rs 10,000 a year to the schedule ¹. A document verification charge of Rs 5,000 applies at admission ¹.

The university keeps separate departments for basic and clinical dental sciences on the campus ³. The faculty page records a dean, a mission statement and learning outcomes for the BDS programme ³.

Our dataset records PMDC recognition, a WHO directory listing, ECFMG eligibility and CPSP accreditation. The prospectus records PM and DC and CPSP recognition for the institute ¹.

The PMDC register lists the unit as Faculty of Dentistry, LUMHS with 100 seats ⁶. The prospectus records British GMC and ECFMG recognition for the college ¹.

The institute runs MSc and FCPS training recognized by CPSP ¹. Wikipedia records the university as the first public sector medical university in the country ⁴.

Wikipedia records about 350 graduates from the university each year ⁴. The PMDC register keeps the unit active for the session ⁶.

The university records an Al-Tibri International Hostel for boys and other hostels for boys and girls ¹. Hostel fee stays the same for all courses except postgraduate and house officer seats ¹.

Our dataset records hostels for the dental college. Students deposit the hostel fee at the time of admission ¹.

The fee schedule includes a student activities and extra-curriculum charge of Rs 10,000 and a transport fee of Rs 15,000 a year ¹. A convocation charge of Rs 5,000 appears in the same schedule ¹.

The university holds a 6th International Dental Conference on 3 and 4 January 2026 at Jamshoro ². The institute posts a dean’s message and learning outcomes for its students ³.

The campus hosts the medical, pharmacy, nursing and physiotherapy institutes of the university ¹. The college moved to Jamshoro in 1963 ¹.