Ameer-ud-Din Medical College (PGMI)

Overview

Ameer-ud-Din Medical College (PGMI) is a public medical institution in Lahore, Punjab. It admits MBBS students through the UHS-MDCAT route.

History & background

Established around 2011-2012 on the initiative of then-Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif as one of six public medical colleges in Lahore, under the Postgraduate Medical Institute (PGMI). It is named after Dr. Ameer-ud-Din, a Mayo Hospital surgery professor who, following Partition, treated victims of communal violence and donated proceeds from the sale of his personal house in Gulberg to develop the Paediatric Surgery Ward at Mayo Hospital.

Location

The college is part of the Postgraduate Medical Institute complex in Lahore, attached to Lahore General Hospital, within Punjab's long-established medical education corridor centred on the city.

Faculties & departments

Standard MBBS/BDS department structure — not independently confirmed for this specific college.

• Anatomy
• Physiology
• Biochemistry
• Pathology
• Pharmacology
• Forensic Medicine
• Community Medicine
• Medicine
• Surgery
• Obstetrics & Gynaecology
• Paediatrics
• ENT
• Ophthalmology
• Psychiatry
• Radiology

Courses offered

• MBBS
• Postgraduate diploma and MD programs through the affiliated Postgraduate Medical Institute (PGMI)

Student body

Total current enrollment figures are not publicly published.

Notable facts

• Named after Dr. Ameer-ud-Din, a Mayo Hospital surgeon known for post-Partition humanitarian medical work
• Attached to Lahore General Hospital as its teaching hospital
• Operates under the Postgraduate Medical Institute (PGMI), Lahore, and is affiliated with UHS

Admission criteria

Merit at Ameer-ud-Din Medical College (PGMI) is computed under the standard weightage: Matric 10% + FSc/HSSC 40% + UHS-MDCAT 50%. Minimum FSc 60% and a qualifying UHS-MDCAT score are required to be eligible.

What aggregate do you need?

• Safe: above 94.01% aggregate
• Borderline: within ~0.5% of 94.01% — depends on this cycle's applicant pool
• Unlikely on open merit: below 93.01% on open merit — consider provincial quota or other colleges

Eligibility

• FSc Pre-Medical (or equivalent) with at least 60% marks
• Qualifying UHS-MDCAT score, at or above the published cutoff
• Domicile / provincial quota requirements as published by the college
• Age, medical fitness, and character certificate per PMDC rules

Application process

1. Appear in the UHS-MDCAT and clear the cutoff.
2. Apply through the central admissions portal for UHS-MDCAT.
3. Submit FSc, Matric, entrance-test, domicile and CNIC documents.
4. Wait for the merit list; confirm your seat and deposit dues at Ameer-ud-Din Medical College (PGMI).

FAQs

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