Ayub Medical College

Overview

Ayub Medical College is a public medical institution in Abbottabad, KPK. It admits MBBS students through the ETEA route.

History & background

Approved for construction in 1978 after a 1975 site search among Abbottabad, Dera Ismail Khan, Mingora and Chitral; classes began on 9 May 1979 with the first batch of 100 students initially housed at the Education Extension Centre. The permanent campus and teaching hospital opened on 30 December 1990. It is named after former President Ayub Khan, who hailed from nearby Haripur, and is the second-oldest medical college in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Location

Abbottabad is a hill-station city in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa founded by British Major James Abbott in 1853, historically valued for its cool climate and used as a military cantonment and recreational hill town during the colonial period.

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

Student body

The founding batch in 1979 had 100 students; current total enrollment figures are not publicly published.

Notable facts

• Second-oldest medical college in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
• Named after former President Ayub Khan, a native of nearby Haripur
• Affiliated with Khyber Medical University
• Permanent campus and teaching hospital opened in 1990

Admission criteria

Merit at Ayub Medical College is computed under the standard weightage: Matric 10% + FSc/HSSC 40% + ETEA 50%. Minimum FSc 60% and a qualifying ETEA score are required to be eligible.

What aggregate do you need?

• Safe: above 94.19% aggregate
• Borderline: within ~0.5% of 94.19% — depends on this cycle's applicant pool
• Unlikely on open merit: below 93.19% on open merit — consider provincial quota or other colleges

Eligibility

• FSc Pre-Medical (or equivalent) with at least 60% marks
• Qualifying ETEA 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 ETEA and clear the cutoff.
2. Apply through the central admissions portal for ETEA.
3. Submit FSc, Matric, entrance-test, domicile and CNIC documents.
4. Wait for the merit list; confirm your seat and deposit dues at Ayub Medical College.

FAQs

Other KPK medical colleges

• Khyber Medical College — Peshawar · public · 94.77% merit
• Khyber Girls Medical College — Peshawar · public · 93.89% merit
• Bacha Khan Medical College — Mardan · public · 93.81% merit
• Saidu Medical College — Swat · public · 93.79% merit
• Nowshera Medical College — Nowshera · public · 93.62% merit