Bacha Khan Medical College

Overview

Bacha Khan Medical College is a public medical institution in Mardan, KPK. It admits MBBS students through the ETEA route.

History & background

Approved in October 2008 with an annual intake of 100 students, MBBS classes began in January 2010 and the college was inaugurated on 1 January 2010 in Sheikh Maltoon Town, Mardan. It is named after Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan ('Bacha Khan'), the noted anti-colonial freedom fighter from the region, and became the first public-sector medical college in Pakistan to receive PMDC recognition in its very first year of establishment.

Location

Mardan is a major city in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's fertile Peshawar Valley, historically part of the ancient Gandhara region and located near important Buddhist archaeological sites such as Takht-i-Bahi.

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

Approved annual MBBS intake at founding was 100 students; current total enrollment figures are not publicly published.

Notable facts

• Named after Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan ('Bacha Khan'), a leading Pakistan Movement-era political figure
• First public-sector medical college in Pakistan recognized by PMDC in its founding year (2010)
• Based within the Mardan Medical Complex, a 500-kanal teaching hospital site
• Affiliated with Khyber Medical University since 2010

Admission criteria

Merit at Bacha Khan 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 93.81% aggregate
• Borderline: within ~0.5% of 93.81% — depends on this cycle's applicant pool
• Unlikely on open merit: below 92.81% 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 Bacha Khan Medical College.

FAQs

Other KPK medical colleges

• Khyber Medical College — Peshawar · public · 94.77% merit
• Ayub Medical College — Abbottabad · public · 94.19% merit
• Khyber Girls Medical College — Peshawar · public · 93.89% merit
• Saidu Medical College — Swat · public · 93.79% merit
• Nowshera Medical College — Nowshera · public · 93.62% merit