Liaquat University of Medical & Health Sciences

Overview

Liaquat University of Medical & Health Sciences is a public medical institution in Jamshoro, Sindh. It admits MBBS students through the Sindh-MDCAT route.

History & background

Traces its origins to an 1881 medical school at Civil Hospital, Hyderabad, Sindh, the second-oldest medical school in Pakistan and the oldest in Sindh, with an inaugural batch of 45 students including one Muslim woman. When that school moved to Karachi in December 1945 and became Dow Medical College, the Sindh government reopened the Hyderabad institution in 1951, naming it Liaquat Medical College after Pakistan's first Prime Minister, Liaquat Ali Khan. It relocated to a new 570-acre campus in Jamshoro in 1963 and attained full university status in 2001 as Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences.

Location

Jamshoro is a town on the west bank of the Indus River adjoining Hyderabad, Sindh, notable as the site of the Kotri Barrage and as a planned university town hosting several of Sindh's major public higher-education institutions.

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
• BDS
• Postgraduate residency and diploma programs (as a degree-awarding public medical university)

Student body

The founding batch in 1881 had 45 students; current total enrollment figures are not publicly published.

Notable facts

• Oldest medical school in Sindh, tracing roots to 1881
• Named after Pakistan's first Prime Minister, Liaquat Ali Khan
• 570-acre campus in Jamshoro since 1963
• Institutional predecessor to Dow Medical College, which split off in 1945

Admission criteria

Merit at Liaquat University of Medical & Health Sciences is computed under the standard weightage: Matric 10% + FSc/HSSC 40% + Sindh-MDCAT 50%. Minimum FSc 60% and a qualifying Sindh-MDCAT score are required to be eligible.

What aggregate do you need?

• Safe: above 82.5% aggregate
• Borderline: within ~0.5% of 82.5% — depends on this cycle's applicant pool
• Unlikely on open merit: below 81.50% on open merit — consider provincial quota or other colleges

Eligibility

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

FAQs

Other Sindh medical colleges

• Dow Medical College (DUHS) — Karachi · public · 87.72% merit
• Sindh Medical College — Karachi · public · 84.74% merit
• Dow International Medical College — Karachi · public · 84.2% merit
• Karachi Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) — Karachi · private · 83.85% merit
• Karachi Medical & Dental College — Karachi · public · 82.98% merit