Karachi is home to more medical colleges than any other city in Pakistan, spanning three different admission routes — Sindh's public-sector MDCAT (via DUHS), PMDC-regulated private colleges, and Aga Khan University's own internal test. If you're applying in Sindh, most of your shortlist probably starts here.
Public colleges (Sindh-MDCAT)
- Dow Medical College (DUHS) — 350 MBBS, 75 BDS, 86.4% closing merit. The oldest and largest public option in the city.
- Dow International Medical College — 100 MBBS, 84.2% closing merit. DUHS's second campus, smaller intake.
- Jinnah Sindh Medical University — 250 MBBS, 85.1% closing merit.
Private colleges (PMDC-MDCAT)
- Ziauddin Medical University — 150 MBBS, 50 BDS, 78.5% closing merit.
- Bahria University Medical & Dental College — 100 MBBS, 50 BDS, 80% closing merit, semi-government.
The AKU exception
Aga Khan University Medical College doesn't publish a closing merit percentage — admission runs through its own AKU-Test rather than Sindh-MDCAT, and its ~100 MBBS seats are evaluated on a separate scale entirely. Don't try to benchmark your Sindh-MDCAT aggregate against it.
What this means for your shortlist
Public-sector merit in Karachi runs noticeably lower than Punjab's — DUHS's own Dow Medical College closes around 86%, well under King Edward's 94.87% in Lahore. That's a function of Sindh's separate MDCAT and provincial quota system, not a quality signal. If Karachi is your city, plan your aggregate against these numbers specifically, not against Punjab benchmarks you may have seen elsewhere.
See the full medical colleges directory to compare against every other province, or run your numbers through our MDCAT aggregate calculator first.