Dental College, Ayub Medical College

Overview

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

History & background

The Department of Dentistry at Ayub Medical College was established in 1999, admitting its first class of 24 students who graduated in 2003; intake was later increased to 50 students. It operates within the wider Ayub Medical Complex, whose parent medical college opened on 9 May 1979 and whose current 133-acre campus opened on 30 December 1990.

Location

Abbottabad is a hill town in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa founded as a British cantonment in 1853 by Major James Abbott, historically valued for its temperate climate and now home to a cluster of major medical and military educational institutions.

Faculties & departments

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

• Oral Anatomy
• Dental Materials
• Operative Dentistry
• Prosthodontics
• Orthodontics
• Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
• Periodontology

Courses offered

• BDS

Student body

Began with 24 BDS students in its first cohort (1999, graduated 2003); intake was later expanded to 50 students per year. Twenty batches of dentistry students had graduated as of recent reporting.

Notable facts

• Part of the 133-acre Ayub Medical Complex, which also houses a nursing school and paramedical institute.
• Affiliated with Khyber Medical University.
• Twenty batches of graduates had completed the program as of the most recent published figures.

Admission criteria

Merit at Dental College, 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.

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 Dental College, Ayub Medical College.

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