Dental Section, Abbottabad International Medical College

Overview

Dental Section, Abbottabad International Medical College is a private medical institution in Abbottabad, KPK. It admits MBBS students through the PMDC-MDCAT route.

History & background

Abbottabad International Medical College (AIMC) traces its roots to 2008, established under the auspices of the (unrelated-in-name-only) Frontier Medical & Dental College group in Abbottabad, with the goal of providing internationally benchmarked medical education in the Hazara region. The dental section was set up to award the Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) degree alongside the college's MBBS program; a separately documented founding date for the dental section specifically is not publicly available.

Location

Abbottabad is a hill city in the Hazara region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, originally founded as a British cantonment in 1853, and has grown into an educational and medical-training hub for the province, hosting several public and private medical/dental colleges.

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
• Oral Pathology
• Oral Medicine
• Community Dentistry

Courses offered

• BDS

Student body

Total enrollment figures are not publicly published; PMDC's college list allocates 50 BDS seats annually to the dental section.

Notable facts

• Affiliated with Khyber Medical University (KMU)
• Recognized by the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC)
• Operates alongside AIMC's MBBS program under the same institutional umbrella

Admission criteria

Merit at Dental Section, Abbottabad International Medical College is computed under the standard weightage: Matric 10% + FSc/HSSC 40% + entrance test 50%. Minimum FSc 60% and a qualifying PMDC-MDCAT score are required to be eligible.

Eligibility

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

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