Dental Section, Hamdard College of Medicine & Dentistry

Overview

Dental Section, Hamdard College of Medicine & Dentistry is a private medical institution in Karachi, Sindh. It admits MBBS students through the PMDC-MDCAT route, and has been operating since 1999.

History & background

Hamdard University was established on 9 October 1991 by Shaheed Hakim Mohammed Said, founder of Hamdard Pakistan (1948), as one of the country's earliest private research universities. Its Faculty of Health & Medical Sciences, housing Hamdard College of Medicine & Dentistry, admitted its first MBBS batch in 1994 and its first BDS batch in 1999. As of 2026-07-17, the dental section's admissions are subject to a Sindh High Court 'stop admission' order, with an exception reportedly granted on 27.10.2025 permitting admissions for the 2025-26 session; no fixed PMDC seat allocation is currently published and this litigation could not be independently corroborated beyond the caveat provided.

Location

Karachi is Pakistan's largest city and principal seaport, the country's commercial and industrial hub on the Arabian Sea coast, and home to the greatest concentration of medical and dental colleges of any Pakistani city. The college itself sits within Madinat al-Hikmah, a large education/research campus in the Bund Murad area of Gadap Town, Karachi.

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; admissions for the 2025-26 session are proceeding under a court-granted exception rather than a routine, fixed PMDC seat allocation.

Notable facts

• First BDS batch admitted in 1999, five years after the college's first MBBS batch (1994)
• Located within Madinat al-Hikmah, Hamdard University's 350-acre-plus Karachi campus, described by its founder as 'a City of Education, Science, and Culture'
• Admissions currently subject to a Sindh High Court 'stop admission' order, with an exception granted (27.10.2025) for the 2025-26 session — noted explicitly rather than assigning an unverified seat number
• Founded by Shaheed Hakim Mohammed Said, also founder of Hamdard Pakistan (1948)

Admission criteria

Merit at Dental Section, Hamdard College of Medicine & Dentistry 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, Hamdard College of Medicine & Dentistry.

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