Dental Section, Jinnah Medical & Dental College

Overview

Dental Section, Jinnah Medical & Dental College 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

Jinnah Medical & Dental College (JMDC), Karachi was founded in 1998 and admitted its first MBBS batch that year; Jinnah Dental College and its attached Medicare Dental Hospital were established in 1999 in central Karachi, with the first batch of doctors and dentists graduating together in June 2003.

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.

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. First combined MBBS/BDS batch graduated in June 2003.

Notable facts

• Established one year after the parent medical college (1998), with its own first BDS batch admitted in 1999
• Medicare Dental Hospital serves as the attached clinical teaching hospital
• Located on Shaheed-e-Millat Road, Karachi
• Affiliated with Jinnah Sindh Medical University (JSMU) and recognized by the Pakistan Medical Commission

Admission criteria

Merit at Dental Section, Jinnah Medical & Dental 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, Jinnah Medical & Dental College.

FAQs

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