Shahida Islam Dental College

Overview

Shahida Islam Dental College is a private medical institution in Lodhran, Punjab. It admits MBBS students through the PMDC-MDCAT route, and has been operating since 2019.

History & background

The Shahida Islam Medical Complex project began in 2013 in Lodhran, an underdeveloped district of southern Punjab, with Shahida Islam Medical College (SIMC) admitting its first MBBS batch in the 2016-17 session and Shahida Islam Teaching Hospital inaugurated the same year. Shahida Islam Dental College was added in 2019, following the earlier addition of the Rehabilitation Sciences and Nursing colleges in 2018.

Location

Lodhran is a district town in southern Punjab in an agricultural belt between Multan and Bahawalpur, historically underserved by higher-education and tertiary healthcare infrastructure.

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 75 BDS seats annually.

Notable facts

• Established in 2019, three years after the parent medical college's first MBBS batch (2016-17)
• Founded to serve an underdeveloped, previously underserved part of southern Punjab
• Part of the wider Shahida Islam Medical Complex, which also includes Rehabilitation Sciences, Nursing and Paramedical schools

Admission criteria

Merit at Shahida Islam 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 Shahida Islam Dental College.

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