Description

Army Medical College was established in Rawalpindi in the year of 1977 as a completely residential institute. The college was initially affiliated, for the award of MBBS degree, with Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad. The first MBBS course comprising of 100 students graduated in 1981. It became a constituent College of NUST in 1998.Bachelors in Dental Surgery (BDS) classes were started during the same year. This college also has the unique distinction for imparting postgraduate training (MPhil/PhD) in basic medical sciences since 1996 and 2001.
The 4-year degree programme meets the requirements of the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PM&DC). The specifically designed programme aims at exposing the students to real life problems, including radical art in clinical dental practice. The students are provided with a solid foundation in basic principles of medicine, diagnostics and surgical techniques to meet the challenges of the future in the field of dentistry.

The four-year degree programme of BDS meets the requirements of the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council. It is a combination of hard-core subjects of dentistry with medical and basic sciences. Clinical training in the dental disciplines is imparted at the Armed Forces Institute of Dentistry (AFID) which is equipped with modern facilities in the field. The specifically designed programme aims at exposing the students to real life problems including radical art in clinical dental practice. The students are provided with a solid foundation of basic principles of medicine, diagnostics and surgical techniques to meet the challenges of the future in the field of dentistry.