Army Medical College ( ur, , also known as ''AM College'') is a military institute which was established in 1977 as a residential institution for imparting undergraduate medical education to selected cadets. The college also allows the civilian admission of students who do not want to join

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. Degree awarded by AMC is accredited by the

Pakistan Medical and Dental Council Pakistan Medical Commission is a statutory regulatory authority that maintains the official register of medical practitioners in Pakistan. Its chief function is to establish uniform minimum standards of basic and higher qualifications in medicin ...

(PMDC). The college was initially affiliated with

Quaid-i-Azam University Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad ( ur, ; commonly referred to as QAU), founded as University of Islamabad, is a ranked 1 public research university in Islamabad, Pakistan. Founded as the University of Islamabad in 1967, it was initially dedi ...

(QAU) for

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degree. From 1998 to 2015, the college was affiliated with

National University of Sciences and Technology (Pakistan) The National University of Sciences & Technology (NUST) ( ur, , Qaumī Jāmi'ā barā'e Sāins va Ṭaiknālōjī) is a multi-campus public research university having its main campus in Islamabad, Pakistan. The university offers undergraduat ...

(NUST). The college is now a constituent campus of National University of Medical Sciences (NUMS). The induction of students in Army Medical College is done by two methods, one is throug
Medical Cadet Course
and the other is through NUMS entrance test. NUMS seats are for civilians while only medical cadets can join

. Up till 2021, foreign students could apply on the basis of

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results in lieu of the NUMS test like other medical colleges in Pakistan.

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