The National University of Medical Sciences, commonly referred as NUMS, is a
public university
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located in
Rawalpindi,
Punjab
Punjab (; Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising a ...
,
Pakistan
Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 243 million people, and has the world's second-lar ...
.
[University Overview of National University of Medical Sciences]
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Overview
The ''National University of Medical Sciences'' is recognized by the
Higher Education Commission of Pakistan
The Higher Education Commission (colloquially known as HEC) is a statutory body formed by the Government of Pakistan which was established in 2002 under the Chairmanship of Atta-ur-Rahman. Its main functions are funding, overseeing, regulatin ...
(HEC) for degree awarding status and 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 medici ...
(PMDC) and the
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Pakistan
The College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan ( ur, , abbreviated as CPSP) is a regulatory college established in 1962 by a special act of the Parliament of Pakistan to oversee the postgraduate medical education and professional development. ...
(CPSP) for undergraduate and postgraduate medical education and training. It was established in 2015 and run by the
Pakistan Army Medical Corps
The Pakistan Army Medical Corps, Urdu: ﺁرمى مڈيكل كور; ''Army Medical Corps'', abbreviated as the AMC and popularly known as Medical Corps, is a military administrative combatant staff corps, and a primary military medical comman ...
. Previously, Army Medical College (which is a military-run medical institute)
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) but now it is a
constituent college
A collegiate university is a university in which functions are divided between a central administration and a number of constituent colleges. Historically, the first collegiate university was the University of Paris and its first college was the C ...
of the university.
Constituent institutions
*
Army Medical College
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 civili ...
*
Armed Forces Post Graduate Medical Institute
The Armed Forces Post Graduate Medical Institute, commonly referred to as AFPGMI, is a Postgraduate Medical Institute operated by the Pakistan Armed Forces. Its primary function is to provide graduate level medical education to physicians, surgeo ...
* College of Nursing, Armed Forces Post Graduate Medical Institute
* Army College of Veterinary Sciences
Affiliated institutions
*
CMH Lahore Medical And Dental College
CMH Lahore Medical College and Institute of Dentistry is located on Abdur Rehman Road in the Cantonment neighborhood of Lahore, Pakistan. It is a co-educational institution and is attached to Combined Military Hospital Lahore. It was establish ...
* CMH Kharian Medical College
* Quetta Institute of Medical Sciences
* CMH Multan Institute of Medical Sciences
*
Wah Medical College
The Wah Medical College (WMC) ( ur, ) is a medical college located at Wah Cantonment, Punjab, Pakistan.
The college is located at Jinnah Avenue in the centre of the Educational zone of Wah Cantonment ''POF Hospital'' is attached to the coll ...
* HITEC Institute of Medical Sciences, Taxila
* Karachi Institute of Medical Sciences
* CMH Institute of Medical Sciences, Bahawalpur
Teaching/Training Hospitals/Institutes
* Armed Forces Institute of Cardiology
* Armed Forces Institute of Dentistry
* Armed Forces Institute of Mental Health
* Armed Forces Institute of Ophthalmology
* Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
* Armed Forces Institute of Radiology and Imaging
* Armed Forces Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine
* Armed Forces Institute of Transfusion
* Armed Forces Bone Marrow Transplant Centre
* Armed Forces Institute of Urology
Programs
The disciplines and the degree programs offered by NUMS have been tabulated below.
See also
*
List of medical colleges in Pakistan
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People
* List (surname)
Organizations
* List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
* SC Germania List, German rugby unio ...
References
External links
NUMS official website
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Pakistan Army universities and colleges
2015 establishments in Pakistan
Medical colleges in Punjab, Pakistan
Universities and colleges in Rawalpindi District
Public universities and colleges in Punjab, Pakistan
Military medicine in Pakistan
Educational institutions established in 2015
Military education and training in Pakistan