The National University of Medical Sciences, commonly referred as NUMS, is a

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located in

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.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, regulating ...

(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 medicin ...

(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. I ...

(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 undergraduate ...

(NUST) but now it is a

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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.

References

External links

NUMS official website
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