Dow Medical College (DMC) is the oldest medical college in Sindh and the second oldest in the country. A medical school for licentiate physicians was established at Hyderabad Sindh in 1881. In 1941 this medical school was given the status of medical college to impart training for MBBS Course. This college was under Bombay University.

This medical college at Hyderabad was inaugurated Sir Francis Moody, first Governor of Sindh and the first batch of forty five students including one muslim female student was admitted.

This college was shifted to Karachi on 10th Dec 1945. The foundation stone of the present premises was laid by Sir Hugh Dow, the then governor of Sindh, hence the college was renamed as ‘Dow Medical College’ in the honour of Governor of Sindh.

In December 2003 after the establishment of Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi. Dow Medical College became a constituent institution of Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi.

Dow Medical College (DMC) is affiliated with civil hospital and sindh govt. lyari general hospital and has a toal bed strength of 2300, making it the largest clinical teaching hospital in Pakistan.

Over 17,000 doctors have graduated from this institution and most of them are serving within and outside the country, after postgraduation.

Dow Medical College has a highly qualified and experienced faculty who have participated in many national and international conferences, seminars and workshops etc.

World Health Organization (WHO) to include in the undergraduate curriculum.

Since the establishment of Dow University facilities for students and doctors have been improved drastically. The lecture halls, tutorial rooms museum and laboratories are air conditioned, every lecture hall has multimedia and computers. The common room and canteens are fully renovated. There is a round the clock generator facility. New academic block will soon be completed with state of the art lecture halls and tutorial rooms.

All the basic science departments have been extensively renovated having tutorial rooms, museum and well equipped laboratories. The department of anatomy has one of the best plastic museums in the country. Currently major project of modernization of the college is in progress.

Dow Medical College is a constituent college of the Dow University of Health Sciences, established on 29th December 2003.


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