Baqai Medical University Karachi was founded in 1988. It offer courses mainly in medicine, dentistry, and veterinary science.

History
Dr Fareed Uddin Baqai and his wife Dr Zahida Baqai were doctors and surgeons who had been educated in Pakistan and then in United Kingdom and began to practice in city of Karachi. In late 1960s, they started a private sector hospital in Karachi, the Baqai Hospital Nazimabad, which became a general hospital with 350 beds and modern facilities aimed at middle-income private patients, also doing charitable work.

In 1988, the first MBBS students were admitted, it was not until 1990 that the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council formally permitted the College to start clinical teaching at Baqai Hospital, Nazimabad. In 1992, the Baqai Foundation went on to establish the Baqai Dental College. A department of Dental Materials was established, and dental chairs and other equipment were procured.