Federal Medical & Dental College (FM&DC) Islamabad

When we talk about one of the best medical schools in Pakistan, we cannot neglect the contribution of Federal medical and dental colleges. FMDC has been one of the most prestigious medical institutes in the history of Pakistan. This medical college is located in two of the main cities of Pakistan, Islamabad, and Lahore. The history of this medical institute is fascinating; the institute is a constituent college of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto University. This is one of the best public-sector medical universities in the country, and the first one holds the quota of every province for the seats. This institute is a perfect example of Pakistan's higher education system, and FMDC is affiliated with PIMS (Pakistan Institute of Medical Science) and also with the Federal General Hospital.

Contribution of FMDC

FMDC has contributed a lot in Pakistan medical sector and holds the tendency to make young doctors holding a full package. The main benefits that this institute holds are that students get to work with fully licensed practitioners in the field. This institute provides students with the best practice, which makes them one of the best physicians that any other medical institutes offer. They have one of the best education systems which help students to reach their full potential and become the best in the field. All the future doctors who become a physician from this institute is contributing a lot in Pakistan medical center and trying to improve it as well.

Departments of FMDC

FMDC has a wide variety of subjects and departments in which students can apply for admission. All these departments have one of the best staff, which helps students to get all the knowledge about their field. Every teacher has years of experience in a particular area that he\she is teaching in. This is an excellent institute in which students can choose the department of their choice and get top-class education from it. Always keep in mind that the FMDC entry test has very high criteria. All students who are applying for this year's admission in FMDC can look up all the departments that they can choose from.

FMDC departments are divided into two different categories, and here are both of them.

FMDC Basic Science Departments

These are some of the most basic departments that medical students apply for in FMDC.

• Department of Anatomy
• Department of Physiology
• Department of Biochemistry
• Department of Pharmacology
• Department of Pathology
• Department of Community & Public Health Sciences
• Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology

FMDC Clinical Sciences Departments

Here are all the other clinical departments through which students can get an education in clinical studies of Science.

• Medicine
• Surgery
• Gynecology & Obstetrics
• Pediatric
• ENT
• Ophthalmology
• Radiology
• Pathology

Admission criteria to get admission in FMDC

As mentioned earlier, the admission criteria for FMDC are stringent, and students have to go through some steps to get admission in FMDC medical departments.

• Students have to get a certificate for 12 years of education from any recognized institute with Science, biology, chemistry, physics, and English subject.
• Every student has to pass the NTS examination.
• Students must have cleared the intermediate in particular subject with over 60 % marks, which means that they have to attain at least 660 targets out of 1100.
• If a candidate has done A level, then he has to pass it under the examination of Cambridge board UK, and the minimum marks percentage to apply for FMDC is 60% as well for them.

Students have to keep in mind all these criteria steps before they apply for FMDC.

The admission process of FMDC

After keeping in mind, all these particular requirements, students have to appear in the NTS Exam, where they have to take a 90MCQ test. This test is a total of 120 minutes, and students have to pass it with at least 2nd division marks. After that, the university makes a list of selected students by combining their inter and NTS marks.