Jinnah Sindh Medical University (), formerly known as ''Sindh Medical College'', is a

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, Sindh,

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. It gained university status in June 2012.

History

Jinnah Sindh Medical University, formerly known as Sindh Medical College, started on April 7, 1973 after approval of a committee constituted by the

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. Approximately 200 students were admitted to their first year of a MBBS in 1973. Khawaja Moin Ahmed was appointed as the first principal of the college. The college initially began working in the pediatrics ward of the

Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre The Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (J.P.M.C., also known as ''Jinnah Hospital, Karachi'') is located at ''Rafiqui Shaheed Road'' in Karachi Cantonment area of Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre In 2015, approximately ...

, which had been the army barracks since 1865 and was given to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre in 1959.

Affiliations

The university is fully accredited by the Higher Education Commission and the University Grants Commission (Pakistan). The University is also associated with other medical institutions such as the

, the National Institute of Child Health and the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases.

Mergers

In 2003, Sindh Medical College became a part of the

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. It also shares the curriculum, faculty, and other certain resources with the other affiliated institutions of DUHS, such as DMC (

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) and Dow International Medical College. Later in 2010, it merged with Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre

Granted university status

The Sindh Medical College achieved university status on June 2, 2012 and thus became third medical university in

, with the ordinance signed by the Governor Sindh, Ishrat-ul-Ebad Khan, and witnessed by

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at Bilawal House.

Notable alumni

The list of notable graduates of the Sindh Medical College (and later university) includes:Sindh Medical College Alumni Association Pakistan
Alumni Database *

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* Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui *

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