Life at Army Medical College (AMC)

Army Medical College (AMC)

The Army Medical College Rawalpindi is the most prestigious medical college in Pakistan offering MBBS, BDS and many other Medical programs. The College was built in 1977 by Pakistan army and it became a constituent college of NUST in 1998. AMC has a unique distinction of imparting PhD/MPhil, MS and bachelors programs in basic medical sciences. The first batch comprised of 100 graduated students of MBBS. The College is also recognized from GMC-UK. 

The college is located in Cantonment city of Rawalpindi. It has 5 hostels for male students and two hostels for female students. It has well equipped laboratories, lecture halls and a spacious auditorium and seminar rooms.


Departments

§  Surgery

§  Pediatrics

§  Gynecology and Obstetrics

§  Anatomy

§  Physiology

§  Community Medicine

§  Ophthalmology

§  Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

§  Medicine

§  Dentistry

§  Pharmacology and Therapeutics

§  Pathology

§  Forensic Medicine and Toxicology

§  Dental Materials 

Programs offered

Undergraduate

§ Bachelor in Medicine and Surgery

§ Bachelor in Dental Surgery

Post Graduate

§ MPhil and PhD Anatomy

§ MPhil and PhD Chemical Pathology

§ MPhil and PhD Molecular Medicine

§ MPhil and PhD Pharmacology 

§ MPhil and PhD Physiology

§ MPhil Community Medicine

§ MPhil Hematology

§ MPhil Histopathology   

§ MPhil Microbiology 

§ MPhil Science of Dental Material 

§ MS and PhD Prosthodontics 

§ MPhil and Phd Biochemistry 

Campus life

The campus life at AMC is well disciplined and strict. All the in-living as well as out-living students have to wear army uniform, except outliving students are given relaxation for starting one or two weeks and they can come in the colored dresses but after that they also have to wear army uniform as long as they complete their studies there. As you can see in the picture below all students are in proper army uniform whether civilian or medical cadet in Pakistan army.

  Types of Cadets in AMC 

1. MC's Military Cadets : Male only. Selected by GHQ after clearing ISSB. Have to sign a bond for 13 years service in Pakistan Army.

2. NC's Nust Cadets : Both Male and Female. Selected on the basis of NET. Don't have to sign any bond for service in Army.

3. NFC's Nust Foreign Cadets : Both Male and Female. Selected on the basis of SAT Score and NET. (For A-levels Students) Don't have to sign any bond for service in Army.

4. PC's Paying Cadets: Both Male and Female. Seats reserved for the wards of Army Officers. Selected by GHQ on the basis of NET. Have to sign a bond for 3 years service in Pakistan Army.

5. ASC's Additional Selected Cadets: Both Male and Female. Seats reserved for the wards of Army Officers. Selected by GHQ on the basis of NET. Have to sign a bond for 3 years service in Pakistan Army.

Distribution of seats in AMC

MBBS	SEATS
Open seats for male by GHQ	100
Open seats by NUST for both	40
PC seats for Armed forced officers children	20
Additional PC Seats	30

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BDS	SEATS
Open seats for male by GHQ	2
Open seats by NUST for both	25
PC seats for Armed forced officers children	10
Additional PC Seats	13