Army Medical College Rawalpindi

Army Medical College, Abid Majeed Road, Rawalpindi, Pakistan is the medical training institute of the Pakistan Armed Forces and is a unit of the National University of Science and Technology. It was established in 1977; the 1st course of 99 girls & boys was inducted on 26 March, now celebrated as the "Raising Day". Within years it became one of the most sought after medical colleges in Pakistan.

History

Need for establishing Army Medical College was felt after many years of experience of commissioning the medical graduates of civil medical colleges of Pakistan into the armed forces, the majority of whom were either conscripted or joined the Army on emergency basis and did not stay permanently in the Army. This had resulted in a chronic shortage of doctors in the Armed Forces of Pakistan and unbalanced career structure of regular cadre of medical officers of the Army Medical Corps (Pakistan). Thus Army Medical College was established in 1977, by the Government of Pakistan to provide well-trained, competent, disciplined and confident medical officers who would long cherish their career in the Army Medical Corps.
Founder principal of the college, Lt Gen (Retd) Ayub Khan, affectionately called "Baba" by all Amcolians (graduates of Army Medical College), took the tough challenge of getting the institution recognized against all odds. He not only succeeded in doing so on national level but soon the college was recognized for its excellent academic records the world over.
The College, formerly a completely residential institute, started imparting medical education to the selected Medical Cadets of the first MBBS course in 1977. Successful training lead to the graduation and award of MBBS Degree by the Quaid-i-Azam University. Since 1998, the College has been affiliated with the National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST).
Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) classes commenced in 1998 and the first BDS course passed out in 2002.
 

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