Lahore · Established 2009
Where compassion meets clinical excellence.
Shalamar Medical & Dental College trains doctors with the knowledge, skills and ethics their communities need — taught by expert faculty, alongside a 500-bed teaching hospital.
Lahore · Established 2009
Shalamar Medical & Dental College trains doctors with the knowledge, skills and ethics their communities need — taught by expert faculty, alongside a 500-bed teaching hospital.
Welcome to SMDC
Established in 2009, Shalamar Medical and Dental College is a leading medical college with a campus teaching hospital providing hands-on clinical training. Our highly qualified faculty provide specialised training and mentorship using progressive pedagogical tools.
SMDC is a constituent of the Shalamar Institute of Health Sciences, founded by the Businessmen Hospital Trust — a charitable trust whose first project, Shalamar Hospital, has grown from 100 beds into a 500-bed modern teaching hospital.
Scholarship
The High Achievers Scholarship is awarded on the basis of each applicant’s merit aggregate, subject to the number of applications received and the availability of seats.
Few seats with 100% scholarship for the full five-year program are available for students with high merit. The minimum criteria for applying against these is an admission offer from public-sector medical colleges in any province in Pakistan.
Our purpose
To equip medical students and healthcare professionals from diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skills and attitudes required to meet the primary needs of the region and nation — training young men and women in quality medical education with the highest moral and ethical standards expected of disciplined health professionals.
To be a leading institution of the future, known for promoting lifelong learning, innovation and compassionate healthcare — integrating research and education, and fusing technology with clinical care, to produce graduates who provide cutting-edge healthcare that is cost-effective and affordable for the ordinary citizen.
Programmes
Undergraduate medicine, an MBBS with LUMS, CPSP-approved postgraduate training and professional diplomas — all taught alongside Shalamar Hospital.
A modular curriculum with problem-based learning, small-group discussions and interactive teaching, plus behavioural sciences and medical ethics. Affiliated with UHS.
Admissions 2026–27A first year at LUMS in molecular biology, genetics and electives such as AI and entrepreneurship, then five years of MBBS at SMDC.
Program detailsApproved by the College of Physicians & Surgeons Pakistan for postgraduate training in 19 disciplines, from Anaesthesia to Urology.
DisciplinesA one-year diploma by the SMDC Bioethics Department and the LUMS Learning Institute, online and in person.
About the diplomaFour-week rotations in basic science and clinical departments for undergraduate students from Pakistan and abroad.
How to applyConferences, courses, workshops and the faculty mentoring programme for doctors and educators.
CPD at SMDCDepartments
12 departments · 38 faculty
Basic Sciences
Anatomy · Biochemistry · Bioethics · Community Medicine · English Linguistics & Communication · Forensic Medicine · Medical Education · Pathology · Pharmacology · Physiology · Research & Innovation · Clinical Research
6 departments · 31 faculty
Medicine & Allied
Cardiology · Dermatology · Medicine · Nephrology · Psychiatry · Radiology
8 departments · 41 faculty
Surgery & Allied
Anaesthesia · Cardiovascular Surgery · ENT · Burn & Plastic Surgery · General Surgery · Ophthalmology · Orthopaedics · Urology
2 departments · 19 faculty
Mother & Child Health
Gynaecology & Obstetrics · Paediatrics
Faculty
Medicine
General Surgery
Research & Innovation
Clinical Research
Nephrology
Radiology
ENT
Ophthalmology
Orthopaedics
Urology
Paediatrics
Anatomy
Biochemistry
English Linguistics & Communication
Forensic Medicine
Pathology
Pharmacology
Physiology
Medicine
Medicine
Anaesthesia
General Surgery
General Surgery
General Surgery
Ophthalmology
Gynaecology & Obstetrics
Gynaecology & Obstetrics
Dermatology
Biochemistry
Bioethics
Medical Education
Physiology
Medicine
Medicine
Psychiatry
Psychiatry
Radiology
ENT
General Surgery
Ophthalmology
Orthopaedics
Gynaecology & Obstetrics
Paediatrics
Anatomy
Anatomy
Biochemistry
Biochemistry
Community Medicine
Community Medicine
Forensic Medicine
Medical Education
Pathology
Pathology
Pathology
Pathology
Pathology
Pharmacology
Cardiology
Cardiology
Dermatology
Medicine
Medicine
Medicine
Radiology
Anaesthesia
Anaesthesia
Cardiovascular Surgery
Burn & Plastic Surgery
General Surgery
General Surgery
General Surgery
Ophthalmology
Orthopaedics
Orthopaedics
Gynaecology & Obstetrics
Gynaecology & Obstetrics
Gynaecology & Obstetrics
Paediatrics
Cardiology
Anaesthesia
General Surgery
General Surgery
Urology
Urology
Gynaecology & Obstetrics
Gynaecology & Obstetrics
Gynaecology & Obstetrics
Paediatrics
Paediatrics
Paediatrics Campus in motion
From the auditorium and lecture halls to the skills lab and laboratories — this is where SMDC students learn.
Campus
From a 1,000+ seat auditorium to skills labs with simulation mannequins, the SMDC campus gives students the spaces to practise before they treat.
Auditorium1,000+ seats · AV conferencing
Skills LabCPR & clinical mannequins
LibraryBooks, journals & HEC e-resources
Lecture Halls150 students · multimedia
Laboratories6 subject laboratories
Museums4 departmental collections
Food CourtSunlit dining, fair prices
Computer Lab75 workstations
GymnasiumSeparate timings
From the Principal
Making students the centre of everything we do at SMDC, our ultimate goal is to produce competent and compassionate health professionals who discover better ways to fight disease.Prof. Zahid BashirPrincipal, Shalamar Medical & Dental College
News

The Department of Bioethics celebrated World Bioethics Day 2025 with an engaging lineup of creative and meaningful activities around the theme —…

Under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Talat Waseem, the SMDC Surgery Interest Group successfully conducted its inaugural hands-on suturing workshop, “Suturing 101”,…

Prof. Dr. Azra Mahmud Represents Shalamar at Pulse of Asia 2025 | Advancing Hypertension Control in South & Central Asia We are…
Conferences & events
SMDC hosts its international conference, CPD conferences and hands-on workshops through the year.
Admissions 2026–27
Read the SMDC Prospectus 2026, the Government of Punjab admission policy and this year’s fee structure — or talk to the Student Affairs office on +92 42 3685 2658.