Baqai Medical University

Baqai Medical University
Type Private university
Established 1989
Chancellor Professor F.U. Baqai
Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr. Mrs. Zahida Baqai
Location Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Affiliations University has its own charter
Website baqai.edu.pk/

Baqai Medical University is located in Super Highway, Toll Plaza, Gadap suburb of Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. It was founded in 1988 and is ranked number 13 in the HEC rankings for medical universities in Pakistan.[1] Courses are in medicine, dentistry, health management sciences, pharmaceutical sciences, and veterinary science, and there are interdisciplinary courses.

History

Dr Fareed Uddin Baqai and his wife Dr Zahida Baqai were medical practitioners and surgeons who had been educated in Pakistan and the United Kingdom and began to practice in Karachi, which at that time was the capital. In the late 1960s, the Baqaians started a private sector hospital in Nazimabad, Karachi, the Baqai Hospital Nazimabad, which became a general hospital with 350 beds and modern facilities aimed at middle-income private patients, also doing charitable work.

In 1976 the Baqai Foundation acquired land on the outskirts of Karachi, on the M-9 Super Highway. The Baqais founded the Baqai Medical Complex.

They convinced the government that health delivery could be through a programme of community-oriented medical education. This stimulated them to plan a medical college. In 1988, the first MBBS students were admitted, although it was not until 1990 that the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council formally permitted the college to start clinical teaching at Baqai Hospital, Nazimabad. In 1992, the Baqai Foundation went on to establish the Baqai Dental College, the first such college for the huge city of Karachi.

Institutions

The institutions of the university includes

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Admissions

Merit is the only criterion for admission. There are no quotas, reserved places or places based on donations. In establishing merit, entrance tests, interviews, extra curricular activities and school records are used.

Faculty

Grants and scholarships are provided for faculty members[3] to travel abroad to seminars and conferences and for higher education. The university has a programme of education through its Centre for Medical Education.

See also

Baqai Institute of Information Technology

References

External links

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