Program
BDS
Bachelor'sPMDC
Registered Dental Surgeon in hospitals/private dental clinics; can open independent practice after licensing.
- Duration
- 4 years + 1-year house job
- Semesters
- Annual system
- Usual entry test
- MDCAT
- Offered at
- 87 institutions
Details
- Level
- Professional bachelor
- Field
- Medicine & Dentistry
- Level group
- Bachelor's
- Discipline suggested
- Medicine & Dentistry
Recognition & affiliation
- Regulating council
- PMDC
- International acknowledgement
- No international accord recorded. Recognition abroad depends on the destination country and its regulator; verify before relying on it.
Admission & duration
- Typical duration
- 4 years + 1-year house job
- Semesters
- Annual system
- General eligibility
- PM&DC Admissions Regulations 2026 (notified 12 Oct 2026): pass MDCAT; HSSC or equivalent 12th grade with at least 60% marks; Biology and Chemistry compulsory with Physics or Mathematics. Merit (public and private): MDCAT 50%, FSc/HSSC 40%, SSC 10%. Self-finance / overseas / dual-national seats (15%): 60% in 12th grade with IBCC equivalence, and MDCAT, SAT-II (550 per subject), foreign MCAT or UCAT. Provincial admitting bodies set the MDCAT minimum (for example UHS 2026-27: 55% MBBS, 50% BDS).
- Usual entry test
- MDCAT
Scope & career
- Detailed scope of program
- Registered Dental Surgeon in hospitals/private dental clinics; can open independent practice after licensing.
- Future educational scope
- FCPS/MDS (Orthodontics, Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Prosthodontics, etc.), MSc
- Maximum professional career
- Consultant dental surgeon or specialist (for example orthodontist or oral surgeon); Professor or Principal of a dental college; owner of a dental hospital.
- Career growth outlook
- Private practice potential is very high in urban Pakistan; dental specialists are in short supply relative to demand.
- Entry-level salary in Pakistan
- PKR 50,000-80,000/month (House Officer); PKR 150,000-350,000+ with own practice
- Entry-level salary abroad
- USD 2,500-6,000+/month (Gulf/UK after local licensing)
Where to study BDS
87 institutions in the RaahNuma database offer BDS. Open one for fees, seats, deadlines and recognition.
- BDS
- BDS
- University Dental College
- School of Dentistry SZABMU, Islamabad
- Bahria University Medical and Dental College
- Dental Section University Medical & Dental College
- Dental Section, Punjab Medical College
- Affiliated public dental colleges (4 dental colleges listed in 2025-26 advert)
- Avicenna Dental College
- CMH Lahore Medical College & Institute of Dentistry
- de Montmorency College of Dentistry
- Dental Section Akhtar Saeed Medical College & Dental College
- Dental Section FMH College of Medicine & Dentistry
- Dental Section Lahore Medical & Dental College
- Dental Section Sharif Medical & Dental College
- Rahbar College of Dentistry
- Rashid Latif Dental College
- Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Medical & Dental College
- Dental College Bakhtawar Amin Medical & Dental College
- Dental Section, Multan Medical & Dental College
- Nishtar Institute of Dentistry
- Army Medical College
- Dental Section Army Medical College
- Margalla Institute of Health Sciences
Details are compiled from public sources and can change. Confirm fees, seats and recognition with the institution and its regulator before you apply. Read the disclaimer.