Nawaz Sharif Medical College

Nawaz Sharif Medical College (Urdu:) is a medical school located in Gujrat, Punjab, Pakistan.

It was a constituent college of the University of Gujrat.in January 1st, 2022 NSMC, Gujrat, is administratively, financially controlled by Govt. of the Punjab, Specialized Healthcare & Medical Education department, Lahore. It offers MBBS degree in affiliation with University of Health Sciences, Lahore. NSMC is accredited by the Pakistan Medical & Dental Council (PM&DC) Islamabad. It is also recognized by the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan (CPSP) for postgraduate training programs. The college is listed in International Medical Education Directory (IMED).

History
Chief Minister of the Punjab Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif inaugurated the college in September 2008. Nawaz Sharif Medical College, gujrat, is a Public Sector Medical College. Its construction was started by previous Chief Minister of Punjab, Parvez Elahi before Mian Shahbaz Shareef took office and inaugurated it. It was established to provide medical education and healthcare facilities for industrial regions of Jhelum, Gujranwala, Sialkot and Gujrat. The first principal of the college was Dr Nasir Aziz Kamboh, (till 2013) Second Principal Professor Dr. Sajjad Hussain (late) (till 2015), third Principal, Professor Dr. Zafar Iqbal Gill, (till 2017) Fourth Principal, Professor Dr. Miraj Us Siraj,(till 2018) Fifth Principal, Professor Dr. Muhammad Ateeq,(till 2019) Sixth Principal, Dr, Zafar Iqbal Gill,(till 2022) Seventh Principal, Professor Dr. Maroof Aziz Khan,(till 2022) Eighth Principal, Professor Dr. Ajmal Farooq,(from Feb 2023-may 2024) Now Principal NSMC, Gujrat is Professor Dr. Tahir siddique (02 May 2024 to till date)

Campus
The college is housed in one of the blocks of the University of Gujrat. On 15 March 2012, Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif visited the college and approved the construction of a new building for the college adjacent to the university. The new campus spans 62 acres.

Departments

 * Basic science departments
 * Anatomy
 * Biochemistry
 * Community medicine
 * Forensic medicine
 * Pathology
 * Pharmacology
 * Physiology


 * Medicine and allied departments
 * Cardiology
 * Dermatology
 * Endocrinology & Metabolism
 * General medicine
 * Neurology
 * Pediatrics
 * Preventive medicine
 * Psychiatry
 * Pulmonology (Chest medicine)
 * Radiotherapy
 * Urology


 * Surgery and allied departments
 * Anesthesiology
 * Cardiac surgery
 * Cosmetic surgery
 * General surgery
 * Neurosurgery
 * Obstetrics and gynaecology
 * Ophthalmology
 * Oral and maxillofacial surgery
 * Orthopedics
 * Otorhinolaryngology
 * Pediatric surgery
 * Radiology


 * Administrative departments
 * IT Department

Admission policy
The college admits 90 students on open merit. Admission is granted through an annual admission test NMDCAT conducted by the University of Health Sciences, Lahore / PM&DC. 10 seats were reserved for foreign students, specifically children of overseas Pakistanis and dual nationality holders of Pakistani origin, which students can apply for through the HEC. now from 2015 10 seats were change unto Overseas Pakistani Seat

Teaching hospital
Aziz Bhatti Shaheed Hospital has been attached with Nawaz Sharif Medical College as teaching hospital. It has almost 700 beds capacity at present. A new building is added to the hospital recently.

Library
Besides the main library, there are four constituent college's libraries. There are about 90,000 books available in all five libraries. A wide variety of online full-text journals' databases are available including Higher Education Commission (Pakistan) (HEC) and Pakistan Education and Research Network (PERN) project. Thousands of digital books can be accessed through the library website on a variety of subjects.