Baqai Medical University

Baqai Medical University (Urdu: جامعہ طبی بقائی‎ Sindhi: بقائي ميڊيڪل يونيورسٽي‎) is located on 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.

Baqai Medical University
جامعہ طبی بقائی
TypePrivate university
Established1989
ChancellorProf. Dr. F.U. Baqai
Vice-ChancellorProfessor Dr. Mrs. Zahida Baqai
Location
Karachi
,
Sindh
,
Pakistan
AffiliationsUniversity has its own charter
WebsiteOfficial website

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. They 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. It 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

  • Baqai Medical College
  • Baqai Dental College
  • Baqai College of Veterinary Sciences
  • Baqai Cadet College
  • Baqai Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • Baqai Institute of Health Management Sciences
  • Baqai Institute of Hematology
  • Baqai Institute of Medical Technology
  • Baqai Institute of Diabetology and Endocrinology
  • Baqai Institute of Chest Diseases
  • Baqai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases
  • Baqai Institute of Reproduction and Developmental Sciences
  • Department of Social Obstetrics
  • Baqai Institute of Information Technology
  • Baqai Institute of Physical Therapy

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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.

References
  1. – Ranking of Higher Education Commission (HEC) Recognized Universities in Pakistan
  2. Main page of baqai.edu.pk
  3. Faculty members of the university Archived 25 December 2011 at the Wayback Machine

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