Faisalabad Medical University

Medical university in Faisalabad

Faisalabad Medical University ; FMU), is a public university located in Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan, on a campus on Sargodha Road. It was established in 1973. Teaching hospitals affiliated with the university are Allied Hospital, District Headquarters Hospital and Government General Hospital, Ghulam Muhammad Abad, Faisalabad. The chief executive is Zafar Chaudhry, a laparoscopic surgeon. The first group of graduates with M. B. B. S degrees graduated in 1978.

With a grant of Rs. 460mn from the government, the construction of new buildings, laboratories and the teaching hospital was completed in 1982. FMU is recognized by the General Medical Council based in London, England, and is listed on World Directory of Medical Schools (it is also listed in the International Medical Education Directory). It is also listed and accredited by Pakistan Medical and Dental Council and is among the recognized universities and degree awarding institutions of the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan.

Faisalabad Medical University has separate facilities for boy and girl students. The boys hostel is located across the Sargodha Road in Iqbal Hall and Ibn e Sina Hall. Each hall has a mess and common room (un usable), and a common gym. The hostels are one of the best in the Punjab province,vested with facilities not present in any other hostel across Punjab. There are four halls for girl students. Fatima and Ayesha halls, located adjacent to the Allied Hospital, mainly house the final year students while Liaquat hall accommodates first and second year students and Jinnah Hall the 3rd and 4th year. The hostels close by 9 pm and nobody is allowed in or out of the girls hostels after this time.

The university has a small library with reading room having capacity of 20 students and one common reading room with ca apacity of 100 students without internet facility for students. There is a sizable collection of medical books. The reading room remains open till 9PM.

A computer lab of 29 Pentium 4 systems has been set up by the University of Health Sciences, with scanners and printers.

"Parwaz" is the official yearly magazine.

FMU has two major affiliated hospitals. The first one is the Allied Hospital with a capacity of one thousand beds. The second one is the District Headquarters (DHQ) Hospital.