Fazaia Ruth Pfau Medical College
FRPMC | |
Former names | Fazaia Ruth Pfau Medical College, Karachi |
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Type | Private college |
Established | 2019 |
Principal | Dr Masood Ahmed |
Students | 500 |
Location | , , Pakistan |
Affiliations | Higher Education Commission of Pakistan Air University, Islamabad |
Website | frpmc.edu.pk |
[Hospitals] FRPMC is affiliated with PAF hospital Faisal and PAF hospital Masroor |
The Fazaia Ruth Pfau Medical College (FRPMC) is a Private medical College which is located in PAF Base Faisal, Shahrah-e-Faisal, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. It is a constituent college of Air University, Islamabad of Pakistan Air Force.[1]
History
[edit]Fazaia Ruth Pfau Medical College (named after the German-Pakistani Physician and nun),[2] Karachi was established in February, 2019 as a constituent institution of Air University, Islamabad. Air University, Islamabad is a public University, chartered in 2002 under governance of Pakistan Air Force. Faculty of Medicine at Air University offers a medical program with modular curriculum using a spiral approach. A panel of medical education experts has designed this curriculum in alignment with Pakistan Medical Commission guidelines. Its parent university, Air University (Pakistan Air Force) is an accredited university by the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan.[3]
Faculty
[edit]The college has 3 main faculties:
- Faculty of Basic Science
- Faculty of Clinical Science
- Faculty of Medical Education
References
[edit]- ^ "University Overview of Air University". uniRank Australian University Ranking website, Retrieved 8 March 2022.
- ^ "Tributes pour in for Dr Ruth Pfau (this college named after her)". The Express Tribune (newspaper). 10 August 2017. Archived from the original on 12 November 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
- ^ "List of Recognized Universities (includes Air University)". Higher Education Commission of Pakistan website. 18 July 2012. Archived from the original on 13 November 2013. Retrieved 8 March 2022.