Khyber Medical University

Khyber Medical University is located in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, is first public sector medical University which was established in January 2007 with jurisdiction on the entire province including the Federally Administered Tribal Areas.The first vice chancellar was Prof. Daud khan.The first key position holders of KMU were Maj.Gen.retd. farrukh seir (Director of academic,admission and administration) DR. Jalil ur rahman (Registerar) Dr. Uma Irfan (director of research and development). The moto of KMU is “Service to Humanity by striving for excellence in medical education and research as well as for providing medical students with state-of-the-art knowledge, skills and technology to deliver the highest standards of health care for the region”. Degrees awarded are MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery) and BDS (Bachelor of Dental Surgery). Institute of Basic Medical Sciences is in the pipeline and will start functioning shortly. It will offer M. Phil and PhD programmes in Basic Medical Sciences. Seminars, Symposia, and workshops are regularly held in the KMU. The curricula for MBBS and BDS are thoroughly being revised and the University will switch to Problem Based Learning system of education after the curricula are revised.

Established 2007
Type Government
Location Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Affiliations HEC, UGC,

Constituent Institutes

• Institute of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (IPM&R)
• Institute of Basic Medical Sciences (ISMS)
• Institute of Public Health and Social Sciences (IPH&SS)
• Post Graduate College of Nursing

Institute of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (IPM&R) Khyber Medical University is the only institute in Public sector in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa which offers four years (Eight Semesters) graduation course in Physiotherapy.

Its existence can be correlated with the earthquake which occurred in October 2005 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and some districts of Azad Jammu & Kashmir in Pakistan and lead to mass destruction of human lives. More than seven hundred of the earthquake victim became either paraplegic or quadriplegic. This increased demand of qualified physiotherapist in the province as well as in Azad Jammu & Kashmir.

Khyber Medical University took a bold step and established IPM&R to produce qualified physiotherapist in the province. The course was started on 12 January 2009 headed by pioneer physiotherapist of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Faculty of IPM&R

 1. Core Faculty
 2. Visiting Faculty

Core Faculty

 1. Muhammad Ibrahim Farooqi (Director/Principal KMU institute ofPhysiotherapy), BSPT (Karachi University), MPPS (Pakistan), SRPT (UK), PRMC (London),
     ORCP (Ireland),  PRPN (England)
 2. Muhammad Bin Afsar Jan (Assistant Professor) BSPT (Pak), MPPS (Pak), MSPT (Aus),MAPA (Australia), MNPA (New Zealand)
 3. Haider Darain (Lecturer Physiotherapy) BSPT (Karachi University) MSc Health & Physical Education (Karachi University),
     PhD (in progress from Queen Margaret University, Scotland)
 4. Sajida Mazhar (lecturer Physiotherapy) BSPT, MSc (Physiotherapy) Karachi University, MPPS (Pakistan)

Visiting Faculty

 1. Khyber Medical College, Peshawar.
 2. Khyber Girls Medical College, Peshawar.
 3. Postgraduate Medical Institute, Lady Reading Hospital (LRH)
 4. Postgraduate Medical Institute, Khyber Teaching Hospital (KTH)
 5. Postgraduate Medical Institute, Hayatabad Medical Complex (HMC)