National University of Medical Sciences (NUMS) was established as a Federal Public Sector University through an Act of Parliament on 31st October 2015. The honourable President of Pakistan is the Chancellor of the University and the Chief of the Army Staff is the Pro-Chancellor.
NUMS was founded to promote and achieve excellence in advanced health education, research and service delivery. The university is backed up by an extensive network of 45 Military Hospitals, 10 Single Specialty Institutes, 9 Medical Colleges, 4 Dental Colleges, 6 Nursing Colleges and 3 Allied Health Sciences Institutes making it the country’s largest healthcare provider in terms of trajectory and patient volume.