Introduction

The Postgraduate Medical Education (PGME) programme at Aga Khan University aims to provide excellence and innovation in specialised Postgraduate Medical Education to promote evidence-based health care and research abiding by the principles of ethics and professionalism.

The first postgraduate clinical training programmes were launched following the inauguration of Aga Khan University Hospital in 1985. Since critical thinking and analysis are the keystone of scientific thought and the prerequisite for meaningful scholarship and research, it is essential for any educational programme to encompass aspects such as biomedical ethics, teaching skills, research methodology as well as communication skills. Postgraduate medical education at AKU strives to instil these qualities into its graduates through carefully structured programmes, to facilitate a process of broad professional and personal development.

As an equal opportunity employer, AKU believes in promoting a diverse and inclusive culture and is committed to adopt appropriate standards for safeguarding and promoting a respectful relationship with and between diverse workforce of its faculty, staff, trainees, volunteers, beneficiaries, wider communities, and other stakeholders with whom it works, including children and vulnerable adults and expects all employees/trainees and partners to share this commitment.

Requirements

INTERNSHIP (House Job)

All those medical graduates who could provide their final result transcript along with PMC/PMDC registration by 18st December 2025 will be eligible to apply.

RESIDENCY (Postgraduate Training)

Applications are invited for Residency programmes in following disciplines:

Adult Cardiology; Anaesthesiology; Cardio-thoracic Anaesthesia-(3 yrs); Cardio-thoracic Anaesthesia -(5 yrs); Cardio-thoracic Surgery-(4 yrs); Clinical Haematology; Community Medicine; Dermatology; Diagnostic Radiology; Emergency Medicine; Family Medicine; General Surgery; Internal Medicine-(2 yrs); Internal Medicine-(4 yrs); MCPS-Obstetrics & Gynecology; Medical Oncology-(3 yrs); Medical Oncology-(5 yrs); Nephrology; Neurology-(3 yrs); Neurology-(5 yrs); Neurosurgery-(6 yrs); Obstetrics & Gynecology; Operative Dentistry and Endodontics; Ophthalmology; Orthodontics; Orthopaedics-(5 yrs); Orthopaedics-(6 yrs); Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery; Paediatric and Child Health; Paediatric Surgery-(4 yrs); Pathology & Lab Medicine; (Chemical Pathology, Haematology, Histopathology & Microbiology); Plastic Surgery-(4 yrs); Prosthodontics; Psychiatry; Pulmonary Medicine; Radiation Oncology; Urology-(4 yrs); Flexible Training-Paediatrics & Child Health.

According to College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan (CPSP) guidelines, candidates applying in General Medicine or Surgery are required to take a final decision about their track before applying to the programme. Change will not be allowed after induction into the chosen specialty.

There are opportunities for flexible training programmes. Details are available on our website.

FELLOWSHIP (Post Residency)

Applications are invited for entrance into Fellowship (post Residency advanced training) in following disciplines:

Arthroplasty; Child and Adolescent Psychiatry; Clinical Cardiac Electrphysiology; Clinical Neuro & Electro-diagnostic Medicine; Critical Care Medicine (Medicine); Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism; Diagnostic Neuro-Radiology; Gastroenterology; Geriatrics; Gynae-Oncology; Head & Neck Surgery; Interventional Cardiology; Interventional Radiology; Neonatal Paediatrics; Neuromuscular Medicine; Neurovascular (Stroke); Pediatric Cardiology; Paediatric Endocrinology; Paediatric Emergency Medicine; Paediatric Infectious Diseases; Paediatric Neurology; Paediatric Neuro-Oncology; Perioperative Neuro Anaesthesia; Surgical Neuro-Oncology; Uro-Gyn & Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery; Women Imaging.

Details are available on our website.

To Apply

Only on-line applications will be accepted (www.aku.edu/apply-online). A candidate can apply for only one programme at a time be it Internship, Residency or Fellowship.

Programme information, admission material and online application form are available on http://www.aku.edu/mcpk/pgme.

All relevant information on admissions including eligibility criteria, requirements, selection process, salary, benefits is also available on our website.

Application Fee & Deadlines:

Application Deadline: July 23, 2025

Application Fee: Rs. 5,000

Admission Test:

The Admission Test for candidates of Internship & Residency Programmes will be held on Saturday, August 16, 2025 simultaneously in Karachi, Hyderabad and Islamabad. Details will be notified through the admit card.

There is no admission test for entrance into Fellowship training. Selection will be based on academic qualifications, past experience and interviews.

Applicants selected from training programmes of other institutions must submit a “No Objection Certificate” or a copy of the resignation approved by the supervising consultant before joining.

Accommodation:

Limited OFF/ON-campus accommodation for female candidates is available on first-come-first-served basis. The date and time of the request submitted to PGME at pgme@aku.edu will form the basis of first-come-first-served basis.

Limited off-campus accommodation for male candidates is available on first-come-first served basis. The date and time of the request submitted to PGME at pgme@aku.edu will form the basis of first-come-first-served basis.

Feel free to call PGME Office at (021) 3486-4546/ 3486-4583 / 3486-2357 / 3486-2355 or email at pgme.admissions@aku.edu.

Comprehensive employment reference checks will be conducted.

Applications should be submitted latest by July 23, 2025

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Aga Khan University

Internship, Residency and Fellowship Programmes