MBBS stands for "Medicinea Baccalaureus Baccalaureus Chirurgiae".

Many of the students are asking for what does MBBS stands for?

The answer is in Latin it stands for:

"Medicinea Baccalaureus  Baccalaureus  Chirurgiae".

But nowadays it stands of:

"Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery".

Pakistan  

In Pakistan, a medical school is more often referred to as a medical college. A medical college is affiliated with a university as a department which usually has a separate campus. Currently, there is a total of 114 medical colleges in Pakistan, 44 of which are public and 70 private. All but two colleges are listed in the International Medical Education Directory. In Pakistan, it is for 5 years.

All medical colleges and universities are regulated by the respective provincial department of health. They, however, have to be recognised after meeting criteria set by a central regulatory authority called Pakistan Medical Council (PMC). Entrance into the medical colleges is based on merit under the guidelines of PMDC. Both the academic performance at the HSSC (grades 11–12) and an entrance test like MCAT named MDCAT are taken into consideration for the eligibility to enter most of the medical colleges.

To get admission into any government or private medical college in Pakistan, the following weightage is considered according to PMDC:

• 50% to Marks of entrance test like Medical and Dental College Admission Test (MDCAT)
• 50% to Marks of Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSSC) Pre-Medica

                                                       

Number of registered medical colleges (PK)

Province/Territory       Public             Private                 Total

Azad Kashmir             3                       1                            4

Balochistan                 4                        1                           5

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 10                      10                         20

Punjab and Islamabad 19                     43                         62

Sindh                           11                     15                         26

                         

Total                             44                   70                          114

Number of registered medical Seats Allocation (PK) 

Province                       Public                Private             Total                                                 Azad Kashmir              300                   100                   400

Balochistan                    250                  100                    350

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa    900                  850                    1750

Punjab and Islamabad   3405               4300                   7705

Sindh                              2050             1500                    3550

Total                              6850             6850                     13,700