gender. For female students who are not living with their parents, residing in a college hostel is mandatory. Each hostel is staffed with wardens, cooks, bearers, chowkidars and cleaners. Along with the aforementioned, female hostels have additional housekeepers, washerwomen, and special security guards. Transport The college transport system consists of buses, coasters and vans. They are used to transport students to the college from hostels and also to the teaching hospital at Mansehra, Basic Health Units (BHU), Rural Health Centers (RHC), and to the rural areas to conduct medical camps. Education The medical education at FMC is a five-year curriculum leading to the MBBS degree, the equivalent of the basic M.D degree in the United States, Europe, and the Middle East. The curriculum covers basic and clinical medical sciences. Students learn in a small-class environment as opposed to a large class environment so that ideally they will have more interaction time with their professors. In conjunction with the curriculum, students are encouraged to engage in research to refine their skills as well as to gain the most from their education. Guest speakers such as medical personalities, scientists, literary persons and military officers are invited on a weekly basis to give lectures to expose students to fields of work in the medical profession. Medical camps are held regularly so that students may travel to rural areas within a 50-kilometre radius to gather information and offer guidance to the community. These medical camps provide an extensive amount of social interaction which prepare students for clinical training. Administration Frontier Medical College is sponsored by Al-Jamil Trust and administered by a Board of Governors that is composed of a wide variety of delegates such as Al-Jamil Trust representatives, public representatives, government officials, distinguished citizens, and leading members of the medical profession. Prof. Dr. Abdul Jamil Khan, the president of the PMDC as well as the principal of two other medical colleges (Bolan Medical College and Ayub Medical College) is the founding principal. Prof. Dr. Abdul Jamil Khan also has had many other positions of authority. Prof. Dr. Mujahid Akbar, a member of the PMDC and head of the Department of Anatomy holds the position of dean. Vice-deans include: Prof. Dr. M.A. Khaliq, Prof. Dr. Gul Mohammad, Prof. Dr. Afzal Haq Asif and Brig ® Prof. Dr. Muzaffar Khan. Admission Applicants who pass the F. Sc (Pre-Medical) Examination or a foreign equivalent with marks of