Nishtar Medical College, located in Multan city, is the 3rd oldest medical institution of Pakistan. Nishtar medical college is affiliated with Nishtar hospital which has a capacity of 1000 beds and a total of 26 departments. The college supports 1600 students in total.

The college campus is an old and traditional building. It symbolizes Islamic architecture with central quadrangular. Foundation stone was laid on the 28th of April, 1951 by Sardar Abdul Rab Nishtar. The inauguration ceremony was held on the 1st of october, 1951 by the then commissioner Mr. Inamullah Khan. The ceremony was attended by the staff and students of the first batch.

In Nishtar College Campus there are 5 main lecture theaters along with 5 demonstration halls ,10 labs ,1 dissection hall ,4 museums, 1 assembly Hall.1 library and 7 departments in the campus namely Anatomy ,Physiology, Biochemistry, Pharmacology, Pathology , Forensic Medicine andCommunity Medicine.

The Nishtar Medical College and Hospital is affiliated with MINAR (Multan Institute of Nuclear Medicine And Research), PMRC (Pakistan Medical Research Council) and Nursing Training Institute and Family Planning.

The Nishtar Medical College remained affiliated with the University of the Punjab, Lahore upto 1976, and thereafter with the Bahauddin Zakaria University, Multan, now the college is affiliated with University of Health Sciences, Lahore.