Baba Farid University of Health Sciences

Baba Farid University of Health Sciences in Faridkot, established in 1998, is Punjab's specialist health-sciences university — the body to which the state's medical, dental, nursing and allied-health colleges affiliate, and which conducts their examinations and counselling. For a student this matters in two ways: a degree from any Punjab medical or nursing college typically carries this university's name, and its Faridkot base sits alongside the state's government medical campus there, anchoring a clinical teaching environment. It is a state government institution with an A grade from NAAC, and admission to the programmes under it runs through NEET and the state's health-sciences counselling. It suits Punjab students entering medicine, nursing or allied health who want to understand the university actually standing behind their degree.