Khyber Medical University is a public research university, established in 2007.
The university is located in Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, northern Pakistan.
The university is organised into nine institutes: basic medical sciences, physical medicine and rehabilitation, health profession education and research, paramedical sciences, health sciences, public health and social sciences, nursing sciences, medical sciences, and dental sciences. Each institute consists of different departments, which offer a range of both undergraduate and graduate degree programmes.
The university is affiliated with numerous other colleges and institutions across Pakistan, such as the Jinnah Medical College in Peshawar, the Udhyana Institute of Medical Technologies in Abbottabad, and the Jibran College of Health Sciences in Swat. These affiliations facilitate joint research projects, as well as academic and scientific exchanges.