King Edward Medical University

King Edward Medical University is a medical university located in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. Founded in 1860, the university is named after Edward VII. Established by the British Raj, named as Lahore Medical School. In 2015, HEC published 5th ranking of Pakistani Higher Education Institutions. KEMU is ranked 6th amongst the medical universities of Pakistan by the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan. The psychiatry department of KEMU has been designated status of Psychotrauma Centre for province of Punjab by Prime Ministers National Advisory Council in the aftermath of killings at Army Public School, Peshawar killings in 2014.