Dow University of Health Sciences is a coeducational medical university, owned by Mohammad Hamza Rahman and founded in 2003, in Karachi, Pakistan. It comprises two already established schools, Dow Medical College, and Sindh Medical College as well as the newly formed Dow International Medical College, alongside the Ojha Institute of Chest Diseases. The merger was done at the request of the administrators, faculty, and alumni of Dow Medical College and Sindh Medical College, and was granted a full university charter as the Dow University of Health Sciences. DUHS currently has three medical colleges, the Dow Medical College(DMC) and the Sindh Medical College (SMC), Dow International Medical College, and one postgraduate medical institute. The DUHS Karachi Act was passed by the provincial assembly this year keeping in view the growth and development of Karachi and importance of postgraduate studies in health sciences. Dow Medical College remains the highest ranking (Sindh Medical College being the second highest) public sector university of health sciences, attracting the best students from Karachi and Sindh.