It is affiliated with the University of Health Sciences, Lahore (UHS).

Shalamar Hospital is attached as a training and teaching hospital, while Shalamar Medical and Dental College (SMDC) shares the campus with the college.

The project was to comprise a charitable hospital, a research center and schools of medicine and surgery, dentistry, nursing and pharmacy.

In 2009, construction of campus was finished and academics began in late January 2011.

It is primed to support all the needs of patients, especially the lower income population of Lahore.