The mission of Army Medical College is to train undergraduate and postgraduate medical students who are scholarly and altruistic lifelong learners, providing ethical, professional and evidence-based healthcare to the Armed forces of Pakistan and community at large.

AM College was established at Rawalpindi in 1977 as a residential institution. The College was initially affiliated with Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad for the award of MBBS degree. It became a constituent college of NUST in 1998 and later in 2016 it became a constituent college of National University of Medical Sciences (NUMS). The first batch of MBBS course comprising 100 students graduated in 1981 and the college was recognized by GMC-UK. Bachelor in Dental Surgery (BDS) course was started during the same year. The college has unique distinction of imparting postgraduate training (MPhil/PhD and FCPS) in basic medical sciences since 2001.