Baba Farid University of Health Sciences was established in July 1998 by Punjab Act No. 18. It is named after Baba Farid, a 12th-century Punjabi sufi, and headquartered in Faridkot.FacultiesUniversity has about 920 MBBS and 1,070 BDS seats across Punjab.[Faculty of Medical Sciences Chintpurni Medical College and Hospital, Pathankot Christian Medical College, Ludhiana Dayanand Medical College, Ludhiana Gian Sagar Medical College, Banur Government Medical College, Patiala Government Medical College, Amritsar Guru Gobind Singh Medical College, Faridkot Sri Guru Ram Das Institute of Health Sciences and Research, Amritsar Punjab Institute of Medical Sciences, Jalandhar]