Armed Forces Medical College, also known as AFMC, was established in 1948 in Pune, Maharashtra. It has the distinction of being the very first medical college set up and run by the Armed Forces of any country in Asia. AFMC was initially affiliated to the University of Pune till 1999 and is presently affiliated Maharashtra University of Health and Sciences and is recognized by the Medical Council of India.

Started initially as a postgraduate teaching institution after world war II, the institution now teaches and trains medical undergraduates and postgraduate, nursing undergraduates and postgraduates, dental postgraduates and paramedics. AFMC has a total of twenty-nine departments at present.