Christian Dental College, Ludhiana

Christian Dental College, Ludhiana is a private Christian minority dental college on Brown Road, Ludhiana, run by the Christian Medical College Ludhiana Society, which Dame Edith Mary Brown founded in 1894. The college opened in 1992 under its founder principal, Dr J. L. Joshi, and admitted its first batch of 20 BDS students that August; that batch graduated in 1996. Its BDS course was first affiliated to Panjab University. The college is now affiliated to Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, Faridkot, and recognised by the Dental Council of India.

The college admits 40 students a year to the BDS course, 24 of them in a Christian minority category that carries a service commitment. MDS is offered in paediatric and preventive dentistry, started in 2002, and in oral and maxillofacial surgery and prosthodontics, both added in 2014, alongside a PhD programme. BDS admission is based on NEET-UG and MDS admission on NEET-MDS, with counselling conducted by Baba Farid University; minority-category applicants also take a Bible test set by CMC Ludhiana. In NIRF 2025 it is ranked 24th in the dental category.