List of medical colleges in India

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As of 2017, there are 460 medical colleges in India where qualifications are recognised by the Medical Council of India; these medical schools have a combined capacity to provide medical education for 63,985 students.[1] The Medical Council of India's motto is to provide quality medical care to all Indians through promotion and maintenance of excellence in medical education. Its website maintains an up-to-date list.

Background information[edit | edit source]

India's medical schools are usually called medical colleges. Medical school quality is controlled by the central regulatory authority, the Medical Council of India, which inspects the institutes from time to time and recognises institutes for specific courses. Most of the medical school were set up by the central and state governments in the 1950s and 60s. But in the 1980s, several private medical institutes were founded in several states, particularly in Karnataka. Andhra Pradesh state allowed the founding of several private institutions in the new millennium.[2] Medical education in a private institute is very expensive.

The basic medical qualification obtained in Indian medical schools is MBBS. The MBBS course is four-and-a-half years, followed by one year of Compulsory Rotating Residential Internship (CRRI). The MBBS course is followed by MS, a post-graduation course in surgical specialities, MS or MD and DNB (Highly qualified P.G. and Super specialization), which are postgraduate courses in medical specialities usually of three years duration, or by diploma postgraduate courses of two years duration. Super or sub-specialities can be pursued and only a MS or MD holder is eligible. A qualification in a super- or sub-speciality is called DM or M.Ch.

In most Indian states, entry to medical education is based on entrance examinations. Some prestigious institutes like the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Christian Medical College & Hospital (CMCH) Vellore, Kasturba Medical College (Manipal and Mangalore), Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC), St. John's Medical College (Bangalore) and National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS)conduct entrance tests at the national level and attract candidates from all over India.

Though India has many medical schools and produces thousands of medical graduates every year, there is a great shortage of doctors in rural areas. Most graduates do not wish to practice in rural areas due to understaffed hospitals and inadequate facilities.

India is one of only a few countries where graduates from local medical schools end up working in other countries all over the world, but particularly in the Middle East, the UK and the USA.

Indian states with the most medical colleges include Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, and Andhra Pradesh. States with the fewest include Manipur, Tripura, Chandigarh, Goa, and Sikkim.[1] Following is an incomplete list of medical colleges in India.

Andaman and Nicobar Islands[edit | edit source]

Andhra Pradesh[edit | edit source]

Government colleges[edit | edit source]

Private colleges[edit | edit source]

Arunachal Pradesh[edit | edit source]

Assam[edit | edit source]

Bihar[edit | edit source]

Name Established City University Type Degrees Awarded Comments Ref.
Anugrah Narayan Magadh Medical College and Hospital 1969 Gaya Aryabhatta Knowledge University Government [3]
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna 2012 Patna Autonomous Public [4]
Darbhanga Medical College and Hospital 1946 Darbhanga Lalit Narayan Mithila University Government [5]
Government Medical College, Bettiah 2008 Bettiah Aryabhatta Knowledge University Government [6]
Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences 1983 Patna Autonomous Public [7]
Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College and Hospital 1970 Bhagalpur Aryabhatta Knowledge University Government [8]
Katihar Medical College and Hospital 1987 Katihar Bhupendra Narayan Mandal University Private [9]
Lord Buddha Koshi Medical College and Hospital 2012 Saharsa Bhupendra Narayan Mandal University Private [10]
Patna Medical College and Hospital 1925 Patna Aryabhatta Knowledge University Government [11]
Nalanda Medical College Hospital 1970 Patna Magadh University Government [12]
Narayan Medical College and Hospital 2008 Sasaram Veer Kunwar Singh University Private [13]
Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences 1963 Patna Tilka Manjhi Bhagalpur University, Calcutta University Government [14]
Sri Krishna Medical College and Hospital 1970 Muzaffarpur Aryabhatta Knowledge University Government [15]
Vardhman Institute of Medical Sciences 2013 Pawapuri Aryabhatta Knowledge University Government [16]

Chandigarh[edit | edit source]

Chhattisgarh[edit | edit source]

Goa[edit | edit source]

Gujarat[edit | edit source]

Haryana[edit | edit source]

Main article: List of Medical, Ayurvedic, Dental, Physiotherapy, Nursing and Para-medical colleges in Haryana

Government Medical Colleges[edit | edit source]

Total: 600 seats

Private medical colleges[edit | edit source]

Total: 1400 seats[20]

Jammu & Kashmir[edit | edit source]

Jharkhand[edit | edit source]

Karnataka[edit | edit source]

Kerala[21][edit | edit source]

Government Medical Colleges[edit | edit source]

Government Sponsored Self Financing[edit | edit source]

  • Academy of Medical Sciences, Pariyaram, Kannur

Private self-financing[edit | edit source]

Maharashtra[edit | edit source]

Colleges run by the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai[edit | edit source]

Colleges run by the Government of Maharashtra[edit | edit source]

Private and other colleges[edit | edit source]

Madhya Pradesh[edit | edit source]

Manipur[edit | edit source]

Meghalaya[edit | edit source]

Mizoram[edit | edit source]

New Delhi[edit | edit source]

Odisha[edit | edit source]

Government[edit | edit source]

Private[edit | edit source]

Puducherry[edit | edit source]

Punjab[edit | edit source]

Rajasthan[edit | edit source]

Sikkim[edit | edit source]

Tamil Nadu[edit | edit source]

Telangana[edit | edit source]

Uttar Pradesh[edit | edit source]

Uttrakhand[edit | edit source]

West Bengal[edit | edit source]

Name Established City University Type Degrees Awarded Comments Ref.
Bankura Sammilani Medical College 1956 Bankura West Bengal University of Health Sciences [22]
Burdwan Medical College 1969 Bardhaman West Bengal University of Health Sciences [23]
Calcutta National Medical College 1948 Kolkata West Bengal University of Health Sciences
College Of Medicine & JNM Hospital Kalyani
College of Medicine & Sagore Dutta Hospital Kolkata
ICARE Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Haldia
IPGMER and SSKM Hospital Kolkata
KPC Medical College and Hospital Kolkata
Malda Medical College and Hospital Malda
Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata 1835 Kolkata
Midnapore Medical College and Hospital Midnapore
Murshidabad Medical College Berhampore, Murshidabad
Nil Ratan Sarkar Medical College and Hospital Kolkata
North Bengal Medical College Siliguri
R. G. Kar Medical College and Hospital Kolkata

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Information desk: For students: List of Colleges Teaching MBBS". Mciindia.org. Medical Council of India. Archived from the original on 7 June 2013. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  2. ↑ [1]
  3. ↑ "Anugrah Narayan Magadh Medical College and Hospital". Government of Bihar. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  4. ↑ "AIIMS Patna". Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  5. ↑ "Darbhanga Medical College". collegedunia.com. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  6. ↑ "About Us". Government Medical College, Bettiah. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  7. ↑ "Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences". Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  8. ↑ "Jawahar Lal Nehru Medical College Bhagalpur". Government of Bihar. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  9. ↑ "Welcome to Katihar Medical College". Katihar Medical College. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  10. ↑ "Lord Buddha Koshi Medical College and Hospital". Medical Council of India. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  11. ↑ "About PMCH". Patna Medical College and Hospital. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  12. ↑ "About College–Nalanda Medical College". Government of Bihar. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  13. ↑ "Welcome to Narayan Medical College & Hospital". Nalanda Medical College and Hospital. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  14. ↑ "RMRI Patna". Government of India. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  15. ↑ "Institution Information". Sri Krishna Medical College. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  16. ↑ "Welcome to vardhman institute of medical sciences". Vardhman Institute of Medical Sciences. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  17. ↑ "Welcome to B J Medical College Website". www.bjmc.org.
  18. ↑ "Government Medical College". gmcsurat.edu.in. Retrieved 2019-06-30.
  19. ↑ "From the Desk of Dean..." Mpsmc.in. 2011-02-09. Archived from the original on 2012-11-05. Retrieved 2012-10-23.
  20. ↑ "Number of medical seats touch 1,400 in Haryana with new college opening in Shahabad". 24 June 2017.
  21. ↑ "Colleges". Cee.kerala.gov.in. Retrieved 2018-07-23.
  22. ↑ "Welcome". Bankura Sammilani Medical College. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  23. ↑ "Burdwan Medical College". Retrieved 13 April 2018.

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