St. John's Medical College

St. John's Medical College
Motto	He Shall Live Because of Me
Type	Private
Established	1963; 61 years ago
Dean	Dr. George Dsouza
Director	Fr. Paul Parathazham
Location	Bangalore, Karnataka, India; Script error: The module returned a nil value. It is supposed to return an export table.
Campus	Urban, 148 acres
Affiliations	Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences
Website	www.stjohns.in

St. John's Medical College is a private medical college and hospital situated in Bangalore, India. It is part of the St. John's National Academy of Health Sciences run by the Catholic Bishops' Conference of India. It was established in 1963. The college annually accepts 150 students for the MBBS undergraduate course based on a national entrance exam. It also accepts 100 postgraduate students (80 MD & 20 Diploma) to a number of medical specialties. The college culfest Autumn Muse is one of the oldest in South India.

Partnerships[edit | edit source]

In 2018, St. John's Medical College partnered with Apple to conduct a needs assessment of the health and well-being of supplier employees. Based on assessment findings, Apple developed and launched a training curriculum to improve health knowledge in key areas. St. John's also provided nutrition consultation that has led to improvements at several supplier cafeterias.

Undergraduate courses[edit | edit source]

The college offers the four and a half year M.B.B.S. course with a one-year compulsory rotating internship. There are 150 seats which are filled through NEET exam.

Academic divisions[edit | edit source]

In December 1994, the Institution was renamed as St. John's National Academy of Health Sciences and it comprises the following Institutes:

St. John's Medical College
St. John's Medical College Hospital
St. John's Research Institute
St. John's College of Nursing
St. John's Institute of Health Management and Para Medical Studies

Rankings[edit | edit source]

St John's Medical College was ranked 14th among medical colleges in India by the National Institutional Ranking Framework in 2020. St. John's Medical College was ranked 17th among medical colleges in India in 2020 by India Today, 13th by The Week in 2019, and 4th in India by Outlook India in 2019.