List of medical colleges in India

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The Medical Council of India currently (2016) fully recognizes 412 medical colleges,[1] which will train 52,765 medical students. 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

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.

Andhra Pradesh

Assam

Bihar

Government

Private

Chandigarh

Chhattisgarh

Goa

Gujarat

GMERS Medical College, Dharpur, Patan GMERS Medical College, Himmatnagar GMERS Medical College, Gotri, Vadodara GMERS Medical College, Valsad GMERS Medical College, Gandhinagar GMERS Medical College, Sola

Haryana

Jammu & Kashmir

Jharkhand

Karnataka

Kerala

Manipur

Maharashtra

Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Sawangi, Wardha

Bharti Vidya Peeth Medical College ( PUNE)

Madhya Pradesh

Government

Private

Dental

Meghalaya

New Delhi

Odisha

Puducherry

Punjab

Punjab[edit]

  • Desh Bhagat School of Medical Sciences Desh Bhagat University, Mandi Gobindgarh
  • Government Medical College, Amritsar
  • Sri Guru Ram Das Institute of Medical Sciences & Research, Amritsar
  • Government Medical College, Patiala
  • Christian Medical College, Ludhiana
  • Dayanand Medical College & Hospital, Ludhiana
  • Adesh Institute of Medical Sciences & Research, Bathinda
  • Chintpurni Medical College, Gurdaspur
  • Gian Sagar Medical College & Hospital, Patiala
  • Guru Gobind Singh Medical College, Faridkot
  • Punjab Institute of Medical Sciences, Jalandhar[8]

Rajasthan

Sikkim

Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu Medical Colleges

List of Tamil Nadu Medical Colleges

Trichy.Thillainagar

Telangana

Tripura

Uttar Pradesh

Uttrakhand

West Bengal

References

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  2. ↑ http://www.hindu.com/edu/2004/05/31/stories/2004053100340200.htm
  3. ↑ http://www.bjmc.org/
  4. ↑ http://www.gaims.ac.in//
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