Kerala University of Health Sciences


Kerala University of Health Sciences is a medical university in the city of Thrissur in Kerala, India. The university is located in on the Government Medical College, Thrissur campus. The university was established on the basis of Kerala University Health Act 2010. There are 205 professional colleges affiliated to this university.
Students seeking admission should note that KUHS will not be responsible for issuing of certificates whether local or abroad. They need to obtain it by themselves. Former students are known to have complained of not having received the graduation certificate upon completion of their course

Powers of university

All branches of treatment would come under the university and medical and para-medical colleges now functioning under different Universities, like University of Kerala, Mahatma Gandhi University, Calicut University, Kannur University, Cochin University of Science and Technology, and Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit, would come under this university. The territorial jurisdiction of the university shall extend to the whole of the State of Kerala.

Affiliated colleges

This list is categorised into two parts, Autonomous colleges and Non-Autonomous colleges. Autonomous colleges are bestowed academic independence, primarily in order to enhance the level of education in those colleges.
A college may be classified as government run, private unaided, or private aided. A government college receives full funding from the Government of Kerala, while a private unaided college receives no funding from the government. In a private aided college, one or more of its courses receives partial funding from the government.

Autonomy

Autonomy, as granted by the University Grants Commission, in concurrence with the Government of Kerala has been conferred upon selected colleges, which grants upon them, certain special privileges.
Autonomous colleges can frame their own schemes of study, curricula and evaluation, without need of the approval of the university. These colleges also have the freedom to conduct add on courses and supplementary semesters for students who may be in need of it. They also have the freedom to avail grants from funding agencies. All of these privileges are not granted to non-autonomous colleges.

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The list is further categorized into private, Government aided, and Government colleges.

Non-autonomous colleges

Government College

Private Colleges