List of medical colleges in India


, there are 542 medical colleges and 64 stand alone PG Institutes in India whose qualifications are recognised by the Medical Council of India.

STATE/UT WISE Number of Medical Colleges

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. 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. The MBBS course is followed by MS, a post-graduation course in surgical specialities, MS or MD and DNB, 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, Christian Medical College & Hospital Vellore, Kasturba Medical College, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Armed Forces Medical College, St. John's Medical College and National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences 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. Following is an incomplete list of medical colleges in India.

Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Government colleges

Chandigarh

Government Medical Colleges

Total: 600 seats

Private medical colleges

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Total: 1400 seats

Jammu & Kashmir

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Government Medical Colleges

Colleges run by the [Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai]

Government

'''Government colleges'''

NameEstablishedCityUniversityTypeRef.
Bankura Sammilani Medical College1956BankuraWBUHSState Funded
Burdwan Medical College1969Purba BardhamanWBUHSState Funded
Calcutta National Medical College1948KolkataWBUHSState Funded
College Of Medicine & JNM Hospital2009KalyaniUniversity CampusState Funded
College of Medicine & Sagore Dutta Hospital2010KolkataWBUHSState Funded
Coochbehar Government Medical College and Hospital2019CoochbeharWBUHSState Funded
Diamond Harbour Government Medical College and Hospital2019Diamond HarbourWBUHSState Funded
ESIC Medical College, Kolkata2013JokaWBUHSCentral Funded
ICARE Institute of Medical Sciences and Research2011HaldiaWBUHSPrivate
IPGMER and SSKM Hospital1707KolkataWBUHSState Funded
IQ City Medical College2016DurgapurWBUHSPrivate
Jagannath Gupta Institute of Medical Sciences and Hospital2016KolkataWBUHSPrivate
KPC Medical College and Hospital2006KolkataWBUHSState Funded
Malda Medical College and Hospital2011MaldaWBUHSState Funded
Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata1835KolkataWBUHSState Funded
Midnapore Medical College and Hospital2004MidnaporeWBUHSState Funded
Murshidabad Medical College2012BerhamporeWBUHSState Funded
Nil Ratan Sarkar Medical College and Hospital1873KolkataWBUHSState Funded
North Bengal Medical College1968SiliguriWBUHSState Funded
R. G. Kar Medical College and Hospital1886KolkataWBUHSState Funded
Raiganj Government Medical College and Hospital2019RaiganjWBUHSState Funded
Rampurhat Government Medical College and Hospital2019BirbhumWBUHSState Funded
Shri Ramkrishna Institute of Medical Sciences and Sanaka Hospital2015DurgapurWBUHSPrivate