Medical Education: Top 10 Medical Colleges in India

Medical is a field that has been opted for by many since ages. Call it the traditional thinking of serving the people for their betterment or the mere interest in how the human body functions; today, there are innumerable colleges in India offering continuous medical education to many.

We, who are still considered as a developing country are producing medical professionals with expertise in almost every field possible. Whether it is continuing medical education ethics or researching and looking for new means for bettering the health of the masses, these professionals have made their mark.Here are top 10 medical colleges in India known for offering extensive courses in various fields of medicine. We hope these help you to make the right choices!

1. All India Institute Of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)

City: Delhi

Website: http://www.aiims.edu/en.html

About: All-India Institute of Medical Sciences was established as an institution of national importance by an Act of Parliament with the objects to develop patterns of teaching in Undergraduate and Post-graduate Medical Education in all its branches so as to demonstrate a high standard of Medical Education in India; to bring together in one place educational facilities of the highest order for the training of personnel in all important branches of health activity; and to attain self-sufficiency in Postgraduate Medical Education. (source)

2. Christian Medical College (CMC)

City: Vellore

Website: http://www.cmch-vellore.edu/

About: CMC is an educational and research institute and a tertiary care hospital located at Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India. It is one of the prominent and well known medical destinations in India, having reputations nationally and internationally. It is also one of the top ranked medical colleges in India. Founded in 1900 by an American missionary, Dr Ida S. Scudder, the institute has made significant achievements in the past like starting the first college of nursing in India (1978), performing the first Reconstructive Surgery for Leprosy in the World (1948), performing the first successful Open Heart Surgery in India (1961), performing the first Kidney Transplant in India (1971), performing first Bone Marrow Transplantation (1986) in India and performing the first successful ABO incompatible Kidney Transplant in India (2009). (source)

3. Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC)

City: Pune

Website: http://afmc.nic.in/

About: Armed Forces Medical College is a premier medical institute of India acknowledged as a centre of excellence for education and research. The college provides training to undergraduate and post-graduate medical and nursing students with assured career prospects in the defence services. The institute was set up on 01 May 1948 by an act of parliament of India on the recommendations of the BC Roy Committee by the amalgamation of various defence medical organizations. (source)

4. Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER)

City: Puducherry

Website: http://jipmer.edu.in/

About: Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research originated as École de Médicine de Pondichérry established by the French Government in the year 1823. This medical school was converted into Dhanvantari Medical College at the time of de facto transfer of Pondicherry to Government of India. This Medical College was later upgraded into Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER). (source)

5. Maulana Azad Medical College

City: Delhi

Website: http://www.mamc.ac.in/

About: The Maulana Azad Medical College (MAMC) is a government medical college in Delhi affiliated to University of Delhi. It is named after Indian freedom fighter and first education minister of independent India Maulana Abul Kalam Azad. It is located at Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg. The hospitals have a combined bed strength of 1800 beds (with further expansion underway) and cater to a population of more than 10 million people in Delhi alone and many more from the surrounding states in north India. The college is a tertiary care referral center and has teaching programs for graduation/medical school, post graduation/residency and subspecialities/fellowships (referred to as superspecialities in India). (source)

6. Madras Medical College

City: Chennai

Website: http://www.mmc.tn.gov.in/

About: Madras Medical College gained affiliation to the University of Madras in 1857; after which is was moved to be the center of excellence for imparting training in all the specialities in the field of medicine and surgery. It is one of the premier institutes in the country for graduate, postgraduate and super speciality courses in medicine. The courses offered are affiliated to ‘The Tamilnadu Dr. MGR Medical University’ since 1988. It has nine affiliated institutions with hospitals, each of them recognized for excellence in healthcare services. (source)

7. Grant Medical College

City: Mumbai

Website: http://www.gmcjjh.org/

About: The Grant Government medical College, Mumbai is one of the premiere institution of India affiliated to the Maharashtra University of Health Sciences, Nashik. The Foundation of the institution dates back to 1845 and with a consistent performance in ranking in the top 10 Medical colleges all over India. Sir JJ Group of Hospitals is a conglomerate of 4 Hospitals : Sir JJ Hospital, St.George's Hospital, Gokuldas Tejpal Hospital & Camal Albless Hospital. The Institute exhibits a prestigious history to document the award winning research work of Robert Koch on Vibrio Cholera & Sir V M Haffkine/ Waldemar Haffkine on the Plague Vaccine and their likes. (source)

8. Seth GS Medical College

City: Mumbai

Website: http://www.kem.edu/

About: Founded in 1926, the Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College (GSMC) and the King Edward Memorial (KEM) Hospital are amongst the foremost teaching and medical care providing institutions in India. The medical college (school) provides training to about 2000 students in undergraduate, postgraduate and superspeciality medical courses; in undergraduate and postgraduate physical and occupational therapy; Masters and PhD courses in various allied specialties. A nursing school is also maintained by this institute. (source)

9. Kasturba Medical College (KMC)

City: Manipal

Website: http://manipal.edu/kmc-manipal.html

About: Kasturba Medical College (KMC) Manipal was established on 30 June 1953 as the first self-financing medical college in the private sector. In 1958, when the first class of students graduated, KMC was granted recognition by the Medical Council of India followed by the recognitions of General Medical Council of Great Britain and the Malaysian Medical Council in the later years. The college started at Manipal with the pre-clinical section. Before this, the students had to go to Mangalore for their clinical training. In 1969, when the clinical program started, KMC became a full-fledged independent college. (source)

10. Lady Hardinge Medical College

City: Delhi

Website: http://www.hardinge.org/

About: LHMC was founded in 1916 and remains to be one of the most prestigious medical colleges in India as well as Asia. The college runs an association by the name of LHMC Alumni Association as a forum for connecting all pass outs with a common agenda of - current student encouragement programs, social service and interconnectivity. (source)

Posted by: Vanhishikha Bhargava (http://www.buzz4health.com/blog/authors.html )