List of Government Medical Colleges in India
In India, there are 542 medical colleges and 64 stand-alone PG Institutes in India whose qualifications are recognized by the Medical Council of India. 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 recognizes institutes for specific courses.
Medical College’s quality is controlled by the central regulatory authority, the National Medical Commission, which inspects the institutes from time to time and recognizes institutes for specific courses. Most of the medical colleges were set up by the central and state governments.
List of Government Medical Colleges in India
| State / UT | Number of Medical Colleges | Number of Stand Alone PG Institutes |
|---|---|---|
| Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 1 | 0 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 31 | 1 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | 0 |
| Assam | 7 | 2 |
| Bihar | 16 | 0 |
| Chandigarh | 1 | 1 |
| Chhattisgarh | 10 | 0 |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli | 1 | 0 |
| Daman and Diu | 0 | 0 |
| Delhi | 10 | 11 |
| Goa | 1 | 0 |
| Gujarat | 29 | 2 |
| Haryana | 12 | 1 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 7 | 0 |
| Jammu & Kashmir | 8 | 0 |
| Jharkhand | 7 | 2 |
| Karnataka | 60 | 9 |
| Kerala | 32 | 2 |
| Ladakh | 0 | 0 |
| Lakshadweep | 0 | 0 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 22 | 0 |
| Maharashtra | 56 | 11 |
| Manipur | 2 | 0 |
| Meghalaya | 1 | 0 |
| Mizoram | 1 | 0 |
| Nagaland | 0 | 0 |
| Odisha | 12 | 1 |
| Puducherry | 9 | 0 |
| Punjab | 10 | 2 |
| Rajasthan | 23 | 0 |
| Sikkim | 1 | 1 |
| Tamil Nadu | 50 | 5 |
| Telangana | 33 | 1 |
| Tripura | 2 | 0 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 55 | 5 |
| Uttarakhand | 6 | 0 |
| West Bengal | 25 | 8 |
| Total | 542 | 64 |
List of Top 25 Government Medical Colleges in India for MBBS 2022:-
- AIIMS Delhi
- AFMC Pune
- Maulana Azad Medical College Delhi
- Grant Medical College Mumbai
- JIPMER Puducherry
- Lady Hardinge Medical College Delhi
- Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute
- University College of Medical Sciences Delhi
- Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College Aligarh
- Institute of Medical Sciences BHU Varanasi
- BJ Medical College Pune
- St John’s Medical College Bangalore
- Patna Medical College
- Government Medical College Chandigarh
- Madras Medical College Chennai
- Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College Mumbai
- Medical College Kolkata
- Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Medical University Lucknow
- Government Medical College Aurangabad
- Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education & Research Kolkata
- Era Medical College Lucknow
- Gandhi Medical College & Hospital Hyderabad
- Calicut Medical College
- Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College Mumbai
Most of the medical schools 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.
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