Located in Vellore, in the northeast of Tamil Nadu near the border of Andhra Pradesh, Christian Medical College first opened as a one-bed clinic in 1900. Today, it is a medical college and hospital with 2,300 beds across four sites. employing more than 7,000 people. The school and hospital are non-governmental, private, inter-denominational Christian institutions. The medical school, founded in 1948, has 30 faculty including ten professors, and specialty units in areas including cardiology, nephrology, genetics, geriatrics and pulmonary medicine. According to the school's 2008-2009 year book, Christian Medical College has a faculty-student ratio of 1:2 for undergraduates and 1:3 for postgraduates, which it states are "the best in the country."
Christian Medical College
Vellore, India 632002
+91-416-228-2010 (Directorate)
cmch-vellore.edu
Madras Medical College in the capital city of Tamil Nadu grew out of Government General Hospital, which opened in 1664 to treat British traders with the East India Company. The hospital moved to its present location in 1772, and with the addition of medical classes, was granted the status of a college by the government in 1850, graduating its first students two years later. Today the college offers graduate and postgraduate degrees and diplomas in a variety of medical specialties, including surgery, ophthalmology, psychiatry, pediatrics and nursing. Madras Medical College is still affiliated with Government General Hospital and a variety of medical institutions around Chennai.
Madras Medical College
E.V.R Periyar Salai, Park Town
Chennai, India 600003
+91-044-2530-5000
mmc.tn.gov.in
Rajah Muthiah Medical College and Hospital is located in a rural setting in Annamalai Nagar, just west of Chennai. The college is a part of Annamalai University, founded in 1928, and today one of "Asia's largest residential universities," according to its web site. The medical college was founded in 1985, and offers an MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery) degree as well as bachelor's and master's degrees in physical therapy and nursing.
Rajah Muthiah Medical College,
Annanalai University
Annamalai Nagar, India 608002
+91-414-423-8248
annamalaiuniversity.ac.in