The Hyderabad Medical School, the forerunner of Osmania Medical College, came into existence in 1846. Today the school is affiliated with the Dr. N.T.R. University of Health Sciences in Vijayawada, which was started in 1986 by the late Sri N.T. Rama Rao, then Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh. After Dr. Rao's death the university was renamed after him, becoming the Dr. N.T.R. University of Health Sciences in 1998.
Dr. N.T.R. University of Health Sciences
Vijayawada
Andhra Pradesh
(+91) 866-2451206 10
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Guntur Medical College, originally connected to Nargarjuna University, began offering classes in July, 1954 with 50 undergraduate students. By 1960 that number had risen to 150 students. These days the college admits 78 postgraduate students in different specialties each year. Guntur Medical College also trains radiographers, lab technicians, lab attendants, pharmacists, nurses and sanitary inspectors. After 1989 it was affiliated to A.P University of Health Sciences A.P.U.H.S. (now NTRUHS), Vijayawada.
Guntur Medical College
Kannavari Thota,
Guntur 522 004
Andhra Pradesh
(+91) 863-221-4779
gmc.ac.in/
Gandhi Medical College was founded in September,1954, the second in Hyderabad State, fourth in Andhra Pradesh and 29th nationally. Each year 150 students enter the MBBS degree course and 88 start graduate programs, including both clinical and nonclinical subjects as well as "super specialties," leading to 37 degrees in different areas of medicine. Gandhi Medical College is also a Study Center of the Indira Gandhi National Open University. Offering a postgraduate diploma in maternal and child health, IGNOU has over 961 study centers spread across India.
Gandhi Medical College
Basheerbagh 500-001
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
(+91) 40-2232 452
India Study Center
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The MR Medical College was begun in 1963. The Karnataka State government built a 700-bed hospital to offer clinical facilities to the students and, in 1972, MR Medical College became the second private medical college in the country to win recognition from the Medical Council of India. Postgraduate courses began in 1979, and now the college offers 25 medical degrees, including 18 in different postgraduate subjects.
MR Medical College
Gulbarga 585 105
Karnataka, India
(+91) 08472225085
mrmcg.com/
The Calicut Medical College in Kerala was the second medical school in the state, started in1957 by the Governor of Kerala, Dr. B. Ramakrishna Rao. Two years later the building was finished and the school moved from temporary quarters to its 270 acres about 6 miles from the heart of Calicut. It is affiliated to the University of Calicut and serves two out of five of Kerala's population.
Calicut Medical College
Medical College P.O
Calicut - 673 008
Kerala, India
(+91) 495 2356531
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Founded by medical missionary Dr. Ida Scutter in August 1918 as the Union Missionary Medical School for Women, Christian Medical College started with 14 students. In 1942 it was upgraded to a medical college and began accepting men in 1947. In 1950 it began offering M.D. and surgical degrees. Today it has a 1 to 2 faculty-to-student ratio for its undergraduate program and a 3 to 1 ratio for the graduate departments. Its associated hospitals and clinics provide care to all persons in Tamil Nadu, South India.
Christian Medical College
Ida Scutter Rd.
Vellore 632 004
Tamil Nadu, India
(+91) 416 222 2102
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