LIST OF MEDICAL COLLEGES IN KARNATAKA | TOP MEDICAL INSTITUTES IN BANGALORE
The Medical Council of India currently (2014) fully recognizes 381 medical colleges, which will train 50,078 medical students. The Medical Council of India’s motto is to provide quality medical care to all Indians through promotion and maintenance of excellence in medical education. Its website maintains an up-to-date list.
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.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 a list of medical colleges in Karnataka:
- Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute, Bangalore
Location: Bangalore, Karnataka
Website: http://www.bmcri.org/
Type: Affiliated College
Contact: 91 80 2670 0810
- Kasturba Medical College, Manipal
Location: Manipal, Karnataka
Website: http://manipal.edu/kmc-manipal.html
Type: Constituent College
Contact: 91-92437-77733 91-820-2571000 / 2922400
- Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore
Location: Mangalore, Karnataka
Website: http://manipal.edu/kmc-mangalore.html
Type: Constituent College
Contact: 91-0824-2422271, EXT 5504
- KLE University, Belgaum
Location: Belgaum, Karnataka
Website: http://www.kleuniversity.edu.in/
Type: Deemed University
Contact: 0831-2444444
- National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bangalore
Location: Bangalore, Karnataka
Website: http://www.nimhans.kar.nic.in
Type: Deemed University
Contact: 080-26995005,080-26995006, 080-26564199
- St Johns Medical College, Bangalore
Location: Bangalore, Karnataka
Website: http://www.stjohns.in/medicalcollege/
- Father Muller Institute of Medical Education and Research, Mangalore
Location: Mangalore, Karnataka
Website: http://www.fathermuller.com/nursingcollege/
Type: Affiliated College
Contact: 0824- 2238320, 2438906 0824- 2238324 0824- 2438906
- JSS University, Mysore
Location: Mysore, Karnataka
Website: http://www.jssuni.edu.in/
Type: Deemed University
Contact: 0821 254 8400
- BLDE University, Bijapur
Location: Bijapur, Karnataka
Website: http://bldeuniversity.ac.in/
Type: Deemed University
Contact: 8352 262770,,8352 262507, 8352 260267, 8352 264951
- Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore
Location: Bangalore, Karnataka
Website: http://www.rguhs.ac.in/
Type: State University
Contact: 080-26961928, 080-26961933/35
- Sri Siddhartha Academy of Higher Education, Tumkur
Location: Tumkur, Karnataka
Website: http://www.sahe.in/
Type: Deemed University
Contact: 91-816- 2275516
- Bapuji Dental college & Hospital, Davangere
Location: Davanagere, Karnataka
Website: http://www.bapujidental.edu/
Type: Affiliated College
Contact: 91-08192-220572,220573, 220575, 220579
- JSS Medical College and Hospital, Mysore
Location: Mysore, Karnataka
Website: http://www.jssmedicalcollege.in/
Type: Constituent College
Contact: 91 821-2548337, 2548338
- NITTE University, Mangalore
Location: Mangalore, Karnataka
Website: http://nitte.edu.in/
Type: Deemed University
Contact: 0824-2204300,0824-2204301
- Sri Devaraj Urs University, Tamaka
Location: Kolar, Karnataka
Website: http://www.sduu.ac.in/
Type: State University
Contact: 08152-210604, 08152-210605
- Mysore Medical College, Mysore
Location: Mysore, Karnataka
Website: http://www.mysoremedicalcollege.com/
- Dr BR Ambedkar Medical College, Bangalore
Location: Bangalore, Karnataka
- JJM Medical College, Davangere
Location: Davanagere, Karnataka
Website: http://www.jjmmc.org/
- MS Ramaiah Medical Collge, Bangalore
Location: Bangalore, Karnataka
Contact: http://www.msrmc.ac.in/
- Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana, Bangalore
Location: Bangalore, Karnataka
Website: http://svyasa.org/
Type: Deemed University
Contact: 080-22639961,080-22639963
- Yenepoya University, Mangalore
Location: Mangalore, Karnataka
Website: http://www.yenepoya.edu.in/
Type: Deemed University
Contact: 0824-2204668, 0824-2204669, 0824-2204670
- Sri Siddhartha Medical College, Tumkur
Location: Tumkur,
Website: http://www.ssmctumkur.org/
- Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences, Hubli
Location: Hubli, Karnataka
Website: http://www.kimshubli.org/
- Raichur Institute of Medical Sciences, Raichur
Location: Raichur, Karnataka
Website: http://www.rims-raichur.com/
- Shivamogga Institute of Medical Sciences, Shimoga
Location: Shimoga, Karnataka
Website: http://www.sims-shimoga.com/
- Adichunchanagiri Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Bangalore
Location: Nagamangala, Karnataka
Website: http://www.bgsaims.com/
- Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangalore
Location: Bangalore, Karnataka
Website: http://www.kimsbangalore.edu.in
- KS Hegde Medical Academy, Mangalore
Location: Mangalore, Karnataka
- Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Belgaum
Location: Belgaum, Karnataka
Website: http://www.jnmc.edu/
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 (CRRI). The MBBS course is followed by MS, a post-graduation course in surgical specialities, MS or MD and DNB (Highly qualified P.G. and Super specialization), 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(AIIMS), Christian Medical College & Hospital (CMCH) Vellore, Kasturba Medical College (Manipal and Mangalore), Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC), St. John’s Medical College (Bangalore) and National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS)conduct entrance tests at the national level and attract candidates from all over India.
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