LIST OF MEDICAL COLLEGES IN WEST BENGAL | TOP MEDICAL INSTITUTES IN KOLKATA, BHUVANESHWAR
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 best medical colleges in West Bengal:
- National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Kolkata
Location: Kolkata, West Bengal
Website: http://www.niperkolkata.edu.in/
Type: Institute of National Importance
Contact: 91(033)-24292422
- Medical College Kolkata
Location: Kolkata,
Website: http://www.medicalcollegekolkata.org/
Contact: +91 33 2212-3853
- University of Burdwan, Bardhaman
Location: Burdwan, West Bengal
Website: http://www.buruniv.ac.in/
Type: State University
Contact: 342-2634975
- Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata
Location: Kolkata, West Bengal
Website: http://www.ipgmer.gov.in
Contact: 2204 1101
- West Bengal University of Health Sciences, Kalyani
Location: Kalyani, West Bengal
Website: http://www.wbuhs.ac.in/
Type: State University
Contact: 2334 6602, 2321 3461
- M. Birla College of Nursing, Kolkata
Location: Kolkata,
Website: http://www.birlaheart.org/College_of_Nursing/academic.htm
Type: Affiliated College
Contact: 91-33-24567777, 2456-7890
- Burdwan Medical College, Burdwan
Location: Burdwan, West Bengal
- Bankura Sammilani Medical College, Bankura
Location: Bankura, West Bengal
Website: http://bsmc.org.in
Type: Affiliated College
Contact: 03242-244700
- Calcutta National Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata
Location: Kolkata, West Bengal
- Nilratan Sarkar Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata
Location: Kolkata, West Bengal
Website: http://nrsmch.org/
- KPC Medical College and Hospital, Jadavpur
Location: Kolkata,
Website: http://kpcmedicalcollege.org/
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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