# Medical college in India

In India, a medical college is an educational institution that provides medical education. These institutions may vary from stand-alone colleges that train doctors to conglomerates that offer training related in all aspects of medical care. The term is synonymous with "medical school" as used in the US and some other countries. MBBS is a degree in medicine established by Indian Medical Council Act 1956 and continued in National Medical Commission Act 2019. After MBBS, doctors register with state medical councils.

## Recognition

Indian law requires these institutions to be recognized by the National Medical Commission, which replaced the Medical Council of India (MCI) in 2019. The Indian government keeps an updated list of these approved medical colleges. Many persons without MBBS degrees practice like doctors in India. They are called quacks. According to National Medical Commission Act 2019, punishment for quackery has been enhanced to up to 1 year imprisonment and up to INR 5 lakh fine.

## Admissions and education

The standard entry-to-practice degree in modern medicine in India is the Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS), earned upon completion of a five-and-a-half-year undergraduate program. The curriculum is divided into one year of preclinical studies in general science subjects and three and a half years of paraclinical and clinical studies, followed by a one-year clinical internship. Before beginning the internship, students are required to pass several examinations, the final one of which is conducted in two parts. Graduate education in medical science typically takes three additional years of study after the MBBS and concludes with the award of the Master of Surgery or Doctor of Medicine. Postgraduate diplomas in medical specializations may also be awarded upon completing two-year training programs.

## Medical college

According to the World Federation for Medical Education, India is the country with the greatest quantity of operational medical schools (392). A list of schools by region is provided below:

### By region

| S.No | Regions | Number of Colleges offering MBBS | State-run Colleges | Private Colleges | Govt. college seats | Private College Seats | Total no. of seats |
| SI | South India | 154 | 52 | 102 | 6830 | 13705 | 20535 |
| WI | West India | 77 | 34 | 43 | 4540 | 5295 | 9835 |
| NI | North India | 70 | 37 | 33 | 4499 | 3745 | 8244 |
| EI | East India | 47 | 37 | 10 | 4116 | 1010 | 5026 |
| T | Total | 348 | 160 | 188 | 19985 | 23755 | 43640 |

## Statistics

Yearwise Medical colleges Numbers in chart
Note: Mar 16, 2023 Data

### By state

| S.No | State / UT | Number of Colleges | Govt. Colleges | Private Colleges | Govt. college seats | Govt. college seats per million pop. | Private College Seats | Total no. of seats |
| 1 | Andhra Pradesh | 31 | 13 | 18 | 2410 | 49 | 2800 | 5210 |
| 2 | Assam | 13 | 13 | 0 | 1600 | 51 | 0 | 1600 |
| 3 | Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 36 | 0 |
| 4 | Bihar | 11 | 11 | 2 | - | - | - |
| 4 | Chandigarh | 1 | 1 | 0 | 150 | 142 | 0 | 150 |
| 5 | Chhattisgarh | 10 | 7 | 3 | 895 | 35 | 450 | 1345 |
| 6 | Delhi | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1222 | 73 | 200 | 1422 |
| 7 | Goa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 180 | 123 | 0 | 180 |
| 8 | Gujarat | 31 | 18 | 13 | 3700 | 61 | 2000 | 5700 |
| 9 | Haryana | 12 | 5 | 7 | 710 | 28 | 950 | 1660 |
| 10 | Himachal Pradesh | 8 | 7 | 1 | 770 | 112 | 150 | 920 |
| 11 | Jammu and Kashmir | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1035 | 84 | 100 | 1135 |
| 12 | Jharkhand | 8 | 7 | 1 | 630 | 19 | 150 | 780 |
| 13 | Karnataka | 60 | 19 | 41 | 2900 | 47 | 6445 | 9345 |
| 14 | Kerala | 31 | 10 | 21 | 1555 | 47 | 2550 | 4105 |
| 15 | Madhya Pradesh | 23 | 14 | 9 | 2135 | 29 | 1450 | 3585 |
| 16 | Maharashtra | 57 | 26 | 31 | 4430 | 39 | 4570 | 9000 |
| 17 | Manipur | 2 | 2 | 0 | 225 | 88 | 0 | 225 |
| 18 | Mizoram | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100 | 91 | 0 | 100 |
| 19 | Odisha | 12 | 8 | 4 | 1250 | 30 | 700 | 1950 |
| 20 | Puducherry | 9 | 2 | 7 | 380 | 304 | 1150 | 1530 |
| 21 | Punjab | 10 | 4 | 6 | 650 | 23 | 775 | 1425 |
| 22 | Rajasthan | 24 | 16 | 8 | 2900 | 42 | 1300 | 4200 |
| 23 | Sikkim | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 50 |
| 24 | Tamil Nadu | 62 | 36 | 26 | 3650 | 51 | 4350 | 8000 |
| 25 | Telangana | 34 | 11 | 23 | 1790 | 51 | 3450 | 5240 |
| 26 | Tripura | 2 | 1 | 1 | 125 | 34 | 100 | 225 |
| 27 | Uttar Pradesh | 57 | 26 | 31 | 3178 | 16 | 4250 | 7428 |
| 28 | Uttarakhand | 6 | 4 | 2 | 525 | 52 | 300 | 825 |
| 29 | West Bengal | 26 | 20 | 6 | 3150 | 35 | 850 | 4000 |
| T | Total | 558 | 289 | 269 | 43435 | 36 | 39840 | 83275 |

## Assam

| S.No. | Name of the college | Funding | Enrollment | Established | City/Town | District | University |
| 1 | Gauhati Medical College and Hospital | Public | 200 | 1960 | Guwahati | Kamrup Metropolitan district | SSUHS |
| 2 | Assam Medical College | Public | 200 | 1947 | Dibrugarh | Dibrugarh district | SSUHS |
| 3 | Silchar Medical College and Hospital | Public | 125 | 1968 | Silchar | Cachar district | SSUHS |
| 4 | Jorhat Medical College and Hospital | Public | 125 | 2009 | Jorhat | Jorhat district | SSUHS |
| 5 | Tezpur Medical College and Hospital | Public | 125 | 2013 | Tezpur | Sonitpur district | SSUHS |
| 6 | Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed Medical College and Hospital | Public | 125 | 2011 | Barpeta | Barpeta district | SSUHS |
| 7 | Lakhimpur Medical College and Hospital | Public | 100 | 2021 | Lakhimpur | Lakhimpur district | SSUHS |
| 8 | Diphu Medical College and Hospital | Public | 100 | 2019 | Diphu | Karbi Anglong district | SSUHS |
| 9 | Dhubri Medical College and Hospital | Public | 100 | 2022 | Dhubri | Dhubri district | SSUHS |
| 10 | Nalbari Medical College and Hospital | Public | 100 | 2023 | Nalbari | Nalbari district | SSUHS |
| 11 | Nagaon Medical College and Hospital | Public | 100 | 2023 | Nagaon | Nagaon district | SSUHS |
| 12 | Kokrajhar Medical College and Hospital | Public | 100 | 2023 | Kokrajhar | Kokrajhar district | SSUHS |
| 13 | Tinsukia Medical College and Hospital | Public | 100 | 2024 | Makum | Tinsukia district | SSUHS |

## Bihar

| S.No. | Name of the college | Funding | Enrollment | Established | City/Town | District | University |
| 1 | Patna Medical College | Public | 200 | 1874 | Ashok Rajpath | Patna District | AKU |
| 2 | Nalanda Medical College | Public | 150 | 1970 | Kankarbagh | Patna District | BUHS |
| 3 | Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences | Public | 120 | 1983 | Bailey Road | Patna District | Autonomous |
| 4 | All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna | Public | 125 | 2012 | Phulwari Sharif | Patna District | Autonomous |
| 5 | Darbhanga Medical College | Public | 120 | 1946 | Laheriasarai | Darbhanga District | AKU |
| 6 | Sri Krishna Medical College and Hospital | Public | 125 | 1970 | Muzaffarpur | Muzaffarpur District | AKU |