Indian Medical Institutes are known worldwide for providing medical education of international standards. There are 18 university level institutions and 785 medical colleges offering undergraduate Programmes in medicine and related areas (including pharmacy, Ayurveda, Unani, Homeopathic and nursing).
All medical/ dental/ pharmacy/ nursing colleges in India are recognised and regulated by the statuary bodies i.e. Medical council of India / Dental Council of India /Pharmacy Council of India / Indian Nursing Council at central level.
Medical Education in India is also given an important consideration from an international point of view. The Medical Council of India (MCI) controls medical Education in India.All States and all Universities or Colleges that give medical education is monitored and timely inspected by the Medical Council of India every year.
They allow colleges or universities to grant MBBS, MS, MD, BDS, MDS or any Graduate or PG degree or diploma provided those colleges are strictly adhering to the standards set by the Medical Council of India.
The MBBS course is of four and a half year’s and is followed by one year of Compulsory Rotating Residential Internship. The course is taken in three stages, following a short foundation course which provides basic principles of Communication, Ethics and Problem Based Learning. The first stage is for 12 months and covers the basic sciences of Anatomy, Physiology and Biochemistry. The next stage is for 18 months and includes Pharmacology, Pathology, Microbiology and Forensic Medicine.
Entrance Exams
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professional courses are open for the right students. But the admission
to such courses is open only through an Entrance Examination. In India a degree like MBBS comes as under graduate, and MD or MS falls under PG. PG diploma courses are also available in various branches in medical education. All higher education Degrees or Diplomas are valid internationally, especially in the field of medicine and engineering. |
Medical and Dental council of India
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education in degree level or postgraduate or PG level in Medicine is
either classified into medicine or Dental. Both are controlled and
monitored by Medical council and Dental council, separately. A student has to keep a watch over the medical, dental and engineering entrance tests conducted in India by various States and Universities, if he or she has to get Admission to such courses. Usually the time for such tests will be around a couple of months earlier than the month in which the actual courses start in Medical Schools. The time a new academic year begin in India is usually the month of July. |
