Today we will discuss about-10 Oldest Govt medical colleges in India.Read this article till end to know the complete details .
10 Oldest Govt medical colleges in India
Here is list of oldest medical colleges in India.
| No. | College Name | State | Year |
| 1 | Madras Medical College, Chennai | Tamil Nadu | 1835 |
| 2 | Govt. Medical College, Kolkata | West Bengal | 1838 |
| 3 | Stanley Medical College, Chennai | Tamil Nadu | 1838 |
| 4 | Grant Medical College, Mumbai | Maharashtra | 1845 |
| 5 | King George Medical University, Lucknow | Uttar Pradesh | 1911 |
| 6 | RG Kar Medical College, Kolkata | West Bengal | 1916 |
| 7 | Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi | Delhi | 1916 |
| 8 | Andhra Medical College, Visakhapatnam | Andhra Pradesh | 1923 |
| 9 | Mysore Medical College and Research Institute, Mysore | Karnataka | 1924 |
| 10 | Seth GS Medical College & KEM Hospital, Mumbai | Maharashtra | 1925 |
| 11 | Patna Medical College, Patna | Bihar | 1925 |
| 12 | SN Medical College, Agra | Uttar Pradesh | 1939 |
| 13 | Government Medical College, Amritsar | Punjab | 1943 |
| 14 | SCB Medical College, Cuttack | Orissa | 1944 |
| 15 | Darbhanga Medical College, Lehriasarai | Bihar | 1946 |
| 16 | Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad | Telangana | 1946 |
| 17 | B J Medical College, Ahmedabad | Gujarat | 1946 |
| 18 | Gajra Raja Medical College, Gwalior | Madhya Pradesh | 1946 |
| 19 | Guntur Medical College, Guntur | Andhra Pradesh | 1946 |
| 20 | Assam Medical College, Dibrugarh | Assam | 1947 |
| 21 | SMS Medical College, Jaipur | Rajasthan | 1947 |
| 22 | Government Medical College, Nagpur | Maharashtra | 1947 |
| 23 | MGM Medical College, Indore | Madhya Pradesh | 1948 |
| 24 | Nilratan Sircar Medical College, Kolkata | West Bengal | 1948 |
| 25 | Calcutta National Medical College, Kolkata | West Bengal | 1948 |
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NEET UG 2025 exam Schedule by NTA
Click here to fill NTA NEET UG 2025 application form . As per notification of NTA ,this year NEET UG 2025 will be conducted on May 4 , 2025 (Sunday) and result will be declared before June 14 , 2025 after that state will release merit list for MBBS BDS and other profession courses admission 2025. In Govt. medical colleges 15% of total seats are reserved for All India Quota and counselling for these seats are conducted by Medical Counselling Committee (MCC). For the remaining 85 % seats of Govt. colleges and 100% seats of private medical colleges(if any) counselling will be conducted by state authority. If we go through the official website data we find that 8420 MBBS seats are already updated on official website of NMC for coming session.
Total MBBS seats in India 2025
| Total MBBS seats in India Till 26-02-2025 | ||
| Colleges | Colleges | Seats |
| Govt | 431 | 60460 |
| Private/Deemed | 348 | 57515 |
| Grand Total | 779 | 117975 |
Here is NEET UG cut off last few years: As per latest information from official website of NMC , there are 779 medical colleges with 117975 MBBS seats in India .If we compare with last year data this year there will be 15000 more MBBS seats at the time of counselling. Last year 53 new medical colleges gets approval for MBBS admission for session 2023-24. Out of these 53 new medical colleges 31(Thirty one) were Government and 22 (Twenty Two) were deemed/private medical colleges. If we check state wise new medical colleges ,highest 12 (Twelve) were in Telangana ,05 (five) each in Rajasthan ,Andhra Pradesh , Maharashtra ,04 (Four ) in Gujarat ,03 (Three) each in Assam, Haryana ,Karnataka , Tamil Nadu , 02 (Two) in West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha , J & K and 01 (one) each in Uttar Pradesh and Nagaland .
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