List of Medical Colleges in Karnataka 2023-24: Government & Private MBBS and MD/MS Colleges

2. Mysore Medical College and Research Institute, Mysore

Mysore medical college is one of the top medical colleges in Karnataka and the first started medical college in Karnataka. It was established in 1924.Located in the central city of Mysore, Mysore medical college is easily reachable without much burden even to the students of other states. 

The college infrastructure is well developed with an auditorium, four lecture halls, examination halls, sports grounds, guest rooms, green rooms and many more recreational facilities. It has a large library with books of both Indian and international authors which will help the students explore the world of medicine even at an early age.

3. Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences, Institute Hubballi

Karnataka Institute of medical sciences, located is a govt medical college in Karnataka. Karnataka Institute of medical sciences is unique in having the largest multi speciality hospital in North Karnataka. It is a government college and has many laboratories with well-equipped instruments, which evokes the student’s desire in research and makes the students stand unique among the bunch of medical graduates.

4. Vijayanagar Institute of Medical Sciences, Bellary

This college was initially named Government medical college, Bellary and then later it was renamed by Dr. Ramana as Vijayanagar institute of medical sciences (VIMS), Bellary. It is one of the best medical colleges in Karnataka. Vijayanagar institute of medical sciences has good infrastructure and covers over 173 acres. It is a government medical colleges and one of the leading colleges in the state.

5. Mandya Institute of Medical Sciences, Mandya

Mandya Institute of medical sciences is a government medical college located in Karnataka. It was established in the year 2005 but the first batch of students were admitted in 2006. It is one of the top 5 government medical colleges in karnataka which students compete for

Private Medical  Colleges in Karnataka

In this section of the content, we will listed top “Private Medical Colleges in Karnataka” and its offered courses, seats, fees, application process, faculty panel, affiliation and so on.

6. St John’s medical college, Bangalore

St. John’s medical college  in Bangalore is the best private college in Karnataka. This college is a part of St. John’s national academy of health Sciences. It covers over 132 acres and is located in the garden City of Bangalore. St. John’s medical college is ranked in the top 5 medical colleges of India and is a dream college for many students.

7. Kasturba medical college, Manipal

Kasturba medical college located in Manipal is one of the top private medical college in Karnataka. Along with MBBS it offers PG courses in 55 different branches. The students pursuing MBBS course for five and half years in this college, come out as doctors with fine excellence and unbeatable qualities whom the health sector always looks up for.

8. Kasturba medical college, Mangalore

The Kasturba medical college is a self financing medical college in Karnataka. It offers undergraduate, post graduate and super speciality courses. Kasturba medical college has many academic collaborations internationally. It has high tech laboratories and highly spaced libraries.

9. M S Ramaiah medical college, Bangalore

MS Ramaiah medical college is a private medical college in Bangalore. It was established by a charitable Trust in the year 1979. Along with UG courses it offers 24 PG degree courses. It is spread across in 70 acres. It is one among the top 10 medical colleges in Karnataka. This college gives par importance to co-curricular activities along with academics.

10. JSS medical College and Hospital, Mysore

JSS medical college is a deemed medical college in Karnataka. JSS medical college has a museum with wide collection of specimens for study purposes and the specimens are very old. This college always keeps its students engaged in day to day updates of the health sector. Various departments conduct their annual conferences in this college.

Admission Procedure

The admission procedure for the colleges in Karnataka is based on the National eligibility cum entrance exam (NEET) scores. The seats in the colleges are divided into various categories and the seats are allotted to the students based on their rank in the NEET exams. 

Eligibility criteria

Any student who has passed 12thstd and qualified the NEET exams with minimum passing cut off will be eligible to apply for the medical colleges in Karnataka through the counselling.

Application

The candidates should fill the application forms within the time allotted by the counselling conducting authorities. The applications can be submitted either online or offline as specified by the counselling conducting authorities. 

Selection criteria

Selection will be purely based on the NEET rank secured by the candidate. 

Fees payment

After the candidate is allotted to a particular college, the college fees should be paid in the college at the time of admission. If the student wishes to join the hostel the hostel fees should also be paid during admission to the hostel.

Counselling

For the colleges in Karnataka, the state quota seats counselling is conducted by Karnataka examination authority (KEA), Bangalore and for all India quota seats counselling is conducted by NMC. Some seats in the final rounds of counselling may be filled by the respective colleges.

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