Top medical colleges in Karnataka with low fees

Top medical colleges in Karnataka with low fees

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Top medical colleges in Karnataka with low fees include prominent names like NIMHANS, KMC, St. John's Medical College, and more. Read this article to know about the best medical colleges in Karnataka.

Top medical colleges in Karnataka with low fees

Top medical colleges in Karnataka with low fees: Karnataka has many options for medical aspirants who want to secure a medical seat in the state with low fees. The state is leading in terms of medical education and healthcare. It has both government and private medical colleges offering top-notch MBBS and postgraduate medical courses.

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Karnataka has many prominent institutes when it comes to dental, medical and super specialities courses. The counselling for seat allotments is conducted by the Directorate of Medical Education, Karnataka.

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Refer to the table below to learn about the best medical colleges in Karnataka that offer medical courses whose tuition fees are in the range of INR 53.4 K to INR 6.6 L.

Medical College Name

About medical college

Total Tuition Fees

Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research

It is a Government run Autonomous Institute with 1150 Beds  exclusively for Cardiac care and is one of the largest single centre for heart care destination in South East Asia. This is purely a Non-Profit Organization with State of Art Cardiac Care, providing quality cardiac care at an affordable
cost to all sections of the society and free of cost to deserving poor category people.

INR 53.4 K - 6 L

Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute

It was started as a private Medical School in the year 1955 by Mysore Education Society. It has MCI recognition for Undergraduate 250 students, 280 Postgraduate students, {MS Anatomy, MD Physiology, MD Biochemistry, MD Pharmacology, MD Pathology, MD Microbiology, MD P & SM, MD Forensic Medicine, MS Ophthalmology, MS ENT, MS Orthopaedics, MD Anaesthesiology, MD Paediatrics, MD Gen. Medicine, MD Gen. Surgery, MD OBG, MD Radio Diagnosis, MD Radio Therapy, MD Psychiatry, MD Skin & V.D, MD Transfusion medicine, and MD Respiratory medicine} and 16 Super Specialty seats forM.Ch Plastic Surgery, M.Ch Paediatric Surgery, DM Neurology, M.Ch Surgical Gastroenterology and DM Cardiology. The institution has Fellowship programmes in Vitreo-Retina, Surgical Gastroenterology, Neurology, Cornea & External diseases of Eye, Cosmetic Dermatology,Glaucoma, Paediatric Dermatology, Paediatric Anaesthesiology, Accident, Trauma & Emergency Care, Community Ophthalmology and Dermato-Surgery.
The institution offers Bachelors’ degree in Nursing and Allied Health Sciences, diploma and certificate courses in Para-medical streams.

INR 56.77 K - 6.51 L

ESIC Medical College and PGIMSR and Model Hospital

The institute believe in core values of excellence, respect, teamwork, integrity and caring, as these are essential for the well-being of the patients and staff, that is evident from the vision and mission of the hospital.

INR 1.17 L - 4.94 L

Acharya Institute of Health Sciences

The vision is to provide relevant education consistent with the changing world by integrating the best faculties and infrastructure to enable students to stand the test of time and be of utmost benefit to society.

INR 1.95 L - 3.25 L

Manipal College of Health Professions

Manipal College of Health Professions (formerly known as School of Allied Health Sciences ) was established in 1999 as the first institution in India exclusively dedicated to the education of allied health professionals.

INR 2.1 L - 6.6 L

Bowring and Ladycurzon Medical college and Research Institute

The Institute is known for its unique offerring of a UG Degree course in Medicine & Health Sciences. The course is available in Full Time mode. Bowring and Ladycurzon Medical college and Research Institute is a premier institute for MBBS courses.

INR 2.69 L

Sri Siddhartha Institute of Medical Science and Research Center

It was started during the academic year 2019 - 2020 by Sri Siddhartha Academy of Higher Education (Deemed to be University u/s 3 of UGC Act 1956) under sponsoring by Sri Siddhartha Education Society. The constituent college of the Academy, Teaching Hospital & other establishments are located in the outskirts of Bangalore City on the side of Bangalore-Pune Highway, NH - 206 and is 38 km from Bangalore City by road.

INR 4.79 L

Best Medical Colleges in Karnataka with low fees Details

As per NIRF 2023, the top 3 medical colleges in Karnataka include - National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIRF 2023 Ranking 4), Kasturba Medical College Manipal (NIRF 2023 Ranking 9) and St. John's Medical College (NIRF 2023 Ranking 19).

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Let’s know in brief about these colleges –

  • National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences: It is a multidisciplinary institute for patient care and academic pursuit in the field of mental health and neurosciences. It offers high standards of clinical care, quality training and cutting-edge research in the frontier areas. NIMHANS provides inputs to the Central and State Governments in areas including the establishment of new psychiatric facilities, improvement of existing facilities and strategizing a national programme for mental health.
  • Kasturba Medical College Manipal: The institute was established in the year 1953. Kasturba Medical College has consistently been ranked among the top ten medical colleges in the country. Students from over 30 countries graduate from this medical college every year, and the degrees are recognised worldwide. Besides the undergraduate medical course leading to the award of MBBS degree, is also conducting postgraduate medical courses in various disciplines and super-speciality courses leading to the award of M.Sc., MD, MS, DM, MCh qualifications.
  • St. John's Medical College: The college offers graduate (MBBS), postgraduate (MD/MS), superspecialty (DM/MCh) and various Diploma courses- all of which are recognized by the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS), Bengaluru, Karnataka. For the last ten years, St. John’s Medical College has consistently been ranked among the top 10 medical colleges in the country. The National Assessment and Accreditation Council, a Review Committee of the University Grants Commission, has recognized the excellence of St. John's Medical College and Hospital and accorded it with a 5 star grading.

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