The state of West Bengal houses some of the finest and excellent medical colleges of India. The medical education provided by these medical colleges is of very high standard and recognized all across India.

The medical colleges of the state are equipped with state of the art infrastructure and eminent faculty members which helps in grooming the students both professionally and academically. The medical colleges of West Bengal work under the private sector as well as the state government. They are famous for providing placement to the students and also for consistently producing top medical professionals.

Admission Procedure

Since the state of West Bengal enrolls some of the finest students to its medical colleges, so the admission procedure is very stringent. The students must appear for the pre medical common entrance test in order to seek admission to the under graduate medical programs. The required criteria to seat for this test are the candidate should be at the least 17 years old. Moreover, he should also have qualified the HSC or equivalent with Biology, Physics, Chemistry and English with a minimum of 50% marks.

Map of West Bengal Medical Colleges

^*The Map showing Medical Colleges in the State West Bengal.

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Medical Courses Offered

Following are the medical courses available at the medical colleges of West Bengal.

M.B.B.S (Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery)
B. P. T. (Bachelor of Physiotherapy)
B. Pharm. (Bachelor of Pharmacy)
B.A.M.S
B. H. M. S. (Bachelor of Homoeopathic Medicine & Surgery)
B. D. S. (Bachelor of Dental Sciences)
B.U.M.S
B. M. L. T. (Bachelor of Medical Laboratory Technology)
M.S. (Master of Surgery)
M.D. (Doctor of Medicine)
Postgraduate Diploma in medicine

Moreover, a number of other doctoral, specialty, certificate and diploma medical programs like DD, DA, DGO, DTCD and DCP etc are also offered at the West Bengal medical colleges.

Different Specialties

The most sought after specializations available to the medical students of West Bengal can be enumerated below.

ENT
Anatomy
Pharmacology
Neurology
Physiology
Pathology
Anaesthesiology
Medicine
Surgery
Nephrology
Opthalmology
Orthopedics
Cardiology
Obstetrics & gynecology
Dentistry
Urology
Radio Diagnosis
Bio-Chemistry
Microbiology
Forensic Medicine

Medical Colleges in West Bengal

Below is the list of some of the top medical colleges of West Bengal.

Calcutta Medical College & Hospital

88, College Street
Kolkata- 700 073
Course: MBBS
Calcutta National Medical College and Hospital

242, Gora Chand Road
Kolkata- 700 014
Ph: 033-22440555
Course: MBBS
Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research

244, Acharya J.C. Bose Road,
Kolkata- 700020
NRS Medical College & Hospital

138, A.J.C. Bose Road,
Kolkata- 700014
Course: MBBS
R. G. Kar Medical College & Hospital 1

Belgachia Rd,
Kolkata- 700004
Ph: 033-25557675
Course: MBBS
Midnapore Medical College

Midnapore,
West Bengal.
Ph: +91- 3222-274321
Bankura Sammilani Medical College

Bankura
West Bengal.
Ph: +91- 3242-51161.
Dr. R. Ahmed Dental College and Hospital,

114, Acharya Jagdish Chandra Bose Road,
Calcutta- 700014
Burdwan Medical College

University of Burdwan,
Burdwan.
Ph: +91-0342-2558646
North Bengal Medical College

University of North Bengal
Siliguri,
West Bengal.

Last Updated on : 04 August 2011