Calicut Medical College

About College

The Calicut Medical College was founded as the 2nd medical college in 1957 in Kerala. Since then the institution has grown into a leading center of medical education in the state. It is affiliated to the University of Calicut and serves 2/5 of the population of Kerala.
•    The College was opened by Sri. E. M. S, Chief Minister, Kerala state on 15th March, 1959.
•    The annual intake of undergraduate students was increased from 50 to 200.
•    During the last decade almost all modern specialty services in medical centre have been developed in the college facilities for Whole Body Scan & Kidney Transplant.
•    Well-equipped Tele Cobalt Therapy & Cath Labs are latest additions to the hospital complex.
•    It started as a 100 bedded specialty hospital for respiratory diseases.  
•    A well-equipped Medical Education Unit was also started. The Dental College which           was earlier attached to Medical College has been separated and is functioning independently.
•    The college also conducts in Pharmacy, Nursing, Lab technician training, training of Radiological Assistants and Ophthalmic Assistants. MSc
•    The college has facilitated computer facility in Medical library & all departmental laboratories.
•    The college is sprawled over an extensive area of 270 acres (1.1 km²) and is located about 10 km east from the heart of Calicut city.

Alumni
The Calicut Medical College also has a strong alumni Association.
•    Dr.Vinod Scaria of 42nd batch has been recently in news for sequencing the human genome for the first time in India

In affiliation with University of Calicut and Kerala University of Health Sciences, it offers various under graduate, Diploma and post graduate courses.
Degrees offered  
MBBS    
MD
 

MS

DIPLOMA

Mc.h
DM
PG DIPLOMA  
             
B.Pharm
    
M.Pharm

 Departments
•    Department of Medical College
•    Department of Medical College Hospital
•    Department of Institute of Maternal & Child Health
•    Department of Super specialty Complex
•    Department of Institute of Chest Diseases

Key points
Imparting education since 56 years
•    Rich curriculum
•    Active alumni association
•    State of art Infrastructure
•    Considered one of the best Medical college in the region
•    Ragging free campus
•    Highly qualified faculty
•    Comprehensive course curriculum

Along with the academic curriculum, the college  also encourage the Students to attain more knowledge by
organizing several extracurricular activities.

•    Learning  Resource Centre
            The Learning Resource Centre (LRC), Kozhikode is set up in an area of 1100 Sq ft inside the
            Medical College library. The state-of-the-art facility consists of linux systems having 16 high-end
PC workstations with 100 MBPS interconnectivity, & the supporting infrastructure.

•    Hostel
            Provides separate hostel for boys and girls
•    Computer Lab
•    Library
•    Cafeteria
•    Auditorium
•    Laboratory
•    Medical Education Unit

•    Golden jubilee celebration
•    Doctor’s Day celebration
•    The college union elections have been a major event annually which has in the past been subject to
 intense competition and controversy.    

•    Charitable Endowment Prizes
•    Dr Vasanthi Menon Memorial Prize
•    Koman Nair Memorial Prize

•    MBBS
Fees: INR 13250
            Seats: Total - 250
•    PG Degree   : Rs 57350              
•    PG Diploma: Rs 51350

Fee Details are as follows:
Particulars             Fees
Tuition fee                                            20000
Miscellaneous and van Fee     3000
Caution Deposit    2000
University Registration Fee    2200
Verification Fee      50
Library & L.R.C.     1000
P.T.A. fund          10000
Total    38250

•    Dr Sushila Karunakaran Memorial Prize
Awarded to the MBBS student of Calicut Medical College ,securing highest marks in Community
Medicine Examination of Calicut University.

•    KVYP(Kishore Vyjnanic Yojanan Prakashan) Scholarship:
Students are encouraged to do short term research projects and trained to get acquainted with
 research activities. These project reports are submitted to ICMR for eligibility to gain the
KVYP scholarship.

•    Dr. Sudha Narayanan Memorial Prize Award