Sri Devaraj URS Medical College, Kolar

Address:  Tamaka, Kolar, Karnataka 563101

Affiliated University: Sri Devaraj Urs Academy of Higher Education and Research (Deemed University), Kolar

Year of Establishment: 1986

About College:

Sri Devaraj Urs Medical College, a constituent college of Sri Devaraj Urs Academy of Higher Education and Research under the aegis of Sri Devaraj Urs Educational Trust for Backward Classes, Kolar, is recognised by the Medical Council of India (MCI).

The college and the University office are located at Tamaka village, Kolar and spread over almost 100 acres of lush green campus. This campus is 75K.M. away from Bangaluru as well as the Bangaluru International Airport. The campus has several buildings to accommodate the administrative, teaching/training, hospital, hostel facilities of The University and the Medical College with a total build up area of 85,000 sq.mtrs. The college conducts medical courses at Under Graduate (MBBS), Post Graduate (MD, MS) and Post Graduate Diploma levels and plans to start doctoral programmes in Biochemistry, Microbiology and fellowship programme in Head and Neck Onco- Surgery . The University has also decided to design a revised curriculum for MBBS course within the regulations as prescribed by the Medical Council of India.

This medical institution has a unique distinction of accreditation by NAAC India and certification by ISO 9001-2000 and maintains a high standard in teaching learning evaluation process and the institution has become a byword for quality Medical Education.

The attached teaching hospital of the Medical College, R.L.Jalappa Hospital and Research Centre provides secondary and tertiary health care to the rural and urban population of the Kolar district and bordering areas of the neighboring states of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh and is also a boon to the victims of accidents on the highway as it has a well equipped Trauma Centre, ICU and scanning facilities of CT and MRI. Its mandate is to develop trained manpower of medical professionals to cater to the needs of the community and provide service to the needy rural population. The University also has set up an OP Unit at Kolar town and conducts committed outreach services to the needy through free medical camps at taluk levels as well as in villages of remote areas.

Hospital Stats:

Sri Devaraj Urs Academy of Higher and Education Research has a 1050 bedded Teaching Hospital to accommodate the clinical-teaching requirements of undergraduate and post graduate medical students and to satisfy its social obligation of meeting the health needs of the people of the region. Its design is hexagonal and it is situated in the college campus with good ventilation, spacious waiting halls and corridors surrounded by lush green lawns. The ambience has a soothing effect on the patients, their attendants, students and staff.

The excellent services and facilities offered by the hospital makes it comparable to any other leading medical establishments in the country. The hospital has full fledged Departments in all specialties. Each department has its own seminar hall and examination rooms in the Out Patient department. Each specialty has male and female wards, with bed strength as per MCI requirements with attached laboratoryoratories.

Courses Offered:

UG Courses:

• MBBS

PG Courses:

• Diploma in Anesthesia
• Diploma in Child Health
• Diploma in Dermatology, Venereology and Leprosy
• Diploma in Obstetrics & Gynaecology
• Diploma in Ophthalmology
• Diploma in Orthopaedics
• Diploma in Oto-Rhino-Laryngology
• Diploma in Radio-Diagnosis
• MD - Anaesthesiology
• MD - Bio-Chemistry
• MD - Dermatology , Venereology & Leprosy
• MD - Forensic Medicine/Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
• MD - General Medicine
• MD - Microbiology
• MD - Paediatrics
• MD - Pathology
• MD - Pharmacology
• MD - Physiology
• MD - Radio Diagnosis/Radiology
• MD - Social & Preventive Medicine / Community Medicine
• MD/MS - Anatomy
• MD/MS - Obstetrtics & Gynaecology
• MD/MS - Ophthalmology
• MS - ENT
• MS - General Surgery
• MS - Orthopaedics