Introduction

Madras Medical College is one of the oldest medical institutes in Asia as established in the year 1664 as a small medical dispense health centre for the soldiers of East Indian Company. In 1835 opened the Medical school a state-sponsored and attached it to the General Hospital and in 1850 it became Madras Medical College and the first batch of students was graduated in 1852.  In 2011, it has renamed the hospital as Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital.

1. Quick Summary
2. MBBS Course
3. Admission Procedure & Eligibility
4. All India Quota Seats and Cutoff
5. Tamilnadu State Quota Seats and Cutoff
6. PG Courses
7. Infrastructure
8. Facilities
9. Affiliated Hospitals
10. How to Reach

Quick Summary

MBBS Course

Madras Medical College offers various UG and PG medical courses to interested students as around 58 courses across 5 streams namely Medical, Nursing, Paramedical, Pharmacy, Science and across 10 degrees like MBBS, MD, BSc, BPT, B.Pharm etc. The selection and get admission to the particular course depends on their rank in the merit list. Total annual intake seats for UG is 250.

Admission Procedure and Eligibility

Eligibility: 17 years of age or above as on 31-Dec of the admission year. The maximum age limit to Study MBBS course is 25 years. All Higher Secondary School Students with 10+2 in science stream including biology or biotechnology along with Physics and Chemistry with a minimum of 50% marks are eligible(In case of SC/ST, 40% in board exams; 45% for OBC Category) to study Medical Course.

Admission to Madras Medical College is done either through All India Medical Counselling for management & NRI Quota(15 % of MBBS seats) or through Tamil Nadu State medical counselling(85% quota) conducted by state medical authorities. Contact the college authority for Management quota seats to know more detailed admission procedures.

All India Quota(AIQ) MBBS Seats

The category wise split-up is given follow: General – 29, SC-4, ST-2, PH-3

NEET 2017 All India Quota Cutoff for Madras Medical College

Tamilnadu State Quota MBBS Seats

Category wise split-up of seat matrix follows: Open Category – 65, BC- 53,  BCM – 8, MBC – 37, SC-31, SCA-6, ST-2

NEET 2017 Cutoff for Tamilnadu State Quota Seats

NEET 2018 Cutoff Details

This year (NEET 2018) last All India Rank and NEET score cutoff can be found in MBBSCouncil Android App. You can download the app by clicking here.
This app provides counselling guidance for MBBS Admission.

PG Courses

MMC offers the highest number of PG courses in Tamilnadu. It has 129 MD seats available across various medical streams and 67 Master in Surgery Seats. Apart from these, Madras Medical College conducts super speciality courses for 52 students.

Infrastructure

Madras Medical College (MMC) campus is lush green gardens and located in a picturesque environment. The institute is well equipped with all the modern amenities. The college was built in a six-storied building on land covering 325,000 square feet (30,200m) and functioning with the strength of nearly 1,250 students and 400 faculty and staff members.

The college provides the additional facilities for students within a campus which includes Library, Wi-Fi enabled lecture halls, Canteen, Transportation, Sports and games, Hostels & Bank/ATM. The MMC has a separate laboratory for each and every branch of medical sciences and it has Wi-Fi enabled lecture halls. There is a central library which has a huge collection of medical journals, books, reference sources and pamphlets. The Auditorium has fully air-conditioned with a seating capacity of 1350 for both students & Hospital Premises.

Faculty and Staff

Madras Medical College has extremely talented staff in their respective fields with full-time members of around 400. All were highly interactive staff in class as well as in the practical.

Library

Madras Medical College has a new Central Library in an area cover of 1260 sq. mt. with the stock collection of 102538 books. The library consists of two separate rooms for Undergraduate and each one separate room for Postgraduate and Staff members.

Facilities

Hostel

The college has been provided Separate Hostel for both male and female students. Rooms are ventilated, clean, comfortable and well-maintained. The hostel situated in two blocks as Front and Rear, the number of rooms for each block is 152 & 134 Rooms respectively.

In addition, a separate hygienic canteen in the college campus with sufficient and airy space and serves balanced and nutritious food.

Sports

The Madras Medical College has all the necessary sports facilities for the students which include full-sized cricket ground, volleyball court, A Cement basketball court, hockey and football, Throw ball court and Separate shuttle cock court. And Indoor game for the students like T.T., Chess, and carom are also available.

Affiliated Hospitals

Madras Medical College Hospital functioning in two blocks of Tower-I is 31,559 sqm and Tower- II is 33,304 sqm. It has nearly 52 operation theatres, besides intensive care units and post-operative wards. Total no. of beds around 4000 with includes 231 beds for various ICUs and 15 beds for cancer ICU.

The Hospital services include Accident and Trauma Care Services, Ortho Trauma Care, Casualty services and Master Health Checkup. An average 12000 Outpatient visit daily for treatment and 1,00,000 for In patients were treated per year.

Health Centres – Primary Health Centres and Rural/Urban Health Training Centres

• PHC I (RHTC) – Madavakkam located – 24 km from the college
• PHC II (UHTC)- Pulianthope located –  5 km from the college

How to Reach

Madras Medical College is a major state-owned hospital situated in Chennai, India. Chennai is the one of the major city in India and has well connected to all places like Domestic as well as International. The International airport is nearly 20km away from the college and Chennai Central Railway station by 1KM.