Madras Medical College & Govt. General Hospital

Madras Medical College & Govt. General Hospital In 1857, it gained affiliation to the University of Madras. After the affiliation in 1857 the College moved to be a center of excellence imparting training in all the specialities in the field of medicine and surgery and it is now one of the premier institutions in the country with under graduate, post graduate and super speciality courses.

A private medical hall run by Dr. Mortimar was regularised as a medical school and it was opened by Sir Fredrick Adams, the then Governor of Madras on 2nd February 1835. The Governor promulgated an order to make the school a state sponsored one and attached it to the General Hospital.The first batch of students graduated in 1852 and were granted the Diploma of Graduate of the Madras

 The Courses offered by the Madras Medical College are affiliated from 1988 to the “The Tamilnadu Dr. MGR Medical University”This College has nine affiliated institutions with hospitals, each one of them recognized for excellence in Health care services.The Government General Hospital, one of the premier Institutions in the country was started on 16th November 1664 as a small Hospital to treat the sick soldiers of the East India Company. It was the untiring inspired efforts of Sir Edward Winter who was the agent of the company that materialised in the first British Hospital at Madras. In its early days the Hospital was housed at the Fort St. George and in the next 25 years grew into a formal medical facility. Governor Sir. Elihy Yale was instrumental in the development of the Hospital and gave it a new premises with in the Fort in 1690.

           The Hospital moved out of the Fort after the Anglo French War and it took 20 long years before it could settle in the present permanent place in 1772. By the year 1772 the Hospital was training Europeans, Eurasians and natives in allopathic methods of diagnosis and treatment and methods of preparing medicines. These trained personnel's were posted to various dispensaries in the district head quarters of the then Madras Presidency to assist the qualified doctors. By 1820 the institution had the recognition as the model hospital of the East India Company. So in 1827 Dr. D.Mortimar was appointed as the Superintendent of the Hospital.

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ADMISSIONS 2023 - 2024

CATEGORIES OF SEATS:

1.  GOVT. COLLEGES 
2.  GOVT. QUOTA SEATS IN SELF-FINANCING COLLEGES
3. MANAGEMENT QUOTA SEATS IN SELF-FINANCING COLLEGES

65% of total seats in Non-Minority Institution and 50% of total seats in Minority Institution, subject to the Policy of the State Government and the court orders in this regard for each Para Medical Course in Self Financing institutions surrendered to Government Quota will be filled as per merit following the rule of reservation in force. 

Admission To Govt College And Govt. Quota Seats In Self-Financing Colleges

Selection Committee Directorate Of Medical Education Combined online counseling for PARA MEDICAL DEGREE Courses  . Candidates seeking admission to all Paramedical Degree courses should upload their online filled in application form along with necessary enclosures.

The Online submission of Application form for admission to Paramedical Degree courses for 2023-2024 session in Tamil Nadu Government Medical Colleges, Government seats in Self-Financing Colleges/Institutions affiliated to The Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R Medical University, Chennai-32. can be accessed from the following websites.

ELIGIBILITY:-The candidate should be a citizen of India.

NATIVITY:- Candidates should be Native of Tamil Nadu (The candidates, who claim their Nativity as Tamil Nadu should submit their nativity certificate issued by the competent Revenue authority of Government of Tamil Nadu.)

AGE LIMIT :-

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:- Candidates should have passed in all the subjects of the qualifying Examination of the Higher Secondary Course conducted by the Tamil Nadu State Board or any other Equivalent Board in the following group of subjects with minimum eligible marks.

MINIMUM ELIGIBILITY MARKS:

Normalization of Marks:- As per the Tamil Nadu Act No 3 of 2007, dt 05.03.2007 and G.O(Ms) No.77 HE(J2) Dept.dt:05.04.2007, the marks obtained by the students in the relevant subjects in the qualifying examination conducted by various Boards or Authority shall be equated with the marks obtained by the students in the same subjects in the qualifying examination conducted by the State Board (Government of Tamil Nadu) by adopting the method of normalization. Under the method of normalization, the highest mark obtained by the students of various Boards in each subject will be equated to the highest mark obtained by the students of State Board in that subject and the relative marks obtained by other students in that subject will be determined accordingly.

MERIT LIST.:-

CALCULATION OF MARKS :-Merit List will be made on merit on the basis of marks obtained by the eligible candidates in the prescribed subjects in the qualifying examinations reduced to the base of 200 marks. The marks obtained through different Boards will be taken into account after normalization

ONLINE COUNSELLING PROCEDURE (SINGLE WINDOW SYSTEM)

1. Online Counseling Schedule will be available only on the website. Candidates should lock their choices of Colleges and Courses as per the schedule
2. The processing fee of Rs. 250/- (Rupees Two Hundred and Fifty Only) should be paid through online mode via bank payment portal to participate in the online counselling
3. At the time of choice filling, candidates can choose any number of eligible Courses and Colleges and the allotment will be made based on their choices following merit and rule of reservation.

REPORTING ;- 

• The allotted candidates should download their provisional allotment order and join the course in the allotted Medical College/Institution in person before the date and time specified in the allotment order along with the Originals and copies of the Certificates.
• The candidates who have joined in the course during 1st phase of counseling only, are eligible to attend the subsequent phases of counselling for re-allotment. The date of such counselling will be published in the websites and also will be informed to the Dean/The Principal of respective Colleges. No individual intimation will be sent to the candidates
• The vacancies arising after the first round of counseling and also addition of seats if any due to approval/permission of new colleges will be filled up through subsequent online counseling if necessary.
• No Re-allottment for any course within Self-financing colleges
• Individual request for transfer of course and college will not be entertained.
• Mutual transfer will not be entertained.

METHOD OF SELECTION & ADMISSION :- The selection will be made based on merit and applying the rule of reservation by the Government of Tamil Nadu as follows.

TUITION FEE:- Govt Seat