List of Government Medical Colleges in West Bengal

This is the list of Govt. Medical Colleges in WB, affiliated by WB University of Health Sciences (WBUHS). 

They all offer MBBS courses, not sure about nursing courses, medical technology courses or post MBBS PG/diploma/DNB courses. MBBS admissions are based on NEET-UG ranks and counselling. 

The National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET-UG) was first introduced in India in 2013. NEET-UG was created as a single, national entrance exam for admission to undergraduate medical (MBBS), dental (BDS), and AYUSH courses. It replaced the All India Pre-Medical Test (AIPMT) and various state-level entrance exams.

NMC lists 780 colleges across the country who provides 1,18,190 MBBS seats (updated on April, 2025). That time Bengal holds 5,700 MBBS seats in 37 medical colleges. 

West Bengal's MBBS Colleges: 

Medical College, Kolkata 1835

N.R.S. Medical College and Hospital 1873

R.G.Kar Medical College and Hospital 1886

Calcutta National Medical College 1948

IPGMER and SSKM Hospital 1707

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Burdwan Medical College 1910

Bankura Sammelani Medical College 1922

North Bengal Medical College 1968

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Medinipur Medical College 2004

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College of Medicine and JNM Hospital 2010

College of Medicine and Sagore Dutta Hospital 2011

Malda Medical College 2011

Murshidabad Medical College & Hospital, Berhampore 2012

ESI-PGIMSR & ESIC Medical College and Hospital, Joka 2013 (Central Govt.)

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Raiganj Government Medical College and Hospital 2018

Rampurhat Government Medical College 2018

AIIMS, Kalyani 2019 (Central Govt.)

Diamond Harbour Government Medical College 2019

Maharaja Jitendra Narayan Medical College (Coochbihar) 2019

Deben Mahata Government Medical College (or Purulia Govt. Medical College) 2020

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Announced Medical Colleges: 

Prafulla Chandra Sen Govt. Medical College (Arambagh), 2022

Tamralipto Govt. Medical College (Tamluk) 2022

Barasat Govt. Medical College 2022

Jhargram Govt. Medical College 2022

Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay Govt. Medical College (Uluberia) 2022

Jalpaiguri Govt. Medical College 2022

Total 26 government medical colleges in West Bengal. Out of 26, there are 2 colleges run by Central Government - AIIMS (autonomous) and ESIC MCH. 

Name of Pvt. medical colleges in West Bengal (alphabetically) - includes existing & upcoming ones. 

Bishnupur Public Institute of Medical Science
East West Institute of Medical Sc. & Research - Purba Burdwan
Gouri Devi Institute of Medical Sc. & Hospital - Paschim Burdwan
ICare Institute of Medical Sc. & Research & Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy Hospital, Haldia
IQ City Medical College, Burdwan
Jagannath Gupta Institute of Medical Sc & Hospital (JIMS), Budge Budge

JIMS, Sodpur (N 24 Pgs)
Jakir Hossain Medical College & Research Institute, Murshidabad
JMN Medical College, Nadia

JIS School of Medical Science & Research, Howrah
KPC Medical College, Jadavpur, Kolkata
Krishnanagar Institute of Medical Sc. Pvt. Ltd, Krishnanagar (Nadia)
M.R. Institute of Medical Sc. & Hospital, Ashoknagar (N 24 Pgs)

PKG Medical College & Hospital, New Town, Kolkata
Santiniketan Medical College, Bolpur
Shri Ramkrishna Institute of Medical Sc. & Sanaka Hospital, Durgapur

The post has been updated on 28.07.2025