King George's Medical University is a

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located in

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, India. The medical school was raised to a university by an act passed by the

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on 16 September 2002. It is the only government medical institution to have been awarded the NAAC A+ grade in the state of

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. The university has about 1250 undergraduate students (including 280 dental students) and 450 postgraduate students. About 250 students a year are admitted to the four-and-a-half-year course of study for the degree of

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History

King George V George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 until his death in 1936. George was born during the reign of his pa ...

, then the

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, laid the foundation stone of King George's Medical College in 1906. The college opened its gates in 1911, though the official opening ceremony was delayed to January 1912. The college was directly under the Government of the United Provinces, and degrees were awarded through

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. In 1921, the college was transferred to

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. In 2002 the

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, led by

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of the

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(BSP), granted university status the college and renamed it Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Medical University (CSMMU), under the Uttar Pradesh Chhatrapati Shahuji Medical University Act, 2002. In August 2003

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of the

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(SP) replaced Mayawati and became

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. Two months later, in October 2003, the name of the university was changed to King George's Medical University (KGMU) by the Uttar Pradesh Chhartrapati Shahuji Maharaj Medical University (Second Amendment) Act, 2003. Name-changing continued. In 2007, after the BSP won the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election and Mayawati returned to office, the name of the institution reverted to CSMMU. When control returned to the SP in the 2012 election,

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's government returned the name of the university the current "King George Medical University". Similar changes occurred for the dental faculty. The faculty was established in 1949 as a section of the

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department; raised to a separate department in 1950, it moved to a new building in 1952. When the university was established in 2002, the dental department became the Dental College, a

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of the university. Two years later, under the Uttar Pradesh King George's University of Dental Science Act, 2004, the Dental College was raised to the status of a

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Mistakenly still listed as of 2017. named the "U.P. King George’s University of Dental Science". In 2007, the government reverted this decision and the U.P. King George's University of Dental Science again became simply a Faculty of Dental Sciences, as it was at the establishment of the university. After getting university status, it also worked as an affiliating university till academic year 2021-2022 when colleges affiliated to the university were taken over by newly established

Atal Bihari Vajpayee Medical University Atal Bihari Vajpayee Medical University (ABVMU) is a state university run by the state government. It is an affiliating university in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh (India). It is situated at Chak Ganjaria City, Lucknow and gave affiliation to all go ...

Faculties and institutes

* Faculty of Medical Sciences * Faculty of Dental Sciences * Institute of Paramedical Sciences * Institute of Nursing

Undergraduate courses

The college offers the four-and-a-half-year

course with a one-year compulsory rotating

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. There are 250 seats for MBBS and 51 seats for BDS, which are filled through

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. B.Sc (Nursing) 120 seats which are filled through Cnet exam.

Postgraduate and doctoral courses

There are more than 28 PG courses and 13 Doctoral courses in KGMU. Thus almost all the branches of medicine and dental have a training program at KGMU. Diploma and PG diploma courses are also available in the institute. M.Sc (Nursing) 25 seats which are filled through Cnet exam

Rankings

The

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(NIRF) has ranked the university 50 among universities in India in 2022, 11th among medical colleges, 5th among dental colleges and 75 overall. It was ranked fourth among government medical colleges in India in 2022 by ''

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''.

Notable people

The University has a long list of its prestigious alumni who have earned name and fame throughout the country as well as in abroad. As of now, the University has given 1 Padma Vibhushan, 6 Padma Bhushan, 29 Padma Shri and 45 BC Roy awardees to the nation.

Notable alumni

Belle Monappa Hegde Belle Monappa Hegde (born 18 August 1938) is a cardiologist, professor of medicine, and author. He was the vice chancellor of Manipal Academy of Higher Education from 1999 to 2003. He was awarded Padma Bhushan in 2010 and Padma Vibhushan in 20 ...

Manik Saha Manik Saha (born 8 January 1953) is an Indian politician serving as the 11th and current Chief Minister of Tripura since 2022. He represents the Town Bordowali Assembly constituency in the Tripura Legislative Assembly since 2022. He was also t ...

B. K. Anand Bal Krishan Anand (1917–2007) was an Indian physiologist and pharmacologist. He was credited for the discovery of the feeding centre in the hypothalamus in 1951. He is considered the founder of modern Neurophysiology in India. Early life ...

Sanduk Ruit Sanduk Ruit (; ) is an ophthalmologist from Nepal who was involved to restore the sight of over 180,000 people across Africa and Asia using small-incision cataract surgery. Ruit is the founder and the executive director of the Tilganga Institu ...

Rajendra Prasad Rajendra Prasad (3 December 1884 – 28 February 1963) was an Indian politician, lawyer, journalist and scholar who served as the first president of India from 1950 to 1962. He joined the Indian National Congress during the Indian independen ...

* Ravi Kant *

Anil Kohli Anil Kohli is an Indian dental surgeon, medical administrator and a former president of the Dental Council of India. He is an elected fellow of the Faculty of Dental Surgery of the Royal College of Surgeons of England and holds the honorary ran ...

* N. N. Wig *

Nuzhat Husain Nuzhat Husain is an Indian pathologist. She is former director of Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow. Education She completed her MBBS at Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University in 1985 and MD (Pa ...

Mahesh Prasad Mehray Mahesh Prasad Mehray (1900–1974) was an Indian ophthalmologist and the founder of Sitapur Eye Hospital, a 2500-bedded healthcare group with 32 branches across Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal. He was a recipient of Dr. B. C. Roy Award of the Med ...

Ravindra Nanda Dr. Ravindra Nanda (born 19 February 1943) is a professor and Head of the Department of Craniofacial Sciences and Chair of the Division of Orthodontics at the University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine. He is part of the founding facu ...

Autar Singh Paintal Autar Singh Paintal (24 September 1925 – 21 December 2004) was an Indian medical scientist who made pioneering discoveries in the area of neurosciences and respiratory sciences. He is the first Indian Physiologist to become the Fellow o ...

* Sunil Pradhan *

Krishan Chandra Singhal Krishan Chandra Singhal (16 June 1941 – 20 April 2025) was an Indian pharmacologist who served as the founder vice chancellor of NIMS University in Jaipur, India. Early life and education Singhal was born at Aligarh on 16 June 1941. He comp ...

Badri Nath Tandon Badri Nath Tandon (1 August 1931 – 5 March 2018) was an Indian gastroenterologist, hepatologist, medical researcher and academic, and the Chairman and Senior Consultant of Gastroenterology, at Metro Hospitals and Heart Institute, Noida. He i ...

* Mahdi Hasan *

Naresh Trehan Naresh Trehan (born 12 August 1945) is an Indian cardiovascular and cardiothoracic surgeon. After graduating from King George's Medical University, Lucknow, India, he went on to practice at New York University Medical Center, Manhattan, USA f ...

Prem Nath Wahi Prem Nath Wahi (1908–1991) was an Indian pathologist, writer, medical academic and the director general of the Indian Council of Medical Research. He was a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London, a founder fellow of the National Ac ...

Shyam Swarup Agarwal Shyam Swarup Agarwal (5 July 1941 – 2 December 2013) was an Indian geneticist, immunologist and the director of Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGI-MS), Lucknow. A former director of the Advanced Center for Treatm ...

Balram Bhargava Balram Bhargava is an Indian physician scientist, cardiologist, medical educationist, and innovator. He is currently serving as the Chief of Cardiothoracic Centre, AIIMS. He is the former Director General at the Indian Council of Medical Researc ...

Priyadarshi Ranjan Priyadarshi Ranjan (born 14 November 1978) is an Indian urologist, robotic surgery specialist, kidney transplant surgeon, and researcher. He is commonly perceived as the "Kidney Man of India". He is among the top 10 transplant surgeons across th ...

Soniya Nityanand Soniya Nityanand (born 6 September 1962) is an Indian immunologist and hematologist. She is currently serving as the Director of the Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow. In 2025, she was awarded the Padma Shri , India' ...

Notable faculty

Mahendra Bhandari Mahendra Bhandari (born 24 December 1945) is an Indian surgeon who has made substantial contributions to the specialty of urology, medical training, hospital administration, robotic surgery and medical ethics. For his efforts, he was awarded t ...

U. C. Chaturvedi Umesh Chandra Chaturvedi (2 March 1939 – 28 December 2021) was an Indian virologist, immunologist, medical microbiologist, CSIR Emeritus Scientist and a former chairman of the Bharat Immunologicals and Biologicals Corporation. The founder he ...

Saroj Chooramani Gopal Saroj Chooramani Gopal (born 25 July 1944) is an Indian medical doctor and medical educater. She was awarded the Padma Shri in 2013 for her contributions to the fields of medicine and medical education. She is the first woman to get an Master of ...

Mansoor Hasan Mansoor Hasan Khan, is an Indian cardiologist, known for his contributions towards the setting up of Lari Cardiology Centre at King George's Medical University, Lucknow. retrieved 17 August 2023 The Government of India honored Hasan in 2011, wit ...

* Ravi Kant *

Shiv Narain Kureel Shiv Narain Kureel, is an Indian pediatric surgeon, medical academic and writer, and the professor and Head of the Department of Pediatric Surgery at King George's Medical University, Lucknow ( U.P). Early life Kureel was born on 2 November 1 ...

* M. C. Pant * Jagdish Narain Sinha *

Trilok Chandra Goel Trilok Chandra Goel (T C Goel) (born October 3, 1938) worked as a Professor of Surgery in King George's Medical University, Lucknow, India between 1986 and 1999. He was re-appointed Emeritus Professor in 2015., King George's Medical University o ...

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