Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research (SRIHER) is a
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institute located in
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Chennai
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SRIHER consists of nine constituent colleges and faculties with more than 6,000 students.
[ SRIHER was founded by Sri Ramachandra Education & Health Trust on September 11, 1985, by N. P. V. Ramasamy Udayar. It was founded as a medical college, and awarded the ]deemed-to-be-university
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status in September 1994.
Rankings
The National Institutional Ranking Framework
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(NIRF) ranked Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research 96 overall in India in 2024, 10th in Dental Category, 55 among universities, 20 in the medical ranking, and 31 in the pharmacy ranking.India Today
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Academics
The college offers the four-and-a-half-year M.B.B.S. course with a one-year compulsory rotating internship
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. There are 250 seats which are filled through NEET UG
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exam.
Postgraduate and doctoral courses
SRIHER offers postgraduate courses in almost all subjects including surgery, medicine, gynecology etc. Similarly it offers a variety of Doctoral courses including MCh in Neurosurgery
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, Surgical oncology
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As one of several modalities in the management of cancer, the specialty of surgical oncology has evolv ...
, Cardiac Surgery among others and DM in Cardiology
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, Neurology
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etc.
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Deemed universities in Tamil Nadu
Medical colleges in Tamil Nadu
Universities in Chennai
Hospitals in Chennai
Educational institutions established in 1985
1985 establishments in Tamil Nadu