Sri Chamundeshwari Medical College Hospital & Research Institute Admissions 2026, Courses, Fees & Cutoffs

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SCMCH&RI was established in 2023 under NMC Letter of Permission. The first MBBS batch was admitted in 2023-24. The first MBBS graduates will complete in 2028. PG programmes are also being offered. One aggregator mistakenly cites founding year as 1924 — this is incorrect; the correct founding year is 2023.

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Channapatna city is the taluk headquarters of Channapatna Taluk, Ramanagara District, Karnataka — famous worldwide for its traditional lacquered wooden toys ('Channapatna Toys'), recognized as a Geographical Indication (GI) product and popularly called 'Toy Town of Karnataka' or 'Gombegala Ooru'. Channapatna is 60 km from Bengaluru and 80 km from Mysuru on NH-275. Ramanagara district — where SCMCH&RI is located — is also famous as the shooting location for the iconic 1975 Bollywood film 'Sholay' (filmed at Ramanagara's granite boulders).

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Sri Chamundeshwari Super Specialty Hospital — a 750-bed (400–750 beds as cited by various sources; 750 is most recent authoritative figure), super-specialty hospital with 30 ICUs, modular operation theatres, MRI, CT scan, Color Doppler, and advanced diagnostics + laboratory services. Provides 24×7 emergency care, OPD and IPD services, all standard clinical specialties (General Medicine, Surgery, OBG, Paediatrics, Orthopaedics, Dermatology, Psychiatry, Radiodiagnosis, ENT, Ophthalmology, Anaesthesiology, Pathology, Microbiology, Biochemistry, Forensic Medicine), and super-specialty services. Serves the medically underserved NH-275 corridor and Ramanagara district population.

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150 NMC-approved MBBS seats (first batch 2023-24). PG (MD/MS) programmes also offered. BSc Nursing and BPT programmes additionally offered.