King George's Medical University

King George V, then the Prince of Wales, 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 Allahabad University. In 1921, the college was transferred to Lucknow University.[4]

In 2002 the Government of Uttar Pradesh, led by Mayawati of the Bahujan Samaj Party (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.[5] In August 2003 Mulayam Singh Yadav of the Samajwadi Party (SP) replaced Mayawati and became Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. Two months later, in October 2003, the name of the university was changed to King George's Medical University (KGMU)[4] by the Uttar Pradesh Chhartrapati Shahuji Maharaj Medical University (Second Amendment) Act, 2003.[6]

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, Akhilesh Yadav's government returned the name of the university the current "King George Medical University".[7]

Similar changes occurred for the dental faculty. The faculty was established in 1949 as a section of the ENT department;[8] raised to a separate department in 1950, it moved to a new building in 1952.[4] When the university was established in 2002, the dental department became the Dental College, a constituent college of the university.[8] 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 state university[9] named the "U.P. King George’s University of Dental Science".[10] 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.[8]

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

The college offers the four and a half year M.B.B.S. course with a one-year compulsory rotating internship. There are 250 seats for MBBS and 51 seats for BDS, which are filled through NEETExam. Bsc nursing 120 seats which are filled through Cnet exam.[11][12]

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.Master's in nursing 25 seats which are filled through Cnet exam

The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) has ranked the university 50 among universities in India in 2022,[16] 11th among medical colleges,[17] 5th among dental colleges [19] and 75 overall.[15] It was ranked fourth among government medical colleges in India in 2022 by Outlook India.[18]

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.

• Official website