Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine, Kolkata

The Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine, was established in 1914 in Kolkata, West Bengal. This affiliated college has been at the tropical medicine education and research. Extended over a 2-acre campus, the college offers medical courses, a total enrolment of 285 students, and a faculty strength of 54.

CSTM offers 10 programs in 5 different courses, which vary from Tropical Medicine, Microbiology, Dermatology, and Biotechnology to other such courses. The range of facilities for academics and research that backs CSTM sports a number of research centers. CSTM also provides fully equipped laboratories, modern IT infrastructure, a cafeteria, and sports facilities having a quality learning environment.

The college offers 10 different courses that are integrated, full-time courses. These include, postgraduate degrees such as MD in Tropical Medicine, Microbiology, Dermatology Venereology and Leprosy, and Pharmacology, besides a diploma in Clinical Pathology, Tropical Medicine and Health, and Laboratory Technique.

Course Name Total Number of Seats Diploma in Laboratory Technique 30 Fellowship in Regenerative Medicine and Translational Science 20 Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Health 12 M. Sc Medical Biotechnology 10 MD Tropical Medicine 7 The admission procedure in CSTM is generally quite competitive and is done mostly through national-level entrance examinations.

The main method of entry to postgraduate medical programmes is the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test for Post Graduate, NEET PG . The course calendar followed by this institute is same as directed by the national medical regulatory bodies.