Crescent Yousuf Zulaikha School of Nursing, Madurai

Crescent Yousuf Zulaikha School of Nursing, Madurai, Tamil Nadu is an individual entity affiliated only to the sphere of nursing. Founded relatively recently, in the year 2000, this university has been training future nurses for more than twenty years.

The school occupies a campus of 7 acres and has been accorded recognition by the Indian Nursing Council (INC) – the move, which makes it possible for the school to operate in accordance with the educational standards provided for in the country. With a total student enrolment of 78 and faculty members of strength 13 the student teacher ratio is kept optimized thereby providing optimal condition for learning.

The school has many facilities aimed at improving the learning of the students in the institution. The college library remains fully equipped with more than 1005 books of latest edition and number of accredited nursing journals and periodicals of national and international repute to facilitate the students for updating the knowledge in their course.

The campus has department based laboratories to expose students to essential practical lessons pertinent to their future professions. Living facilities include a well-furnished girls hostel with beautifully decorated marble floored rooms, with attached bathrooms, and beautifully located within attractive landscape gardens.

The two-storey 200-seater hall that includes state of the art audio visual equipment is used for educational conferences, workshops and cultural activities Crescent Yousuf Zulaikha School of Nursing currently offers one full-time course: Some are the General Nursing and Midwifery ( GNM ) programme.

This four- year course has an approved student capacitance of forty – forty, which indicate that the institute is able to offer quality education in a specific area of specialisation. The GNM programme offers education and training to prepare the students for different difficult aspects of the nursing and midwifery systems.

Admissions in the CYZS of Nursing is structured in a way that will help identify and recruit the best students for the nursing programme. The fact that this school takes its responsibility of preparing handy nursing staff a noble course of action in offering practical knowledge and education.

Currently the programmes is accredited by the Indian Nursing Council this means that after completing their course the student will be able to produce a nationally accredited certificate.