Thanjavur Medical College, Neelagiri

Thanjavur Medical College, Thanjavur (TMC) is one of the oldest and premier medical college which was started in 1959. This college is affiliated to the government of Tamil Nadu and is conducting medical education for the past more than six decades in Thanjavur. TMC is recognised by NMC and provides its students with numerous courses connected to the sphere of medicine.

This college per se take a total of 1,814 students for all its courses offered while the faculty core consist of 105 members which makes the college environment appropriate for students who wish to venture into the field of medical field. TMC comprises of 28 courses under six degrees: MBBS, MD, MS, M. Ch, DM and Diploma, for different specialties in the health sector.

Thanjavur Medical College has various amenities that would help the learners in their academic and personal development. It is a computerised library situated in 12,298sq, it is easy for the professors, tutors and the teaching staff to get access to books and journals. The boys and girls are offered different hostels by TMC to facilitate the best living condition for students.

It also has other basic facilities and services including; medical services, sports facilities, guest house accommodation and dining services, dining, assembly and dining services, well-equipped laboratories etc. All these facilities help make learning complete and assist students in a number of ways in their development.

Thanjavur Medical College provides the course for the wide specialisation needed in the field of medical science. The course offered include 28, of which full time programmes are available in under graduate, post graduate and super speciality intake. The flagship MBBS programme has an authorised intake of 150 students while several MD, MS M.

Ch and DM programmes are there to provide specialisations in fields such as General Medicine, MS General Surgery , Neurosurgery, Cardiology, etc. The college also has diploma courses offered to students in certain specialties. Overall capacity of admission of students is 1814 across all courses thus proving to be important institution for creating professional medical practitioners.

The admission of students to Thanjavur Medical College and Hospital majorly open their doors to students who sit for national level entrance exams. For MBBS programme, the admissions are open and are offered in accordance with National Eligibility cum Entrance Test only.

University programmes offered to students include MD and MS courses for which students are selected through the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test for Post Graduates (NEET-PG) . Masters level course like M. Ch and DM have conditions wherein the candidates have to pass in National Eligibility cum Entrance Test Super Specialty (NEET-SS).

They will help in making sure that the right candidates are placed in the various programmes offered in the college through standardidsing the various tests conducted. Under the previous system, the school calendar with admission dates and exam time tables generally followed the national medical education calendar as recommended by the regulatory authorities