Universal Education Academy, Bangalore

Universal Education Academy, Bangalore, was set up in the year 2004 and is one of the leading nursing education organisations in Bangalore, a pulsating city in Karnataka state in India. The college is affiliated with RGUHS . This co-educational affiliated college approved by INC for the nursing programmes offers several courses in nursing in their different specialities.

The academy occupies a 5-acre area, and it has an overall student enrolment of 229 and faculty members are 34 in number. The institute offers 6 courses in 3 levels of degrees namely General Nursing and Midwifery (GNM), B. Sc. Nursing and several M. Sc. Nursing, with options like Psychiatric, Paediatric, ynaecology, Medical Surgical Nursing etc.

Universal Education Academy has an adequate commitment to ensuring that it offers the best learning environment for the students. The campus is endowed with most of the facilities required in enhancing teaching and learning as well as co-curriculum activities. The college has a nicely equipped library, which is an information centre for students and lectures.

The institute also provides well-equipped laboratories necessary to offer hands-on practice sessions by speciality of nursing. The campus also consists of an auditorium for occasions and seminars, to keep the academic environment rich and alive. The health of the students is well catered for with first aid facilities through the provision of a health centre for the institution.

The academy also has accommodation facilities purposely for providing hostels for male and female students that make the comfort of those coming from different parts of the country to be felt. For competitive purposes and to encourage the students' body health, formations such as gymnasiums are provided.

The necessary addition to the campus includes IT facilities with modern computers, a student cafeteria, and transportation for students using their own cars. The nursing programmes offered at the Universal Education Academy include diploma courses; these are full-time programme offers. The institute's academic portfolio includes 6 courses: There is one undergraduate programme, B.

Sc Nursing; one diploma programme, GNM and four postgraduate programmes M. Sc Nursing with specialisation in Psychiatric, Paediatric, Obstetrics and Gynaecological and Medical Surgical Nursing. The cumulative authorised enrolment as regards all courses is 130, conforming to the policy on class size to ensure quality instruction. Course Name Total Number of Seats No. of Specialisation B. Sc Nursing 60 1 GNM 50 1 M.

Sc Psychiatric Nursing 5 1 M. Sc Paediatric Nursing 5 1 M. Sc. Obstetrics and Gynecology Nursing 5 1 M. Sc Medical Surgical Nursing 5 1 The process of admission to Universal Education Academy remains flexible yet very stringent in order to identify students who are best suited for nursing.

What little is said about the admission process doesn’t reveal much, but often nursing programmes do take into account prior results in related courses, entrance exam scores and, in rare cases, interviews and group discussions.

At the postgraduate level, the academy provides a number of focal areas of concern, like Psychiatric Nursing, Paediatric Nursing, Obstetrics and Gynecology Nursing, and Medical Surgical Nursing.

Although information on scholarships and achievers cannot be obtained, the specialised nursing education offered at the academy places the institution as a key production line for healthcare workers in Bangalore and other regions.