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    Women’s Medical Colleges in India - Government & Private Medical Colleges

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    Deep PathakUpdated on 28 Feb 2025, 10:32 AM IST
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    Women's medical colleges in India have played a significant role in empowering women by providing them with opportunities to pursue careers in the medical field. There are 4 women’s medical colleges in India. 3 of these are owned by the government, while 1 of the women’s medical college is privately owned. These women’s medical colleges in India are only for female students.

    Women’s Medical Colleges in India - Government & Private Medical Colleges
    Women Medical Colleges

    Women's medical colleges in India offer several courses like MBBS, MD/MS, DM, M.Ch. Entry to these courses is granted through NEET UG, NEET PG, and NEET SS. Over 916 seats are offered in these women's government medical colleges in India. Read the full article to know comprehensive details about women’s medical colleges in India.

    Women’s medical colleges in India highlights

    Female aspirants who want to pursue a medical career should be aware of the basic details about women's medical colleges in India. Below is an overview of the women’s medical colleges in India.

    Women’s medical colleges in India overview

    Particular

    Details

    Total women's medical colleges in India

    4

    List of women’s medical colleges in India

    BPS Government Medical College for Women, Sonepat


    Sri Padmavathi Medical College for Women, Tirupati


    Lady Hardinge Medical College for Women, New Delhi


    Symbiosis Medical College for Women, Pune

    Courses offered

    MBBS, MD/MS, DM, Diploma, M.Ch.

    Total seats available

    916

    List of women’s medical colleges in India - Government & Private Colleges

    The details of the courses offered, seat intake and accepted entrance exam can be checked from the table below.

    Women’s Medical Colleges in India

    Name of institute

    Ownership

    NIRF ranking 2024

    Courses offered

    Total Seat Intake

    Entrance exam accepted

    BPS Government Medical College for Women, Sonepat

    Government

    NA

    MBBS, MD

    148

    NEET UG, NEET PG

    Sri Padmavathi Medical College for Women, Tirupati

    Government

    NA

    MBBS, MD

    179

    NEET UG, NEET PG

    Lady Hardinge Medical College for Women, New Delhi

    Government

    29

    Diploma, MBBS, MD, MS, M.Ch.

    439

    NEET UG, NEET PG, NEET SS

    Symbiosis Medical College for Women, Pune

    Private

    NA

    MBBS

    150

    NEET UG

    MBBS admission in women’s government medical colleges in India

    Admission to the MBBS course in government medical colleges for women in India is given through the NEET UG exam. The admissions are given on the grounds of the NEET cutoff for MBBS. The NEET-qualified candidates need to go through the counselling rounds to secure an MBBS seat in women’s medical colleges in India.

    NEET cutoff for all women's medical colleges in India

    S.No.

    Name of the women's medical college

    NEET 2023 MBBS opening rank

    NEET 2023 MBBS closing rank


    BPS Government Medical College for Women, Sonepat

    7481

    13442


    Sri Padmavathi Medical College for Women, Tirupati

    25298

    29262


    Lady Hardinge Medical College for Women, New Delhi

    203

    485


    Symbiosis Medical College for Women, Pune

    24965

    64564

    First women's medical colleges in India

    The Lady Hardinge Medical College for Women, New Delhi is considered the first women’s medical college in India. This college was established in 1916 and earlier was an autonomous institution. In 1978, the Lady Hardinge Medical College for Women was taken over by the Government of India. Lady Hardinge Medical College for Women is one of the top medical colleges in India with an NIRF ranking of 29 in 2024. The women's medical college offers several courses such as Diploma, MBBS, MD, MS, M.Ch. Admission is granted through NEET UG, NEET PG, and NEET SS.

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