Institute of Medical Sciences : The premier medical college

The Institute Of Medical Sciences (IMS-BHU) is one of the three institutes of Banaras Hindu University considered to be one of the best medical colleges in Uttar Pradesh. The Medical college is situated in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India. Standing in the Northern part of India, this medical college is providing potential doctors to the country as well as the world. If we talk about the medical colleges in Uttar Pradesh, then obviously we have to take the name of the BHU”s Institute of Medical sciences for its quality teaching at the same time the co-curricular activities. This institute is equipped with all kinds of modern facilities- the high quality laboratory and state of art infrastructure.

The IMS-BHU started functioning as a College of Medical Sciences in the year 1960 having only 9 Departments of Modern Medicine. Under the dedicated, dynamic and noted leadership of Dr. K.N. Udupa, the Founder Director of the Medical College, it made all round growth and progress, and in the year 1971, the College of Medical Sciences, was upgraded as Institute of Medical Sciences. According to the recent statistics, the Medical college has 33 Departments of Modern Medicine including 10 Departments of Super-specialities and 8 Departments of Ayurveda. Thus, it has its name in the list of best Medical Colleges in India and subsequently one of the top Medical colleges in Uttar Pradesh.

The IMS is not directly comes under Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India but under the administrative control of Banaras Hindu University, an autonomous Central University under Ministry of Human resource development, Government of India.

Institute of Medical Sciences- Banaras Hindu university, is a residential medical institution with its own campus . Every year it allows the admission of 55 undergraduate students and 86 postgraduate students.

Faculties-

The Institute being a Medical Sciences hub of Banaras University provides the following courses-

MBBS - 5 ½ years (including one year compulsory rotating internship training): 1st professional (2 Semesters) subjects taught - Anatomy, Physiology, Biochemistry & Biophysics; 2nd Professional (3 Semesters) subjects taught - Pharmacology, Pathology, Microbiology and Forensic Medicine, Medicine, Community Medicine, Surgery, Paediatrics, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Orthopaedics, Ophthalmology, Otolaryngology, Dermatology, Psychiatry, Radiology; 3rd professional Part - I (2 Semesters) subjects taught - Community Medicine, ENT, Ophthalmology, Medicine, Surgery, Orthopaedics, Ostetrics & Gynaecology, Otolaryngology, Paediatrics, Ophthalmology, Medicine, Anaesthesiology, Dentistry, Radiology, Radiotherapy; 3rd professional Part - II (2 Semesters) covers the subjects of Medicine, Paediatrics, Obstetrics & Gynaecology and Surgery including Orthopaedics.

Postgraduate Courses : M.D./M.S. in all the major specialities - Physiology, Anatomy Biochemistry, Biophysics, Pathology, Microbiology, Pharmacology, Forensic Medicine, General Surgery, Orthopaedics, E.N.T., Ophthalmology, General Medicine, Tuberculosis & Respiratory Diseases, Dermatology & Venereology, Psychiatry, Paediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Radiology, Radiotherapy, Dentistry, Anaesthesiology.

Post-Doctoral Courses: DM/MCh : Urology, Neurosurgery, Plastic Surgery, Paediatric Surgery, Neurology, Cardiology, Gastroenterology, Nephrology, Endocrinology,Intensive care, Pain Medicine, Neuroanaesthesia.

Hence, the institute has the Faculty of Ayurveda which provides- BAMS - 5 ½ years (including one year compulsory rotating internship training),postgraduate courses and short term courses in ayurveda for foreign Nationals

The campus has 3 hostels for undergraduate men named ruiya medical hostel,punarvasu atrey hostel and dhanwntri hostel, and 3 hostel for postgraduate men named new p.g. Hostel, old p.g.hostel and married doctors hostel. Undergraduate and postgraduate women doctors live in kasturba girls hostel . All hostels run their own messes that provide a huge diversity of Indian meals. The students of IMS,BHU also gives importance on the co-curricular activities like- inter-collegiate cultural, literary and sports festival of IMS is called elixir and is held in mid February every year and is organized by the IMSonians. In addition to this, the IMSonians hold annual inter-class competitions where undergraduate students within IMS compete in various cultural fields, literary and sporting events. Both the undergraduate men’s hostels and the undergraduate women’s hostel hold hostel days annually. IMSonians have also tremendous facilities to learn various languages and other various hobbies in world class centres at Banaras Hindu University and in the leading medical college in Uttar Pradesh Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras.