Government Medical College, Ernakulam

College Overview

Government Medical College, Ernakulam (previously Cochin Medical College) is one of the medical colleges in the state of Kerala situated at Kalamassery, Kochi. It was a government-owned institution established by the Co-operative Academy of Professional Education under the Department of Co-operation, Government of Kerala, established in 1999. The college has an intake capacity of 110 students (100 students till 2019) for the MBBS course each year. It was taken over by the Government of Kerala as a government institution on 11 December 2013. There are Post graduate courses in three clinical (Medicine, Pediatrics and Psychiatry) and two paraclinical departments (Pathology and Microbiology). It also includes the college of nursing, Biomedical engineering courses and Operation Theatre courses functioning in the college campus. The campus has a cafeteria, gymnasium, library, football stadium, basketball court, volleyball court and indoor badminton courts. 60% works of an associated new superspeciality block is also completed.

History