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Former name | Medical College, Bengal |
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| Motto | Cum Humanitate Scientia (Latin) |
Motto in English | Humanity and Science |
| Recognition | |
| Type | PublicMedical College &Hospital |
| Established | 28 January 1835; 190 years ago (28 January 1835) |
| Founder | Lord William Bentinck |
Academic affiliations | West Bengal University of Health Sciences |
| Budget | ₹235.27 crore (US$28 million) (FY2023–24 est.)[1] |
| Principal | Dr. Indranil Biswas |
| Dean | Dr. Manab Nandy |
Academic staff | 271 (2025)[1] |
| Students | 1,906 (2025)[1] |
| Undergraduates | 1,250 (2025)[1] |
| Postgraduates | 635 (2025)[1] |
| 21 (2025)[1] | |
| Address | 88,College St, College Square,Kolkata 700001 22°34′25″N88°21′43″E / 22.5736°N 88.3619°E /22.5736; 88.3619 |
| Campus | Metropolis 26 acres (11 ha) |
| Website | www |
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Medical College, Kolkata, also known asCalcutta Medical College, is apublicmedical college andhospital inKolkata,West Bengal,India. Established in 1835 byLord William Bentinck, it is one of the oldest medical colleges to teachmodern medicine in Asia.
The medical college was established in 1835, classes began on 1 June of that year. Dr. Mountford Joseph Bramley was the first superintendent of the college. Apart from Dr. Bramley and Dr. Goodeve, there were two other native teachers,Madhusudan Gupta and Nabakrishna Gupta, both educated in Western medicine. Madhusudan Gupta is famous in history as the 'first Indian to perform dissection' in the medical college. Initially, students were admitted to the college through an examination. Most of the one hundred candidates were fromHare School,Hindu College, Scotch Assembly School (nowScottish Church Collegiate School). A total of 49 people were admitted as 'foundation students'.
Student politics is rooted in tradition, with many students participating in the Indian freedom struggle.[2] Anti-British movements were implemented with the programmes of Bengal Provincial Students' Federation (BPSF),[2] the Bengal branch ofAll India Students' Federation. Student politics was initially focused on the independence of India.[2] In 1947, Sree Dhiraranjan Sen, a student of the college, died during a Vietnam Day police firing.[3] The Vietnam Students’ Association passed a resolution in its Hanoi session in memory of Sen in March 1947.[4]
Student politics were highly influenced by the partition of Bengal and communal riots during and after thepartition of India.[5] Between 1946 and 1952, the college's doctors stood for communal harmony and worked hard in the refugee colonies. During 1952, ex-students of the college, among themBidhan Chandra Roy who became the secondChief Minister of West Bengal, established the Students' Health Home for the welfare of students.[5][6]
From the 1950s to the 1970s, the college became a centre of leftist and far-left politics.[7] Student politics was highly influenced by theNaxalbari uprising in the early 1970s.[8]
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| NIRF (2024)[9] | 44 |
Medical College, Kolkata was ranked 41th among Medical Institutions byNational Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2025.[10]
In February 2023, Dr. Sudip Das, a professor of ENT Department from the institution, gets a patent for developing a simple and innovative device.[11]
On December 2024 institutions has been recognized as the best medical college in Eastern India by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), achieving a score of 70%. This acknowledgment highlights CMCH's excellence in research and overall performance, boosting its reputation and the standard of medical education in the region.[12]
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