King George's Medical University

Updated on Nov 22, 2024

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Type Medical University Campus Lucknow Website kgmu.org Founded 1911		Established 1911 Affiliations UGCMCIDCI Phone 0522 225 7540 Vice-chancellor Ravi Kant
Former names King George's Medical College (1911 to 2002)Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Medical University (2007 to 2013) Address Shah Mina Road, Chowk, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 226003 Motto Sincerity-Service-Sacrifice Notable alumni Naresh Trehan, Autar Singh Paintal, Krishan Chandra Singhal, B K Anand, Arun Kumar Similar Sanjay Gandhi Postgrad, ERA's Lucknow Medical, Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi, Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Inst, Institute of Medical Sciences Profiles Twitter

King George's Medical University, for a while known as Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Medical University, is a medical school located in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. It came into being after the upgrade of King George's Medical College (established in 1911) into a university by an act passed by government of Uttar Pradesh on 16 September 2002.

The University has capacity for 1250 undergraduates students (including 280 dental students) and 450 postgraduate students.

The MBBS course takes four and a half years to complete and has an intake of 250 students each year.

Naming controversy

The name of the University has become a political issue between Bahujan Samaj Party and Samajwadi Party, with both of them changing the name when they are voted to power. When the Samajwadi Party won the Uttar Pradesh state elections in 2012, the name of King George's Medical University was restored.

Principals/Vice Chancellors

W Selby (1911)

CA Sprawson (1921–23 and 1926–29)

SS Khan, (1923–25)

H Stott (1925–26, 1929–31, 1932–37)

BGS Acharya (1931–32)

MAH Siddiqui (1937–38)

W Burridge (1938–46)

CP Misra (1946)

BB Bhatia (1946–49)

SN Mathur (1949–52)

VS Manglik (1953–59)

ML Gujral (1960–62)

RV Singh (1962–77)

BN Lall (1977–78)

KP Bhargava (1978–84)

BB Sethi (1985–86)

BK Khanna (1986–92)

PK Misra (1992–98)

Ramesh Chandra (1998–2000)

KN Sinha (2000)

AM Kar (2000)

KM Singh (2001–2003)

Principal & VC Mahendra Bhandari (2003–2006)

Hari Gautam (2006–07)

SK Agarwal (2007–08)

Saroj Chooramani Gopal (March 2008 to March 2011)

DK Gupta (April 2011 – April 2014)

Ravi Kant (April 2014 – Present)

Ranking

King George Medical University has been ranked among the top 5 medical colleges in India 2016 by Outlook India. It has been ranked #5 by Careers360's Top Medical Colleges in India 2016.