St. John’s Medical College

Overview

With a motive to help poor people with the best medical facilities, St. John's Medical College was established in Bengaluru. The college was set up to train talented minds in health care. With this noble aim, the college was started in 1963 by The Catholic Bishops Conference of India. Continuously, the college has attained 5-star grading by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council and the University Grants Commission. 

The College offers varied courses for the aspirants, starting from Undergraduate course, Postgraduate, Super Specialty, Ph.D., fellowship, and elective courses. There are various departments in the college, it can be categorized as - Surgical Department, Medical Department, Pre & Paraclinical Department, Medical Department, and Diagnostic Services.

St John’s Research Institute areas of research and development are

• Biostatistics
• Health and Humanities
• Infectious Disease
• Nutrition
• Mental health and neurosciences
• Public Health and Epidemiology

Faculty

This institute’s Faculty profile consists of the Principal, who is responsible for handling the nursing department. There are a total of 6 departments that are under the St. John’s Medical College, namely - Medical-Surgical department, Nursing fundamentals, Child Health Nursing, Community Health department, Obstetrical department, and Gynaecological Nursing.

The head of all the departments works as Deputy Nursing Superintendents and their prime focus is towards administration, service, and Education. The college faculty is known for serving the best.

Alumni

The St.John’s National college has an association of the Alumni which is nearby located at the St. John’s Medical College premises. All the SJMC students are entitled to be a part of the prestigious College association. The association works for the welfare of the students and lets them participate in various activities like CME’s tournaments, appreciation and felicitation, outreach programs, assisting and coordinating with alumni serving the rural areas.

Admission Process

Candidates who want to pursue MBBS from Karnataka can take admission to St. John’s Medical College. The college offers 150 seats. But, to apply to this college, the candidate must have a certificate from the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences.

Admission Procedure

• The candidates, who want to apply for the MBBS course, must appear in the NEET-UG examination. Apart from that, the student should have passed  12th from a recognized board with at least 50%.
• The students who want to apply for the postgraduate courses ( MD/MS) must have an official MBBS degree from a reputed college and must have applied on the NEET-UG official website.
• For taking admission to the MCH or DM courses, you have to obtain rank in the NEET-SS examination.
• Admission to St.John is based on the merit acquired in the entrance test.
• Those candidates, who have to apply for the Ph.D. courses, have to get at least 55% marks in M.Sc or MD degree.

Highlights

Courses and Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria for Fellowship Admission

St John’s Medical College is providing post-doctoral courses affiliated with the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences. There are 4 specializations in PDCC Courses.

Placements 

• The current salary of the present graduates is turned out to be lower than the previous batches.
• As per the reports, the maximum salary is 21 lakh annually and the minimum salary is 7 Lakh.

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