The healthcare industry is one of the fastest growing industries. In India, Medical College refers to an educational institution that provides medical education. These institutions may vary from stand-alone colleges that train doctors to conglomerates that offer training related in all aspects of medical care.

A Medical College offers the basic undergraduate course MBBS. In fact only institutions offering MBBS course in its curriculum are referred to as a Medical Colleges. In Addition, the college may teach Post Graduate as well as Paramedical courses.

Postgraduate courses awards Doctor of Medicine (MD), Master of Surgery (MS) or Diplomate of National Board (DNB)). The MD/ MS degrees are offered by the Universities affiliated to the Medical Council of India and the DNB degree is awarded by the National Board of Examinations, an independent autonomous body under the Ministry of Health, INDIA. There are various streams of medical science avaliable are General medicine, General surgery, Orthopaedics, Radiodiagnosis, Radiotherapy, ENT, Ophthalmology, Anaesthesia, Paediatrics, Community medicine, Pathology, Microbiology, Forensic medicine, Pharmacology, Anatomy, etc.

The paramedical courses include B.Sc Nursing, B.Sc Medical Lab Technology, B.Pharm, B.P.T (Physiotherapy).

Top Medical Colleges are:-
1, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi
Address : Ansari Nagar, New Delhi 110029
Phone: 91-11-26588500, 91-11-26588700, 91-11-26589900
Fax : 91-11-26588663, 91-11-26588641
Website: http://www.aiims.edu/
Website: http://www.aiims.ac.in/

2. Christian Medical College(CMC), Vellore
Address : Vellore 632 004, Tamil Nadu, India
Phone: 91-416- 2222102, 2223603, 2222722, 2223977, 2225535, 2222716
(Fax: +91 (416) 2262788)
Email: registrar@cmcvellore.ac.in
Website: http://cmch-vellore.edu/

3. Armed Forces Medical College(AFMC), Pune
Address : Armed Forces Medical College, Pune - 411 040 India
Phone. 020 - 26306001
Fax: 020-6874759
Email: afmc@vsnl.net.in
Website: http://www.afmcpune.com

4. JIPMER Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Reasearch, Pondicherry
Address : Dhanvantri Nagar, Gorimedu, Pondicherry - 605 006, India
Phone No: (0413) 2272380 - 90 (11 lines)
Fax : (0413) 2272067 (Director), 2272066(Dean), 2272735(M.S.)
E-mail : director@jipmer.edu
Website: http://www.jipmer.edu/

5. Kasturba Medical College (KMC), Manipal
Address: Madhav Nagar, Manipal-576104, Karnataka, INDIA.
Phone No: +91 820 2571201 - 2571230
Fax: +91 820 2571927, 2570061, 2570062
Web: www.manipal.edu

6. Maulana Azad Medical College (MAMC), Delhi
Address: Bahadur Shah Jafar Marg, New Delhi - 110002
Phone No: (011) 23239271/ 72/ 73/ 74/ 23231478
E-mail: deanmamc@vsnl.net
Web: www.mamc.ac.in

7. Grant Medical College, Mumbai
Address: .J.Hospital, Byculla, Mumbai-8
Phone No:- 022-3735555
Fax:- 3735599
Web: www.grantmedicalcollege-jjhospital.org

8. Seth GS Medical College, Mumbai
Address: Acharya Donde Marg, Parel, Mumbai 400 012. India.
Phone No: 91-22-2413 6051
Fax: 91-22-2414 3435
Web: www.kem.edu

9. St John’s Medical College, Bangalore
Address: Sarjapur Road Bangalore - 560 034
Phone No: 080-22065000
Fax: 080-25530070
E-mail: sjmch@vsnl.com
stjohns@blr.vsnl.net.in
Web: www.stjohns.in

10. Madras Medical College, Chennai
Address: Periyar EVR Salai, Park Town, Chennai,
Tamil Nadu, India 600 003
Ph: 91-44-25361536
Fax: 91-44-25361536
E-mail: info@madrasmedicalcollege.edu