Symbiosis Centre for Health Care Pune: Admission 2026, Fees, Courses, Cutoff, Ranking, Placement

Symbiosis Centre for Health Care (SCHC) was established in 1997. The college has been re-accredited with ‘A’ grade by NAAC. SCHC offers distance learning in Certificate, Diploma and Post Graduate Diploma Programs. The institute provide online and postal mode of study with printed study modules and e-learning CDs.

SCHC Distance Education Programs

Distance Education allows learners/participants/students to learn at their own place and pace. The student need not attend classroom lectures. Students can contact faculty through phone, email and online chatting to solve their queries. Students may have to attend a limited period contract programs. Some of the programs offered by SCHC are:

Read about SCHC Courses & Fee

SCHC Admission Process

A brief about the admission process of SCHC is listed below:

• Candidates can register themselves online/offline.
• Candidates are required to pay registration fees to acquire college prospectus and application form. Payment can be done online/offline.
• Candidates can select two programs and complete them in one year.
• Candidates are required to fill the application form and attach requisite certificates and photos.
• Candidates can pay online by Credit/Debit Card/NEFT or offline by DD. 
• Candidates can submit DD by courier to head office or at the information centre of the college.

Note: Candidates registering for both online and postal mode of study will have to pay an additional cost of INR 2000 for each program. 

SCHC Eligibility Criteria

The eligibility standards are defined by the university, a brief about the same is listed below:

For PGDHHM, PGDMLS, PGDHIM, PGDAND and PGDMT

1. Bachelor degree holders from any discipline.
2. Career Prospects: 

• The motive of PGDHHM is to equip graduates for administrative, managerial and consultative in the hospital and healthcare organizations.
• The main motive of PGDMLS program is to enable doctors, lawyera, nurses and all other professionals, to understand the prevalent concepts, with a view to prevent and manage medico legal problems.
• Students can build their career in PGDAND in health sectors as Therapeutic Dietitian, Clinical Nutritionists, Diet Counsellor. Those who are involved in such work are called Administrative/Management Dietitian/Nutritionists.
• PGDMT aims to provide about the essentials of medical tourism, industry trends. Immense opportunities are available for students, they can work as medical tourism manager, tour facilitator, medical tour consultant, guest relationship managers, medical toursim insurer and many more.

For PGDCR and PGDPVCDM:

1. Bachelors in Life Sciences/Medical Sciences/Statistics.
2. Career Prospects: 

•  To develop professionals to work in the field of clinical research. After PGDCR, a student can make his/her career in pharma, companies/hospitals/clinical research organizations and data management companies.
• PGDPVCDM program aims to train professionals in pharmacovigilance and clinical data management. Students can work as Research Coordinator, Research Associate, Drug Safety Associate, Senior Pharmacovigilance Consultants, Principal Investigator and many more.

For DNA:

1. Bachelor of Science in Nursing/GSM.
2. Career Prospects:

• The DNA program aims at preparing the nursing professionals for leadership roles like Nursing Administrator, Nursing Superintendent, Nursing Supervisor, Nursing Officer, Matron, Nurse Manager, Sister-in-charge and other Nursing management positions in corporates, NGOs, nursing.

For CDMHHO:

1. Graduation in any discipline or GNM.
2. Career Prospects:

• The CDMHHO program aims to equip healthcare professionals for roles like Emergency Management Specialist, Emergency Management Coordinator, Network Administrator, Database Analyst, Security Administrator, Operations Analyst and many more.

For CPMW:

1. Graduation in Life Sciences/Medical Sciences. 
2. Career Prospects:

• The program aims at providing insights on medical, regulatory, scientific writing to the students. Students can make his/her career as Medical Advisor, Medical Affairs, Manager, Associate Manager, Medical Writer, Lead or Senior Medical Writer, Research Officer and many more.

For CPHICS:

1. Diploma/Graduation in any discipline.
2. Career Prospects:

• CPHICS program is designed to impart knowledge and skill required to foster practices of patient safety and infection control. Students can work as Infection Control Manager/Nurse, In-charge CSSD, Quality Consultant, Executive in Quality Management. 

Learning Resources

• Study Material: The centre provides study material to students through online and postal mode. The program curriculum is especially designed by subject experts to meet the needs of industry, printed modules are given to students.
• SYMB-ians e-portfolio: The E-portfolio & 24/7 learning management system of SCHC helps students in accessing the study material at any point of time once they get enrolled into SYMB-ian.
• SYMB-ians Video Lectures & Audio/Video Presentations: E-portfolio includes video lectures on diverse topics covered during National Seminars. It covers emerging trends in healthcare sector. Audio/Video Presentations on critical and fundamental topics covered in the programs. It focuses mainly on emerging trends, guidelines, latest regulatory advances in the arena.
• e-Learning: Interactive e-Learning CDs are a supplementary learning resource given to students of Distance Learning Programs. The e-Learning of SYMB-ians is based on David Kolb’s Learning Cycle.

SCHC Services

Symbiosis International University offers medical facilities for all its students, staff and faculty through Symbiosis Centre for Health Care. Some of the services provided by SCHC are mentioned below:

• Annual Health Checkup

Annual Health Checkup of the students of Symbiosis is conducted and maintained electrically on web based, HIPAA compliant software Specialists from different disciplines conduct the Annual Health Check-up including Lab investigation.

• Pre-employment Checkup

Candidates are required to complete the process of Pre-employment Checkup at SCHC. It includes a checkup by Specialists from different disciplines.

• Out Patient Department (OPD)

SCHC offers Out Patient Department in all the campuses of Symbiosis.

• Medical Insurance for Students & Staff

Every student and staff of Symbiosis is covered under a unique group medical insurance scheme with the National Insurance Company (NIC) for hospitalization upto Rs. 50,000/- in case of non-accidental emergencies and Rs. 1,00,000/- in case of Rail/Road traffic accidents.

• Dental OPD services

SCHC offers Dental OPD consisting of procedures such as scaling & polishing, tooth fillings, caps & bridges & root canal treatment.

• Online Health Counselling

Online health counselling is available to students on all working days on Skype Software. 

SCHC Facilities

The centre provides various facilities to the distance learning students. Listed below are the details for same:

• Academic Helpline: SCHC provides academic helpline number of faculty. Students can reach for any academic query at dedicated helpline number.
• Online Chat: SCHC provides online chat facility to students for real time interaction and resolving academic query. Students can have online chat designated day and time with the faculty.
• National Seminars: Every year a two-day National Seminar is organized on Hospital & Healthcare Management, Medico Legal Systems & Clinical Research is hosted at Symbiosis University. National Seminar is accredited by Maharashtra Medical Council. This annual mega event with a legacy of 17 years attracts over 1200 delegates from healthcare, such as doctors, medico legal experts, insurance & IT professionals, NGOs, hospital administrators & clinical research professionals from all over India and abroad. 
• Placement: This includes an opportunity for interested enrolled candidates to interact and get interviewed with prospective recruiters and employers in the healthcare sector through Connexions. SCHC provides an opportunity for students to attend grooming and skills transfer sessions which prepares them for interviews.