KGMU Affiliated Colleges

KGMU is a top medical college in India. Here are some details about the tuition and hostel fees for MBBS.

The total course fee is Rs. 2,06,900. The hostel fee is Rs. 2400 per year. Food charges are separate. You can avail of a scholarship if you are a minority student or your annual family income is below Rs. 2,00,000. 

After the completion of academics, you’ll be required to do a compulsory internship. You will get Rs. 20,000 per month as a stipend during your internship. 

The college offers good infrastructure, wifi facilities, and a central library. You must check the recent cutoff to get an idea of whether you’ll be admitted to KGMU or not. 

VMMC attracts a major crowd of NEET toppers. It is the most chosen college after MAMC. There are several reasons why many people choose VMMC over KGMU.

Mandatory rural service is the biggest disadvantage of KGMU. Those planning for a PG/superspeciality especially find this service period unnecessary and time-consuming. Moreover, VMMC is located in Delhi. This makes it more favorable. Though I personally feel Lucknow offers almost every facility. Internal PG reservation also works in the favor of VMMC. 

KGMU is ranked much higher than VMMC. The education at KGMU is much better too. Despite this, VMMC is preferred because of the above reasons.

Being a central institute is not important, it's about the scope of learning offered at a medical school. 

AIIMS Rishikesh is a central institute, so it has a better administration. However, KGMU offers much more practical knowledge to its students. MBBS is all about gaining practical knowledge. The number and types of patients received by KGMU is very high. As you enter your clinical years, you’ll realize the importance of these things.

AIIMS Faculties are better administered than state faculties. However, MBBS is about your own efforts and approach towards studies. Teachers can only guide you, the hard work is your job entirely. So faculties aren’t much of a concern. Moreover, KGMU also has highly qualified faculties.

I would say KGMU is better than all the other AIIMS, except AIIMS Delhi. 

Here is some information about both these colleges to help you make a better decision-

1. JIPMER is the AIIMS of South. It has a better academic culture. Everything, from peer groups to labs, is top-notch over there. Both the colleges have decent hostels.
2. JIPMER has a bit more exciting campus life. But KGMU makes up for this with its festive celebrations. 
3. JIPMER puts great emphasis on student research, so student learning is supposedly better. The internships are immensely rigorous over there.
4. Lucknow serves really good chicken meals. At KGMU, you’ll get good non veg meals. People from the North face food and language barriers at JIPMER, but they adapt eventually. 

Based on this information, I would say that JIPMER is overall better. However, even KGMU is a really good choice for your medical studies.

Based on the opinions within the medical community, I will provide some information on these colleges-

1. GSMC- It is a highly renowned college. High rankers in UG and PG entrance choose it for pursuing their medical studies. Clinical teaching is very good over here. 
2. Grant Medical College Mumbai- It is one of the top 10 medical colleges of India. But its fees have skyrocketed recently. The campus is not in a good shape too. However, this college is one of the only 5 colleges whose degrees are approved in Singapore. So if you plan to pursue your PG abroad, a degree from GMC Mumbai will open the doors of Singapore for you.
3. KGMU- It is one of the best medical colleges in North India, and especially UP. It is well reputed, and the campus is really good. The infrastructure is top notch, better than most government colleges. The teachers are decent, and the students are hardworking. You’ll get a good clinical exposure over here. For an outsider though, adjusting to the UP culture might be a little difficult at first.

I don’t know much about GMC Patiala and GMCH Chandigarh, so I won’t comment on these two. 

Make sure to choose a college with hardworking students. Good company will motivate you to study harder and excel in your field. Food and language barriers aren’t much of a problem in the long run. 

The best way to determine the right college for M.B.B.S. is to analyze the pros and cons of these colleges individually 

KGMU Pros  

• Ikr of the highly ranked medical college ranked 45 out of 200 colleges in India in 2023 by NIRF. 
• It’s located in a more developed and bigger city and has a huge beautiful campus.
• Offers excellent clinical exposure
• It has a 50% state PG quota
• It receives huge funds from the state government.

KGMU Cons

• It’s a State medical college
• It’s pay scale is quite less in comparison to Central colleges
• It has less number of pg seats
• The college has caste-based reservations.
• Students are required to serve the rural service bond

JNMC AMU Pros

• It’s a central government institute so has better pay grades as compared to state colleges 
• There is a 50% internal reservation, with no caste boundaries 
• Internal are also eligible for external seats so if you get a good rank you can easily get a seat in the open category.
• It has a better UG-PG seat ratio
• You don’t have to serve any kind of service bond
• Better academic ambiance and clinical exposure.
• A completely ragging-free campus

JNMC AMU Cons

• There is no state quota in the PG
• Does not have a very good reputation so receives less funding. 
• Aligarh is not a big city as compared to Lucknow.

Considering the above points, choose wisely!