HIGHER EDUCATION IN INDIA
 Education has ever been looked at Indian culture as a holistic effort since time immemorial. Indian culture is in the core attributes of education beginning from ”Gurukul” type of education, where the disciples lived in the house of the Master who taught them what all things he knew for years together. And medical education has never been an exception since the period of Vedas.
As a tradition education is being looked upon holistically even today in India. The students practise it more holistically, whatever be its field. Be it Medicine, Engineering, Electronics, Humanities or any subject one is likely to get proper Higher Education in any of these fields.
Today the Higher Education is controlled and maintained by the University Grants Commission in India. They keep the quality of education on par with the international standards, which is a heritage India acquired since the British occupation.
Since then all fields of Education remained up-to-date in quality and in quantity. Medical education, Engineering education or any type of professional education be it, it remains so even now.
Colleges
The literacy level in India is the highest compared to anywhere else in the world. The reason for the growth of literacy is because of the umpteen numbers of various types of Colleges and Universities offering different kinds of education in various fields beginning from Medicine to Engineering to Astronomy and Forestry.
We have plenty of Colleges and Universities offering higher education opportunities
In Medicine, Dentistry, Engineering etc offering different types of professional degrees such as MBBS, MD, MS, BDS, MDS, and all kinds of Graduate and Post Graduate degrees. So is the case with the braches of engineering too.
Affordability
Unlike in foreign countries the number of seats are limited for NRI / PIO / Foreign students , Higher Education in India can be afforded by any foreign student or NRI student , provided he or she meets the selection or admission standards prescribed the Universities or Colleges.
Higher Education
Any foreign student or student from NRI sector, can find a Degree course or PG course of his or her choice anywhere in India. Higher Education is not limited to cities alone. Higher Education is rampant and is accessible and affordable. Colleges and Universities that control education streams are aplenty. All of them offer an international quality of education.
Universities
Today there are 16 Central Universities in India, which are funded by the Government. Another one is being planned at Manipur. Besides, there are 37 colleges, which have been accorded university status and are called "Deemed Universities" too. Graduating to the status of University means the concerned College or Institution is maintaining a global standard of education and they will have the most modern laboratories to help learning the profession.
The state governments, under UGC law, are entitled to establish their own universities, funded by the respective state government. |
Engineering Education in India
All engineering educational institutes and universities are affiliated to All India Council for Technical Education AICTE. All engineering colleges or institutes do offer graduate (BE or BTech) and post graduate( M E or M Tech). There are private and Government colleges available in plenty under each State of India and under almost all universities. We have a full list of State wise Universities or colleges offering degree and PG in professional courses such as medical, dental and engineering fields.
In short India has some of the top engineering and medical institutions in the world that offer cheapest, affordable but high quality medical, dental and engineering courses.
For a full list of colleges and Universities that offer the courses of your choice in Medical Schools, Dental and engineering. |
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MEDICAL EDUCATION IN INDIA |
 Medical Education in India is also given an important consideration from an international point of view. The Medical Council of India (MCI) controls medical Education in India.All States and all Universities or Colleges that give medical education is monitored and timely inspected by the Medical Council of India every year. They allow colleges or universities to grant MBBS, MS, MD, BDS, MDS or any Graduate or PG degree or diploma provided those colleges are strictly adhering to the standards set by the Medical Council of India.
The MBBS course is of four and a half year's and is followed by one year of Compulsory Rotating Residential Internship. The course is taken in three stages, following a short foundation course which provides basic principles of Communication, Ethics and Problem Based Learning. The first stage is for 12 months and covers the basic sciences of Anatomy, Physiology and Biochemistry. The next stage is for 18 months and includes Pharmacology, Pathology, Microbiology and Forensic Medicine.
The last stage is for 24 months and covers Ophthalmology, Otorhinolaryngology, Community Medicine, General Medicine, Pediatrics, Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery and Obstetrics & Gynecology
Entrance Examination
All professional courses are open for the right students. But the admission to such courses is open only through an Entrance Examination.
In India a degree like MBBS comes as under graduate, and MD or MS falls under PG. PG diploma courses are also available in various branches in medical education.
All higher education Degrees or Diplomas are valid internationally, especially in the field of medicine and engineering.
Admissions
To obtain a medical seat candidates should appear for various entrance tests in All India level. An eligible candidate in the State has to be pass 12th class or equivalent with 50% marks in aggregate and pass the All India Entrance Test such as AIIMS Delhi, AIPGE, AIPMT Delhi, AFMC CEE-Kerala. In the state level, one student has to get through Common Entrance Test of concerned states.
Most of the Government Medical Colleges offer admissions
only to Indian students on the basis of their performance
in a competitive entrance test, However, few Government
Medical Colleges have some quota for NRI/Foreign students.
The NRI/Foreign students who looking for admission can
contact the leading educational
consultants in India
Medical and Dental council of India
Any education in degree level or postgraduate or PG level
in Medicine is either classified into medicine or Dental.
Both are controlled and monitored by Medical council
and Dental council, separately.
A student has to keep a watch over the medical, dental
and engineering entrance tests conducted in India by
various States and Universities, if he or she has to
get Admission to such courses. Usually the time for such
tests will be around a couple of months earlier than
the month in which the actual courses start in Medical
Schools. The time a new academic year begin in India
is usually the month of July.
Dental Education in India Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS)/ Master of Dental Surgery ( MDS )
This is a four year course with one year of compulsory rotary internship, thus making it a five year course. Candidates who have completed 10+2with Physics, Chemistry and Biology are eligible for this course. There are several departments in the college, which are headed by the experts in the respective fields to provide excellent guidance. These are Periodontics, Pedodontics, ProsthodonticsAll dental education and colleges in India comes under the Dental Council of India (DCI) and all the universities in India are under the DCI graduation program called BDS and post graduate called as MDS to find more about recognized colleges.
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