Government Medical College Kottayam 2022-23: Admission, Courses, Fees, Cutoff, Counselling

Government Medical College Kottayam was established in 1962 is also known as GMC Kottayam, located in Kerala. Trivandrum Medical College is one of the leading Medical Colleges in Kerala. The GMC Kottayam imparts UG and PG Diploma Courses.

Throughout this article, we will share all the essential details about Government Medical College Kottayam like Affiliations, Admission Process, Courses, Cutoff Details, Eligibility Criteria, Fee Structure, Contact details, Review, Ranking, etc.

Table of Contents

• GMC Kottayam
• Courses Offered
• Admission Procedure
• Fee Structure
• Cutoff
• NEET PG Cutoff
• Kerala NEET Counselling 2022
• Documents Required
• Ranking and Reputation
• Contact Details
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

GMC Kottayam

The college started functioning in December 1962 as the third government-run medical college in Kerala. The college, which initially served in the District Hospital, Kottayam from 1962 to 1970, was shifted to Arpookara in April 1970.

College Summary

Before we go to complete the college review, let us have a look at the critical details of GMC Kottayam.

Name of Institute	Government Medical College Kottayam
Popular Name	GMC Kottayam, GMC Kottayam
Location	Kottayam Kerala
Year of Establishment	1962
Institution Type	Govt.
Affiliated to	Kerala University, Thiruvananthapuram
Approved by	NMC
Hostel Facilities	Yes (MALE AND FEMALE)
Category	Medical Colleges in Kerala

Affiliation, Recognition, and Achievement

Affiliated with:- Kerala University, Thiruvananthapuram
Approved by:- NMC
Aid Status:- Govt.

Student Support

• Anti Ragging
• Counselling Services
• Healthcare Services
• Hostel
• Query
• Report
• Technical Issues

Facilities

Sports	Cafeteria
Library	Community Health Centre
24 Hour Help Line	I.C.U.s Super Speciality Centre
Blood Bank	Diagnostic Services
Accident & Emergency Department	OPD-Indoor Services

Courses Offered

Government Medical College Kottayam provides an MBBS course for Medical Students who have an Intakes capacity of 150 Seats.

UG Course

Courses	Duration
MBBS	4.6+1 year Internship

Intake Capacity

Course	Intake
MBBS	175

PG Course

COURSE NAME	Duration
MD ANAESTHESIOLOGY	3 Year
MD ANATOMY	3 Year
MD BIOCHEMISTRY	3 Year
MD DERMATOLOGY, VENEROLOGY & LEPROSY	3 Year
MD FORENSIC MEDICINE	3 Year
MD GENERAL MEDICINE	3 Year
MD MICROBIOLOGY	3 Year
MD PAEDIATRICS	3 Year
MD PATHOLOGY	3 Year
MD PHARMACOLOGY	3 Year
MD PHYSICAL MEDICINE & REHABILITATION	3 Year
MD PHYSIOLOGY	3 Year
MD PREVENTIVE & SOCIAL MEDICINE	3 Year
MD PSYCHIATRY	3 Year
MD RADIODIAGNOSIS	3 Year
MD RADIOTHERAPY	3 Year
MD TB & RESPIRATORY DISEASES	3 Year
MS EAR, NOSE & THROAT	3 Year
MS GENERAL SURGERY	3 Year
MS OBST.&GYNAE	3 Year
MS OPHTHALMOLOGY	3 Year
MS ORTHOPAEDICS	3 Year
DIPLOMA IN ANAESTHESIOLOGY (DA)	2 Year
DIPLOMA IN OBST.&GYNAE (DGO)	2 Year
DIPLOMA IN OPHTHALMOLOGY (DO)	2 Year
DIPLOMA IN ORTHOPAEDICS (ORTHO)	2 Year
DIPLOMA IN PAEDIATRICS (DCH)	2 Year
DIPLOMA IN OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY (DLO)	2 Year
DM CARDIOLOGY	2 Year
DM GASTROENTEROLOGY	2 Year
DM NEPHROLOGY	2 Year
DM NEURO MEDICINE	2 Year
MCH CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY	2 Year
MCH GENITOURINARY SURGERY	2 Year
MCH NEUROSURGERY	2 Year
MCH PLASTIC SURGERY	2 Year
MCH PAEDIATRIC SURGERY	2 Year

PG Course Intake Capacity

Course	Intake	Course	Intake
MD ANAESTHESIOLOGY	5	MD ANATOMY	2
MD BIOCHEMISTRY	2	MD DERMATOLOGY, VENEROLOGY & LEPROSY	5
MD FORENSIC MEDICINE	2	MD GENERAL MEDICINE	2
MD MICROBIOLOGY	2	MD PAEDIATRICS	7
MD PATHOLOGY	8	MD PHARMACOLOGY	2
MD PHYSICAL MEDICINE & REHABILITATION	1	MD PHYSIOLOGY	2
MD PREVENTIVE & SOCIAL MEDICINE	2	MD PHYSIOLOGY	2
MD RADIODIAGNOSIS	1	MD RADIOTHERAPY	2
MD TB & RESPIRATORY DISEASES	2	MS EAR, NOSE & THROAT	4
MS GENERAL SURGERY	10	MS OBST.&GYNAE	6
MS OPHTHALMOLOGY	2	ORTHOPAEDICS	3

MBBS Syllabus

Here in this selection, we will let you about Government Medical College Kottayam MBBS Syllabus. Let’s have a look.

Phase	Semester	Subjects Covered
Pre-clinical	1-2: Two Semesters	Anatomy, Biochemistry, Physiology
Para-clinical	3-4-5: Three Semesters	Community Medicine; Forensic Medicine, Pathology, Pharmacology, Microbiology, Clinical postings inwards, OPDs to begin here;
Clinical	6-7-8-9: Four Semesters	Community Medicine, Medicine and allied subjects (Psychiatry, Dermatology); Obst. Gynae.; Pediatrics; Surgery and allied subjects (Anesthesiology, E.N.T., Ophthalmology, Orthopaedics); Clinical postings;

MBBS Internship

Subjects	Compulsory time duration for Internship
Community Medicine	Two months
Medicine including 15 days of Psychiatry	Two months
Surgery including 15 days of Anaesthesia	Two months
Obstt./Gynae. including Family Welfare Planning	Two months
Paediatrics	One month
Orthopaedics including PMR	One month
E.N.T	15 days
Ophthalmology	15 days
Casualty	15 days
Elective posting	15 days
Total	12 months

Faculty & Staff

This College provides a good ratio of well-trained and highly educated faculty members equipped with modern technology. It also provides sufficient numbers of non-technical staff to provide an ambience of self-learning to the students. As faculty members of Government Medical College Kottayam, they are responsible for contributing to and sustaining the standards of medical education in the institution. All the faculty of the campus comply with the relevant policies, which are given below:

• Describe appropriate care based on the best available scientific evidence.
• Reduce inappropriate variation in value-based practices
• Provide more rational and practical behaviour towards the subject Taught.
• Focussing more and more on continuing education
• To promote efficient use of available resources
• To act as the focus for quality control, including audit
• To highlight shortcomings of existing literature and suggest appropriate future research

Admission Procedure

Admission to various programmes at GMC Kottayam is made based on the candidate’s performance in NEET. If you are applying for this college, these valuable resources about GMC Kottayam will help you do proper research about the college.

Admission Process	UG Course: NEET UG PG Course: NEET PG
Kerala NEET 2022 Counselling	For UG Courses: Kerala NEET Counselling For PG Courses: Kerala NEET PG Counselling

Fee Structure

The fee structure of the college is as follows:

UG Course Fee

Course	Total fee Annual
MBBS	23,000/- (AIQ)

*Amount to be paid at the time of Admission: 27,500/-

PG Course Fee

Particulars	PG Fee	Diploma Fee
Annual tuition fee	50,000/-	45,000/-
Annual miscellaneous fee	10,000/-	10,000/-
Caution deposit (Refundable	10,000/-	10,000/-
Uni. Charge	3,500/-	3,500/-
ID Charge	100/-	100/-
Total	73,600/-	68,600/-

No. of bounds two nos(one for discontinuation of course and other for service one year) Bond amount Rs 50,00,000.

Hostel Fee

3,000/- Per Month

NOTE:- Mentioned Fee subject to change.

Cutoff

The College Cut-off is the minimum marks prescribed by the selection board for the admission of students. A merit list will be designed on these Cutoff scores. Aspirants who apply for the Institute need to clear the Cutoff for various courses.

• Aspirants are required to obtain minimum qualifying percentile marks in NEET 2022 entrance examination in order to qualify for further admission process.
• Candidates who belong to SC/ ST/ OBC are required to obtain marks equivalent to at least 40^thpercentile to be considered for AIQ and state counselling process.
• Aspirants who belong to the UR category are required to score equivalent to at least 50^thpercentile.

NEET 2022 Percentile and Scores (Out)

This Section will provide you with the NEET 2022 Announced Cutoff for SC/ST/OBC. Let’s check the NTA released Cutoff.

Category	NEET 2022 cutoff	NEET cut-off marks
UR/EWS	50th percentile	715-117
OBC/SC/ST	40th Percentile	116-93
UR / EWS & PH	45th Percentile	116-105
OBC/SC/ST & PH	40th Percentile	104-93

NEET 2021 result qualifying percentile & scores (Released)

Category	Qualifying Criteria	Cut-off marks 2021	Cut-off marks 2020
UR	50th Percentile	720-138	720-147
OBC	40th Percentile	137-108	146-113
SC	40th Percentile	137-108	146-113
ST	40th Percentile	137-108	146-113
UR / EWS & PH	45th Percentile	137-122	146-129
OBC & PH	40th Percentile	121-108	128-113
SC & PH	40th Percentile	121-108	128-113
ST & PH	40th Percentile	121-108	128-113

Government Medical College Kottayam General Category Cutoff

Round	2019 Cut-off by rank	2020 Cut-off by rank
1	1363	1578
2	4341	3681

Government Medical College Kottayam OBC Category Cutoff

Round	2019 Cut-off by rank	2020 Cut-off by rank
1	1379	1384
2	4271	2443

Government Medical College Kottayam SC Category Cutoff

Round	2019 Cut-off by rank	2020 Cut-off by rank
1	27547	30252
2	41476	63285

Government Medical College Kottayam ST Category Cutoff

Round	2019 Cut-off by rank	2020 Cut-off by rank
1	44677	74909
2	60792	82603

Government Medical College Kottayam PWD Category Cutoff

Round	2020 Cut-off by rank
1	1578
2	3681

Government Medical College Kottayam Economically Weaker Section Category Cutoff

Round	2019 Cut-off by rank
1	1363
2	4341

NEET PG Cutoff

To take admission in all Indian medical colleges for PG courses, you must meet the cutoff score with the following given NEET cutoff score and percentile.

NEET PG Cut off 2022 (OUT)

Categories	Cut off percentile	Cutoff marks
General	50th	275
SC/ST/OBC	40th	245
General-PH	45th	260
SC/ST/OBC-PH	40th	245

NEET PG 2021 Cutoff (Released)

Categories	Cutoff Percentile	Cutoff Marks
General	50th	302
SC/ST/OBC	40th	265
General PH	45th	283
SC/ST/OBC PH	40th	265

Kerala NEET Counselling 2022

Candidates who have appeared in NEET (UG)-2022 and opting for admission to Medical courses such as MBBS, BDS, Ayurveda, Homoeopathy, Siddha & Unani and Allied courses such as Agriculture, Forestry, Veterinary and Fisheries shall have to submit online their NEET (UG)-2022 result details to the Commissioner for Entrance Examinations for preparing the respective State rank lists. For more information on NEET Counselling statistics, look upto this PDF.

KEAM 2022 Important Points of Kerala MBBS & BDS Admission

• Candidates who do not submit their NEET (UG)-2022 results to the Commissioner for Entrance Examinations within the stipulated time shall not be considered for preparation of the rank list for Medical & Medical Allied courses.
• Candidates who have already submitted applications for admission to Medical & Medical Allied courses under KEAM 2022 and who have qualified in the NEET (UG)-2022 conducted by the NTA, as per the eligibility criteria mentioned in the prospectus clause, 9.7.5 (ii) & (iii) can submit NEET result to the Commissioner for Entrance Examinations online.

Kerala NEET UG Counselling Procedure

Step 1- Log in Process: Candidates must log on to the ‘KEAM 2022 Candidate Portal’ to participate in the counselling process. 

Step 2- Option registration page: In the next step, applicants must create a password and click on the ‘open registration’ button on the login page.

Step 3- Choice filling and locking: The online choice filling of Kerala NEET counselling will look on the screen. A list of colleges will be available with college, college code, place, courses, and the district name. 

Step 4- Kerala NEET seat allotment process: After the choice and locking section, the authority will start Kerala MBBS/BDS seat allotment 2022. 

Step 5- Kerala NEET counselling result: After the seat allotment process, CEE, Kerala, releases Kerala NEET 2022 counselling results online. 

NOTE: Click here to check the Kerala NEET-UG 2022 Counselling latest updates.

Documents Required

Candidates who will be allotted a seat in this college will be asked to report to complete the admission formalities with the following documents.

For UG Candidates

• Admit Card
• Scorecard or Rank Letter
• Class 10 certificate and mark sheet (for date of birth)
• Class 12 certificate and mark sheet
• ID proof (Aadhar/PAN Card/Driving License/Passport)
• Eight passport-size photographs
• Provisional Allotment Letter
• Caste Certificate (if applicable)
• PwD Certificate (if applicable)

For PG Candidates

Original Copies Of:

• MBBS Certificate.
• MBBS 3^rd Part II mark sheet.
• Medical Registration Certificate.
• Internship Completion Certificate.
• Photo identity proof in the form of a Certificate with an attested photo from the Head of Institution last studied/Copy of Passport/Aadhar Card/PAN Card/Driving License (Self-attested photocopy after verifying with the original documents).
• Copy of: Birth Certificate for proof of age (if the date of birth is not given in the HSC mark sheet/ certificate).
• NEET Score Card.
• Copy of Online Counselling Registration Certificate.
• Sponsorship Certificate from State Govt. If applicable.
• Passport size Photographs 8 copies.

Ranking and Reputation

Name of Institute	Medical College Kottayam
Reputation	Good
Education	Good
Faculty	Good
Infrastructure	Good

Contact Details

Medical College Kottayam
Address: Gandhi Nagar, Kottayam, Kerala 686008
Email: medicalcollegekottayam@gmail.com
Website: http://www.kottayammedicalcollege.org/

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)