Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences Bangalore was established in the year of 1980 by the Vokkaligara Sangh. Kempegowda is considered among the best medical institutes in Karnataka. The Vokkaligara Sangha took a formal decision on 2nd September 1979 to start a medical college from 1980–81 and applied for permission to the registrar, Bangalore University. The College is popularly known as KIMS Bangalore. It Was Affiliated with Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences and approved by the NMC.
In the article, we will share all the essential details about the Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences Bangalore like Facilities, Courses, Admission Guidance, Fee Structure, How to Apply, Eligibility, Cutoff, Result, Counselling, Contact Details, etc.
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Table of Contents
- Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences Bangalore
- Courses Offered
- Admission Procedure
- Fee Structure
- Cutoff
- NEET PG Cutoff
- Karnataka NEET Counselling 2022
- Documents Required
- Ranking & Reputation
- Contact Details
- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences Bangalore
KIMS Bangalore has been recognized by the Medical Council of India permanently for running MBBS Course since 1980-81 and running Post-graduate degree/diploma courses since 1991-92. These courses are also recognized by the Government of India.
College Summary
Before we complete the college review, let us look at the College details of KIMS Bangalore.
| Name of Institute | Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences Bangalore |
| Popular Name | KIMS Bangalore |
| Location | Bangalore, Karnataka |
| Year of Establishment | 1980 |
| Institute Type | Private |
| Affiliated to | Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences |
| Approved by | NMC |
| Courses offered | MBBS/MD/MS |
| Hostel Facilities | Yes |
| Category | Medical College in Karnataka |
Affiliation, Recognition and Achievement
- Affiliated with: Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences
- Approved by: NMC
- Aid Status: Private
Student Support
- Anti Ragging
- Counseling Services
- Healthcare Services
- Hostel
- Query
- Report
- Technical Issues
Facilities
| Sports | Cafeteria |
| Library | Community Health Centre |
| 24 Hour Help Line | I.C.U Super Speciality Centre |
| Blood Bank | Diagnostic Services |
| Accident & Emergency Department | OPD-Indoor Services |
Courses Offered
Before discussing, let us look at the courses overview offered at Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences Bangalore (KIMS Bangalore). The Student applying for KIMS Bangalore medical college must look at the courses offered along with the intake and course duration.
UG Course
| Courses | Duration |
| MBBS | 4.6+1 year Internship |
Intake Capcity
| Course | Intake |
| MBBS | 150 |
PG Courses
| Course | Duration |
| MD – Paediatrics | 3 Years |
| MD – Psychiatry | 3 Years |
| MD – Bio-Chemistry | 3 Years |
| MD – General Medicine | 3 Years |
| MD/MS – Anatomy | 3 Years |
| MS – General Surgery | 3 Years |
| MD – Forensic Medicine/Forensic Medicine & Toxicology | 3 Years |
| MD – Microbiology | 3 Years |
| MD – Pharmacology | 3 Years |
| MD – Dermatology, Venereology & Leprosy | 3 Years |
| MD – Radio Diagnosis/Radiology | 3 Years |
| MS – Orthopaedics | 3 Years |
| MD – Pathology | 3 Years |
| MD/MS – Ophthalmology | 3 Years |
| MS – ENT | 3 Years |
| MD – Anaesthesiology | 3 Years |
| MD – Social & Preventive Medicine / Community Medicine | 3 Years |
| MD/MS – Obstetrtics & Gynaecology | 3 Years |
| MD – Tuberculosis & Respiratory Diseases / Pulmonary Medicine | 3 Years |
| MD – Emergency Medicine | 3 Years |
| MD – Physiology | 3 Years |
MD/MS Intake Capacity
| Course | Intake |
| MD – Paediatrics | 9 |
| MD – Psychiatry | 2 |
| MD – Bio-Chemistry | 2 |
| MD – General Medicine | 10 |
| MD/MS – Anatomy | 5 |
| MS – General Surgery | 10 |
| MD – Forensic Medicine/Forensic Medicine & Toxicology | 4 |
| MD – Microbiology | 5 |
| MD – Pharmacology | 6 |
| MD – Dermatology, Venereology & Leprosy | 5 |
| MD – Radio Diagnosis/Radiology | 6 |
| MS – Orthopaedics | 6 |
| MD – Pathology | 4 |
| MD/MS – Ophthalmology | 4 |
| MS – ENT | 3 |
| MD – Anaesthesiology | 8 |
| MD – Social & Preventive Medicine / Community Medicine | 6 |
| MD/MS – Obstetrtics & Gynaecology | 7 |
| MD – Tuberculosis & Respiratory Diseases / Pulmonary Medicine | 2 |
| MD – Emergency Medicine | 2 |
| MD – Physiology | 2 |
MBBS Syllabus
Here in this selection, we will let you know about KIMS Bangalore 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 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 KIMS Bangalore, they are responsible for contributing and sustenance 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 Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences Bangalore is made based on the candidate’s performance in NEET. If you are applying for this college, then these valuable resources about KIMS Bangalore will help you do proper research about the college.
| Admission Process | For UG Courses: NEET UG For PG Courses: NEET PG |
| Counselling Process | For UG Courses: Karnataka NEET Counselling For PG Courses: Karnataka NEET PG Counselling |
Fee Structure
Below we have mentioned the KIMS Bangalore complete fee structure; you can check the UG & PG Courses Fee structure. Let’s have a look.
UG Fees
| Particulars | Cet General/ OBC/SC/ST | Private seat | Management /NRI |
| Tution Fee | 111952 | 785565 | 3600000 |
| App. fee | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Lib. fee | 4000 | 4000 | 4000 |
| Lab. fee | 1000 | 1000 | 1000 |
| Transportation | 12000 | 12000 | 12000 |
| Total | 17500 | 17500 | 17500 |
| Gratuity | 4000 | 4000 | 4000 |
| Student activities fee (full course) | — | — | — |
| Sports | 2500 | 2500 | 2500 |
| Cultural activities | 2500 | 2500 | 2500 |
| Magzine | 1000 | 1000 | 1000 |
| Alumni association | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Graduation day | 2000 | 2000 | 2000 |
| Total missleneous fee | 30000 | 30000 | 30000 |
| Skill lab facilities as per mci | 25000 | 25000 | 25000 |
| KIMS co-op society | 650 | 650 | 650 |
| The full payment I MBBS | 167602 | 841215 | 3655650 |
| II year MBBS fee | 162952 | 836565 | 3651000 |
| III year MBBS fee | 162952 | 836565 | 3651000 |
| IV year MBBS fee | 162952 | 836565 | 3651000 |
| V year MBBS fee | 81476 | 418300 | 1825500 |
- Additional Fee for 1st year MBBS NRI/MNG- Rs. 2,00,000/-
- Additional Fee for 2nd year to Final year MBBS NRI/MNG- Rs. 51,000/-
NOTE: Miscellaneous Fees is included for MNG/NRI in the Tuition Fees account (Gratuity and Library Fees)
PG Fees
| Courses | Fees | ||
| Government | COMED-K | MNG / NRI | |
| Pre-Clinical | |||
| Anatomy | 73,740 | 1,09,770 | 63,200 |
| Physiology | 73,740 | 1,09,770 | 63,200 |
| Bio-chemistry | 73,740 | 1,09,770 | 63,200 |
| Para Clinical | |||
| M.D. Pharmacology | 1,45,475 | 2,18,215 | 3,00,000 |
| M.D. Pathology | 1,45,475 | 2,18,215 | 10,00,000 |
| M.D. Microbiology | 1,45,475 | 2,18,215 | 1,00,000 |
| M.D. Community Medicine | 1,45,475 | 2,18,215 | 5,00,000 |
| M.D. Forensic Medicine | 1,45,475 | 2,18,215 | 1,00,000 |
| Clinical | |||
| M.D. Dermatology | 5,81,900 | 8,72,850 | 85,00,000 |
| M.D. Paediatrics | 5,81,900 | 8,72,850 | 70,00,000 |
| M.D. General Medicine | 5,81,900 | 8,72,850 | 70,00,000 |
| M.D. Radio diagnosis | 5,81,900 | 8,72,850 | 85,00,000 |
| M.D. Psychiatry | 5,81,900 | 8,72,850 | 35,00,000 |
| M.D. Respiratory Medicine | 5,81,900 | 8,72,850 | 35,00,000 |
| M.D. Emergency Medicine | 5,81,900 | 8,72,850 | 35,00,000 |
| M.S. Ophthalmology | 5,81,900 | 8,72,850 | 40,00,000 |
| M.S.ENT | 5,81,900 | 8,72,850 | 40,00,000 |
| M.S. Orthopedics | 5,81,900 | 8,72,850 | 70,00,000 |
| M.D. Anaesthesia | 5,81,900 | 8,72,850 | 35,00,000 |
| M.S. General Surgery | 5,81,900 | 8,72,850 | 65,00,000 |
| M.S. OBG | 5,81,900 | 8,72,850 | 75,00,000 |
Cutoff
The College Cut-off is the minimum marks prescribed by the selection board for the admission of students. The merit list will be designed on these Cutoff scores. Aspirants who apply for the Institute needs 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 40thpercentile to be considered for AIQ and state counselling process.
- Aspirants who belong to UR category are required to score equivalent to at least 50thpercentile.
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 result qualifying percentile & scores
| 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 |
KIMS Bangalore General Category Cutoff
| Round | 2020 Cut-off by rank |
| 1 | 18075 |
| 2 | 20896 |
KIMS Bangalore OBC Category Cutoff
| Round | 2020 Cut-off by rank |
| 1 | 18075 |
| 2 | 20896 |
KIMS Bangalore ST Category Cutoff
| Round | 2020 Cut-off by rank |
| 1 | 88861 |
| 2 | 88861 |
KIMS Bangalore PWD Category Cutoff
| Round | 2020 Cut-off by rank |
| 1 | 18075 |
| 2 | 20896 |
KIMS Bangalore Economically Weaker Section Category Cutoff
| Round | 2020 Cut-off by rank |
| 1 | 18075 |
| 2 | 20896 |
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 Cutoff 2021( Announced)
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.
| Categories | Cutoff Percentile | Cutoff Marks |
| General | 50th | 302 |
| SC/ST/OBC | 40th | 265 |
| General PH | 45th | 283 |
| SC/ST/OBC PH | 40th | 265 |
Karnataka NEET Counselling 2022
A candidate can visit the official portal of Karnataka Education Authority to register themselves for NEET 2022 Karnataka State counselling. For more information on Karnataka NEET Counselling statistics, look upto this PDF.
Karnataka NEET Counselling Process
Step 1 – Login & Registration: To enter Karnataka NEET counselling, applicants can click on the link provided on this page when released. Click on the ‘web counselling’ option, after which applicants require to enter their NEET rank, roll number and registration number of the application form.
Step 2 – Choice filling Process: The online choice filling of Karnataka NEET counselling will look on the screen. There will be a list of colleges available with college, college code, place, courses, and the district name.
Step 3 – Saving choices: After successfully selecting & Preference, fill in the details are chosen and click on the ‘save’ button. An OTP will be sent to the registered mobile number, which must be entered in the space provided, then click on the ‘confirm’ button. The choices filled will be locked automatically after the scheduled time of Karnataka counselling.
PG Counselling
For aspirants applying to PG courses offered by KIMS Bangalore, the following
the flow chart shows the short but essential information about the counselling procedure.
Documents Required
For UG Candidates
Candidates who will be allotted a seat to this college will be asked to report to complete the admission formalities with the following documents.
- 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 3rd Part II mark sheet.
- Medical Registration Certificate.
- Internship Completion Certificate.
- Photo identity proof in the form of Certificate with an attested photo from 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 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 & Reputation
| Name of Institute | KIMS Bangalore |
| Reputation | Good |
| Education | Good |
| Faculty | Good |
| Infrastructure | Good |
Contact Details
Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences Bangalore
(KIMS Bangalore)
Address: Banashankari 2nd Stage, Bangalore, Karnataka
Email: principalkims@gmail.com
Official Website: www.kimsbangalore.edu.in
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Q. What is the annual intake of KIMS Bangalore for MBBS?
Ans. The annual intake of KIMS Bangalore is 150 per year.
Q. Is KIMS Bangalore a co-ed college?
Ans. Yes, in KIMS Bangalore, both girls and boys can take admission.
Q. Is KIMS Bangalore a private college?
Ans. Yes, it is a private college affiliated with the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore, approved by the NMC.
Q. Do they have a girls hostel?
Ans. Yes, KIMS Bangalore has a separate hostel for girls.
Q. Do they have PG courses?
Ans. Yes, KIMS Bangalore does offer post-graduate courses.
Q. What all facilities are provided by KIMS Bangalore?
Ans. They provide world-class facilities to students including Library, Auditorium, Hostel, Hospital, Transport, Computer labs etc.
Q. Can you please provide their address?
Ans. Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences Bangalore (KIMS Bangalore), Address:Banashankari 2nd Stage, Bangalore, Karnataka
Q. How can a student get admission to KIMS Bangalore?
Ans. Students have to qualify for NEET-UG 2022 to get admission to this prestigious college.
Q. Is it a government college?
Ans. No, it is not a government college.
Q. Is it only a women’s college?
Ans. No, this college is for both men and women.
Q. What is the KIMS Bangalore complete form?
Ans. The complete form of KIMS Bangalore is Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences Bangalore.