Gandhi Medical College, Secunderabad is a government medical college attached to Gandhi Hospital in the Musheerabad area of Secunderabad, part of the Hyderabad metropolitan area in Telangana. Founded on 1 May 1954 and formally inaugurated in 1955 by India's first President, Dr. Rajendra Prasad, it is affiliated to Kaloji Narayana Rao University of Health Sciences (KNRUHS), Warangal, and is recognised by the National Medical Commission (NMC). The college offers MBBS at the undergraduate level along with postgraduate MD, MS, and diploma programmes, and postgraduate super-specialty training, run through its 2,200-bed teaching hospital.
| Field | Detail |
|---|---|
| Type | Government medical college |
| Location | Musheerabad, Padmarao Nagar, Secunderabad, Hyderabad, Telangana, 500003 |
| Established | 1954 (LOP date 1 May 1954, per NMC official registry) |
| NAAC grade | Not confirmed on the official NAAC dashboard as of this review |
| Official website | http://gmcsecunderabad.org/ (per NMC registry; site was returning a WordPress error at time of research) |
Gandhi Medical College offers MBBS at the undergraduate level, with admission through NEET UG counselling. Multiple independent sources converge on an annual MBBS intake of around 250 seats, though this figure comes from secondary reporting on the college's history rather than a current-year official brochure, so it should be treated as indicative rather than confirmed for the 2026-27 cycle.
At the postgraduate level, the college runs MD, MS, and diploma programmes across a wide range of clinical and para-clinical specialties, confirmed through KNRUHS's official seat-matrix filings, along with doctoral (DM/MCh) super-specialty training. Postgraduate admission runs through NEET PG, with seats filled via the Medical Counselling Committee for the All India Quota and KNRUHS for the state quota.
No confirmed NIRF ranking exists for this college. The Ministry of Education's official India Rankings 2025: Medical list, retrieved directly from nirfindia.org, contains only the top 50 ranked medical institutions nationwide and does not include Gandhi Medical College, Secunderabad, so any ranking figure quoted elsewhere for this college should not be treated as an official NIRF standing.
The college's official NMC registry filing confirms it meets the regulator's 75% student accommodation requirement, indicating hostel capacity is in place for the large majority of its student body. Beyond that compliance record, no official source in this research pass published specific hostel capacity, room types, or amenity details, so campus-life copy is kept to this verified point rather than assuming further facts.
Traces to an 1851 infirmary that became King Edward Memorial Hospital in 1913; the medical college itself was established in 1954, making it the 2nd oldest medical college in Telangana and among the oldest in India, per Gandhi Hospital's official government site.
Gandhi Hospital is a 2,200-bed facility with 27 departments, serving patients from across Telangana and neighbouring states.
KNRUHS's official seat-matrix documents list MD, MS, and diploma seats across numerous specialties at this college, including General Medicine, Pediatrics, Anaesthesia, TB and Chest Diseases, and Dermatology-Venereology-Leprosy.
The NMC's official college dossier records this as a Government institution with confirmed skill lab, blood bank, biomedical waste management, and CCTV/internet infrastructure in place.
The Musheerabad campus sits within the Hyderabad-Secunderabad metro area, accessible from across the city.
33 courses offered. Fees in INR lakhs.
