Nalanda Medical College and Hospital (NMCH) is a government medical college in Patna, Bihar, established in 1970. Classes began on 2 April 1970 with an initial intake of 150 students, and the Government of Bihar took over management of the college in 1978. NMCH is recognised by the National Medical Commission (NMC) and is affiliated to Bihar University of Health Sciences.
The college runs on two campuses in Patna spanning roughly 100 acres combined: the academic campus at Kankarbagh and the teaching hospital at Agamkuan. The attached hospital is one of the larger public tertiary care facilities in Patna, serving a high daily outpatient load in addition to inpatient and emergency care.
| Field | Detail |
|---|---|
| Type | Government medical college |
| Established | 1970 |
| Affiliation | Bihar University of Health Sciences |
| Recognition | National Medical Commission (NMC) |
| Location | Kankarbagh (academic) and Agamkuan (hospital), Patna, Bihar 800026 |
| Campus | Approx. 100 acres across two campuses |
| MBBS seats | 150 (100 recognised, 50 permitted) |
| PG (MD/MS) seats | 104 total across specialties (53 recognised, 51 permitted) |
| NIRF ranking | Not featured in NIRF 2025 Medical Rankings |
| Admission route | NEET UG (MBBS) via MCC (15% AIQ) + BCECEB (85% state quota); NEET PG for MD/MS |
MBBS admission at NMCH is through NEET UG, with seats filled 15% under the All India Quota (MCC counselling) and 85% under the Bihar State Quota (BCECEB counselling). NMC recognition data (via the college's official site) lists current MBBS capacity at 150 seats per year (100 recognised seats plus 50 permitted seats), a step up from the college's original 1970 intake of 150 that had earlier been reduced and then rebuilt in stages (100 seats through 2018, 120 from 2019, 150 from 2020).
Postgraduate admission (MD/MS) is through NEET PG, with a combined 104 PG seats across the recognised specialties (53 recognised, 51 permitted), spread across medicine and surgery streams. Exact BCECEB tuition fee notifications for the current cycle could not be independently confirmed against an official BCECEB PDF; secondary sources report MBBS tuition in the approximate Rs 40,000 to Rs 41,000 per year range for Bihar government medical college seats, which this spec flags as unconfirmed rather than presenting as an exact official figure.
| Programme | Duration | Seats | Approx. Fee |
|---|---|---|---|
| MBBS | 4.5 years + 1 year internship | 150 (100 recognised + 50 permitted) | Unconfirmed; secondary sources report approx. Rs 40,000-41,000/year tuition (state-quota, government seat), not verified against an official BCECEB notification |
| MD (General Medicine, Paediatrics, Dermatology, Psychiatry, Community Medicine, Anaesthesia, Biochemistry, Anatomy, Physiology, Microbiology, Pathology) | 3 years | Part of 104 total PG seats | Unconfirmed |
| MS (General Surgery, Orthopaedics, ENT, Ophthalmology, Obstetrics and Gynaecology) | 3 years | Part of 104 total PG seats | Unconfirmed |
Nalanda Medical College does not currently appear in the NIRF Medical Rankings. This was checked directly against the official NIRF 2025 Medical Rankings list (nirfindia.org), where the only Bihar institution listed is AIIMS Patna at rank 27. Aggregator sites carrying claims of a "#18" or "#125" NIRF rank for NMCH could not be corroborated against the official NIRF list and are not repeated here. NAAC accreditation status also could not be confirmed from a primary source.
NMCH provides separate hostel accommodation for boys and girls, with additional lodging available for postgraduate students, across three hostel blocks on campus. The academic campus includes a multi-floor air-conditioned library, lecture theatres, laboratories, and an auditorium. Specific current hostel and mess fee figures found in secondary sources were not corroborated against an official fee notification and are not stated here as confirmed numbers.
Operating since 1970, one of Bihar's longer-standing government medical colleges with over five decades of teaching history.
The NMCH hospital is a major public healthcare provider for eastern Patna, giving MBBS and PG students high patient-volume clinical exposure.
MD/MS programmes span both medicine-side specialties (General Medicine, Paediatrics, Dermatology, Psychiatry, Community Medicine, and others) and surgery-side specialties (General Surgery, Orthopaedics, ENT, Ophthalmology, Obstetrics and Gynaecology).
As a Bihar government medical college, tuition is set and subsidised by the state government and BCECEB rather than market-priced, in line with other public medical colleges in Bihar.
No notable alumni could be independently verified against a reliable, citable source at the time of writing. This section is intentionally left without entries rather than including unverified names found only on aggregator pages.
22 courses offered. Fees in INR lakhs.
14 cutoff records across exams, courses, and categories.
| Year | R | Exam | Course | Category | Gender | Quota | Opening | Closing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | NEET UG | MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery) | General | Gender-Neutral | AI | 6015 | 6015 |
| 2024 | 1 | NEET UG | MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery) | OBC | Gender-Neutral | AI | 6117 | 6117 |
| 2024 | 1 | NEET UG | MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery) | EWS | Gender-Neutral | AI | 7307 | 7307 |
| 2024 | 2 | NEET UG | MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery) | General | Gender-Neutral | AI | 8967 | 9162 |
| 2024 | 2 | NEET UG | MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery) | OBC | Gender-Neutral | AI | 9320 | 9320 |
| 2024 | 2 | NEET UG | MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery) | SC | Gender-Neutral | AI | 70785 | 70785 |
| 2024 | 2 | NEET UG | MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery) | ST | Gender-Neutral | AI | 96000 | 96000 |
| 2024 | 2 | NEET UG | MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery) | EWS | Gender-Neutral | AI | 9529 | 9529 |
| 2024 | 3 | NEET UG | MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery) | General | Gender-Neutral | AI | 8763 | 10349 |
| 2024 | 3 | NEET UG | MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery) | OBC | Gender-Neutral | AI | 10583 | 11049 |
| 2024 | 3 | NEET UG | MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery) | SC | Gender-Neutral | AI | 90431 | 93875 |
| 2024 | 3 | NEET UG | MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery) | EWS | Gender-Neutral | AI | 10575 | 10575 |
| 2024 | 4 | NEET UG | MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery) | General | Gender-Neutral | AI | 11266 | 11894 |
| 2024 | 6 | NEET UG | MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery) | General | Gender-Neutral | AI | 11266 | 11894 |
Campus size, faculty strength, hostel facilities, and academic infrastructure.
