Government Medical College Patiala

About Government Medical College Patiala

Government Medical College Patiala is a government medical school in Patiala, India, listed in the World Directory of Medical Schools under the identifier F0000790. Instruction began in 1953, so the school has been teaching medicine for about 73 years, which makes it one of the longer-established schools in the country. It is academically affiliated to Baba Farid University of Health Sciences Punjabi University (Former).

The qualification awarded is the Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (M.B.B.S.), over a curriculum of 4.5 years, taught in English. The directory lists 2 programmes or tracks leading to a medical degree here. On entry requirements the directory records: "Admission follows completion of secondary education." An entrance examination is required. Foreign students are admitted, according to the directory entry.

India has 751 medical schools in the directory, 2 of them in Patiala.

No student review of Government Medical College Patiala has been published on TrustMBBS yet; a current student can add one through the share page, and it is moderated before it appears. In NEET UG 2026 counselling by India's Medical Counselling Committee this college offered 37 MBBS seats in Round 1, with an opening rank of 736 and a closing rank of 3,949 in the Open category; the full seat table is in the NEET section on this page.

Before you apply: five checks for this college

1. Confirm the World Directory entry F0000790 yourself at wdoms.org; the entry describes the school as it reported itself, not its recognition anywhere.
2. Ask the National Medical Commission (NMC) whether the school is currently recognised and whether its graduates are being registered this year.
3. Ask your own home regulator, in writing, whether a degree from Government Medical College Patiala is accepted for licensing at home.
4. Get the fee schedule and admission letter from the school's own office (gmcpatiala@punjab.gov.in), not from an agent, and pay only to the school's account.
5. Search the agent, consultancy or website you are dealing with on the fraud alerts page before paying anything.

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