Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute, Bangalore

Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute is a government medical college in Karnataka, established in 1955 and approved by the NMC, offering 250 MBBS seats. Teaching happens across five affiliated hospitals — including the 1,000+ bed Victoria Hospital and the 536-bed Vanivilas Women and Children Hospital — totalling roughly 3,500 beds, and the college runs the first telemedicine unit among Karnataka's government medical colleges. Graduates complete a one-year rotating internship and are bonded to one year of rural Primary Health Centre service in Karnataka afterward.

Affiliating university: Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Karnataka

• Victoria Hospital — 1,000+ bed teaching hospital
• Vanivilas Women and Children Hospital — 536 beds
• Bowring and Lady Curzon Hospitals — 686 beds
• Minto Eye Hospital — 300 beds
• PMSSY Super-specialty Hospital — 203 beds
• Total teaching hospital capacity: ~3,500 beds across affiliated hospitals
• Trauma Care Centre
• Clinical Skills / Simulation Skill Lab
• Digital library with 80 nodes
• Telemedicine unit (first among Karnataka government medical colleges)
• Basavarajendra Auditorium (280 seats)
• Central laboratory at Victoria Hospital
• Boys hostels: Bheema Hostel, Tunga Bhadra Hostel
• Girls hostel: Kaveri Hostel (on campus)
• Postgraduate hostel (Chamrajpet)
• Varuna Hostel (UG)
• Blood bank (licensed)
• CCTV surveillance with 30-day storage
• 100 Mbps dedicated internet lease line
• Biomedical waste management system
• 30+ clinical and pre-clinical departments

• One-year compulsory rotating internship in affiliated teaching hospitals (Victoria, Vanivilas, Bowring & Lady Curzon, Minto)
• Students bonded to serve one year in rural Primary Health Centre/Primary Health Unit in Karnataka after completion