The first Medical College was begun in 1929 at Bangalore. The Medical College was shifted to Mysore in 1930.

The Bangalore Medical College was formed in 1954. Later, the Kasturba Medical College at Manipal and the Karnataka Medical College at Hubli were started in 1953 and 1956 respectively.

For the year 1993-94, there were 19 Medical Colleges, 41 Dental Colleges, 61 Pharmacy colleges, 11 Nursing Colleges, 16 colleges of Ayurvedic medicine, 3 Homeopathic Colleges. The only Unani College of Medicine (1975) is located at Bangalore and offers B.U.M.S Degree of 5 1/2 years.

Government of Karnataka, Department of Technical and Medical Education, conducts Common Entrance Test for admission to first year M.B.S/B.D.S/B.Tech/B.Arch. courses in various universities in Karnataka. Equal weightage is given to marks secured in qualifying exam and the Common Entrance Test.

All candidates desirous of joining professional courses must compulsorily appear for Common Entrance Test conducted by the Government of Karnataka both for "Free seats" and "Payment seats".

Eligibility:

Further, the person seeking admission to Medical and Dental courses should have completed the age of seventeen Years as on 31st December to the year of Admission.

So, not only a person who has passed the qualifying examination with requisit marks but also a person who has appeared for the qualifying examination and who is expecting the results is also eligible to apply for the Common Entrance Test subject to the condition that he would submit the qualifying examination marks card at least within one week from the day of the CET, failing which no rank will be assigned to the candidate. For more info about the CET exam see the official site of KEA

Pharmacy Colleges

Nursing Colleges