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Christian Medical College, Vellore
the two pioneers who initiated the four year B.Sc.
Nursing programme affiliated to the Madras
University in 1946, which was first of its kind in the
country. The College of Nursing has since grown
from strength to strength, se ing many trends and
starting various nursing courses to meet the needs of
the country.
Each year the College of Nursing admits 100 students
in both Diploma Nursing and B.Sc Nursing
programmes. The Diploma Nursing Programme is
affiliated to the Board of Nursing Education of the
Nurses League of the Christian Medical Association
of India (South India Branch). The B.Sc. Degree in
Nursing Programme is under the Tamil Nadu Dr
M.G.R. Medical University, Chennai. The College of
Nursing has grown to meet the diverse health needs
of people across the nation through education and
training. Recognizing the contributions of College of
Nursing in preparing quality health care personnel, it
was designated as a “WHO Collaborating Centre” for
Nursing and Midwifery Development in 2003.
The College also offers a 2 year Masters in Nursing
course with 5 different specialities – Medical Surgical
Nursing, Pediatric Nursing, Obstetrics and
Gynaecological Nursing, Community Health
Nursing and Psychiatric Nursing. The College is
recognized to offer Ph.D. Program under the Tamil
Nadu M.G.R. Medical University, Chennai and also
serves as a Nodal Centre for Doctoral Program in
Nursing under the National Consortium for Ph.D. in
Nursing by Indian Nursing Council in Collaboration
with Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences,
Karnataka.
In the year 2019, a new College of nursing with B.Sc
Nursing Programme affiliated to Dr NTR University
of Health Sciences, Vijawada, Andhra Pradesh was
started in the CMC Vellore, Chi oor Campus with an
annual intake of 50 students.
Allied Health Sciences
Along with the development of nursing and medical
education, the institution has also recognised the
need to train skilled personnel in the various Allied
Health Sciences. These were initially started as in
service training programmes, and gradually
upgraded to certificate, diploma and university
degree courses. The first such programme was the
compounder training programme initiated in 1903,
which was subsequently upgraded as the Diploma in
Pharmacy. Since then many diploma courses like
Physiotherapy, Occupational therapy, Medical
Laboratory Technology and Medical Record Science
have also been upgraded to degree programmes.
Currently the institution runs 20 degree courses, 10
diploma courses, 13 PG diploma courses, 3 fellowship
courses and Masters in Physiotherapy, Hospital
Administration, Clinical Nutrition, Nuclear
Medicine Technology and Bioethics under Allied
Health Sciences.
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