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1.5 EDUCATION
Medical Education
The Christian Medical College, Vellore, began a 100 
years back in 1918, when Dr Scudder started training 
women for the Licentiate Diploma (LMP). Her first 
batch of medical students achieved a 100 percent pass 
in the examinations. In 1942, the medical school was 
raised to the status of a college and 25 students were 
admi ed to the MBBS course.
The first men students were admi ed to the college in
1947. Permanent affiliation to the University of 
Madras was obtained in 1950. From 1953 onwards 50 
students were admi ed (25 men and 25 women). In 
1964 the annual admissions were increased to 60 
and in 2012 it was increased to 100. In 1988, the 
affiliation of this institution was transferred from the 
University of Madras to the newly established 'The 
Tamil Nadu Dr M.G.R. Medical University'. In 2001, 
the National Assessment and Accreditation Council, 
an autonomous institution of the University Grants 
Commission awarded a five star rating to the 
institution. When our country became independent, 
there was an urgent need to make technical 

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knowledge and personnel available for the whole 
country. The Christian Medical College responded to 
this need by starting various specialty departments, 
known nationally for their contribution to innovative 
teaching and patient care.
Postgraduate training programmes continue to be 
added, as newer branches of medicine develop. At 
present, there are postgraduate diploma courses in 1 
specialty and postgraduate degree courses in 27 
specialties. This institution has been a pioneer in India 
in the development of Community Based Education 
as well as in higher specialties like Cardiology, 
Thoracic Surgery, Neurology, Neurosurgery, 
U r o l o g y , N e p h r o l o g y , E n d o c r i n o l o g y ,
Gastroenterology and Haematology. The college
currently offers 30 higher specialty courses and post-
doctoral fellowship courses in various specialities. In 
addition, Masters Courses are offered in the 
specialties of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Bioethics, 
Medical Physics, Public Health, Bioengineering and 
Clinical Engineering and M.B.A. in Hospital and 
Health Systems Management. The facility for 
registering students for Ph.D exists in several 
departments. The emphasis on training Indian 
doctors to go back and serve in their own areas has 
been maintained. A large number of Christian 
churches and missions throughout India make use of 
these opportunities for training. This enables them to 
make up-to-date health services available for people 
in rural and semi-urban areas in different parts of the 
country, through the hospitals under their auspices. It 
is expected that those who receive training here will 
keep the needs of the people of this country foremost 
in their minds when they start their vocation. The 
t r a i n e e s a r e e x p o s e d t o t h e m o s t m o d e r n 
developments in medical sciences and at the same 
time equal emphasis is given to making trainees 
service oriented, so that they identify themselves with 
the communities they are called to serve.
Nursing Education
The year 1904 saw the beginnings of nursing 
education in the Christian Medical College, Vellore, 
when Dr Ida Scudder and Miss Lillian Hart, a trained 
nurse, began training Indian women in nursing. In 
1909, Miss Delia Houghton, a Registered Nurse came 
to India as the first instructor and started the first 
training school with five students. This programme, 
called the lower grade course, was later upgraded to 
higher grade training (Diploma Nursing) in 1932. 
Miss Vera K. Pitman and Miss Florence Taylor were 
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Milestones:
1909 Lower Grade Nursing Course 
1932 Higher Grade Nursing training (Diploma
Nursing)
1946 B.Sc in Nursing
1967 B.Sc for Trained Nurses 
1967 Post Basic Diploma Programmes in Nursing
1969 M.Sc in Nursing
1994 PhD in Nursing
2000 “Institute of Excellence” by the Government 
of India
2003 WHO Collaborating Centre for Nursing and 
Midwifery Development
2005 Fellowship in Nursing
2006 Recognition as Study Centre for National 
Consortium for PhD in Nursing, Indian 
Nursing Council
2009 Centennial year of formal nursing education
2019 Golden Jubilee of M.Sc. Nursing Programme
2021 Re-designation – WHO Collaboration 
Centre
2021 Diamond Jubilee B.Sc. Nursing Programme
2022 Advanced Simulation Training Centre 
2022 Post Basic Diploma Residency Programmes

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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.