Amrita School of Medicine, Elamkara, Kochi

Amrita School of Medicine, located within the Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences (AIMS) campus in Elamkara, Kochi, is a premier private medical institution under Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, a NAAC A++ accredited deemed-to-be-university recognized by the National Medical Commission . The school offers a full-time undergraduate MBBS program spanning four and a half academic years followed by a one-year compulsory rotatory residential internship, alongside postgraduate MD and MS courses across numerous specializations including General Medicine, General Surgery, Paediatrics, Anaesthesiology, Radiodiagnosis, and Emergency Medicine, as well as super-specialty DM and M.Ch programs in fields such as Cardiology and Neurology . Admission to all courses is based strictly on NEET for undergraduate, NEET-PG for postgraduate, and NEET-SS for super-specialty programs through centralized counseling conducted by the Medical Counselling Committee, Directorate General of Health Services . The fully residential campus features a large multi-specialty teaching hospital with significant patient load providing extensive clinical exposure, separate boys and girls hostels with gym facilities, a central library with digital e-journal access and dedicated digital library section, fully air-conditioned smart lecture halls with advanced audio-visual facilities, well-equipped departmental and skill laboratories, multiple auditoriums, Wi-Fi-enabled campus, extensive sports facilities including grounds for cricket and football, basketball and badminton courts, gymnasium with modern equipment, cafeterias, bank with ATM, and transport services .