The Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University

Infobox_University
name = Tamil Nadu Dr. M. G. R. Medical University


motto = "Health for All"
established = 1987
chancellor = His Excellency The Governor of Tamil Nadu
vice_chancellor= Prof. Dr. K.M.M. Hussain
city = Guindy, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
country = India
students =
type = Public
campus = Urban
affiliations = UGC
website= [http://www.tnmmu.ac.in www.tnmmu.ac.in]

The Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University is the only Government Medical University in Tamil Nadu capable of granting affiliation to new medical and paramedical colleges, government or self - financing; and awarding degrees.

Besides Medical and Paramedical courses, the University also regulates dental education and education in the Indian systems of medicine under a single umbrella to maintain uniform and high standards of education. The University also promotes research and disseminates knowledge gained therefrom.

History

The Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University Act, 1987 received the assent of the President of India on 24th September, 1987. By 1991, it was ordered that the Act may be called the Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University, Chennai Act, 1987. This affiliating University started functioning from July 1988 and is governed by the said Act.

The Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University is situated in Guindy in the Southern part of the City of Chennai (formerly Madras) in the State of Tamil Nadu, South India; about 6 km from the Chennai International & National Airport and about 12km from the Chennai Central Railway Station.

It is named after the former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, late Dr. M.G. Ramachandran (or fondly called as M.G.R) by the then Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Dr. Kalaignar M. Karunanithi.

This is the only Medical University in Tamil Nadu capable of granting affiliation to new medical and paramedical colleges, government or self - financing; and awarding degrees (also note that until 1988, all degrees of Health Sciences in Tanil Nadu were awarded by the University of Madras).

Objectives

*To maintain uniform standards of high quality medical education throughout the state of Tamil Nadu.
*To provide for instructions and training in such branches of learning as it may determine in the field of medical sciences.
*To institute degrees, diplomas and other academic distinctions.
*To institute lectureships, readerships, professorships and other teaching posts required by the university and to appoint persons to such lectureships, readerships, professorships and other teaching posts.
*To institute and award fellowships, scholarships, studentships, exhibitions, medals and prizes in accordance with the status.
*To institute research posts and to appoint persons in such posts.
*To organise advanced studies and research programs from time to time.
*To develop research facilities and to provide for research and for the advancement and dissemination of knowledge in the field of medical sciences.
*To provide for continuing medical education.
*To establish, maintain and manage institutions of research, university colleges, departments and laboratories.
*To encourage co-operation among the colleges, laboratories, hospitals and institutions in the university area and to co-ordinate with other universities and other authorities in such manner and for such purposes as the university may determine.

Administration

The Supreme Head is the Chancellor, who is the Hon'ble Governor of Tamil Nadu, but then the day-to-day chief executive is the Vice-Chancellor.

Departments in the Guindy University Campus

*Department of Experimental Medicine
*Department of Epidemiology
*Department of Transfusion Medicine
*Department of Medical Genetics
*Department of Immunology

Courses offered

Undergraduate degrees

Medical

Nursing

Nursing

Nursing

Trivia

It is one of the premier Medical Universities of India and it is the second largest Health Sciences University in India.

External links

* [http://www.tnmmu.ac.in/ The Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University Official Website]