Other PG Medical Courses

Following are other medical courses which can be done after MBBS:

Master in Hospital Administration (MHA): A 2 years PG course to acquire skills required for hospital administration. There is specialization available in finance, marketing, operations etc 

Eligibility is graduation in any discipline  with 50%marks. Selection of applicants will be based on educational qualification, marks obtained in university exams and any PG entrance exams, work experience and performance in personal interview and group discussion.

Job offered will be Hospital administrator, CEO, CEO of corporate hospitals

National level institutions offering Masters in Hospital Administration

  Name of the institution  City
  Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC)   Pune
  All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)   New Delhi
  Institute of Management Study (IMS)   Kolkata
  Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology   Kolkata
  Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research   Chandigarh

Institutions / Universities offering Masters in Hospital Administration in Kerala

  Name of the institution / University  City
  Amrita School of Medicine   Kochi
  Kerala University of Health Sciences   Thrissur
  Little Flower Institute of Medical Sciences & Research   Angamaly
  School of Medical Education - Mahatma Gandhi University   Kottayam
  University of Calicut    Malappuram

Masters in Health Administration (MHA): A three-year PG course to acquire skills required in managing multi-specialty hospitals, clinics, insurance companies, etc. 

Eligibility is graduation in any discipline  with 50%marks. Selection of applicants will be based on educational qualification, marks obtained in university exams and any PG entrance exams, work experience and performance in personal interview and group discussion.

National level institutions offering Masters in Hospital Administration

  Name of the institution  City
  Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC)   Pune
  All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)   New Delhi
  Institute of Management Study (IMS)   Kolkata
  Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology   Kolkata
  Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research   Chandigarh

National level institutions offering Masters in Health Administration

  Name of the institution  City
  All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)   New Delhi
  Indian Society of Health Administration   Bangalore
  Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research   Chandigarh
  Symbiosis Centre of Health Care   Pune
  Tamil Nadu Open University   Chennai
  Tata Institute of Social Sciences   Mumbai

M. Tech. in Biomedical Engineering and Biological Science: This course is of 2 years duration in PG level Biomedical engineers design biomedical and clinical equipment.

Eligibility – MBBS or BE/BTech in concerned fields or MSc in specified subjects.

All India level post graduate entrance examination for corresponding disciplines such as AIIMS/NEET-PG/NEET-MDS/JIPMER/ PGI Chandigarh/AFMC-Pune/DNB Part I for MBBS/BDS, GPAT/ All India level selection examination for B.Pharm., All India level post graduate entrance examination for M.V.Sc, M.P.Th, M.O.Th and M.ASLP, GATE examination for all such health science background.

National level institutions offering M. Tech. in Biomedical Engineering and Biological Science

  Name of the institution  State
  Central University of Karnataka   Karnataka
  Manipal Institute of Technology – Manipal   Karnataka
  Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) – Mumbai   Maharashtra
  All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)   New Delhi
  Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)   New Delhi
  Sastra University - Thanjavur   Tamil Nadu
  SRM University – Chennai   Tamil Nadu
  Vellore Institute of Technology – Vellore   Tamil Nadu
  Banaras Hindu University – Varanasi   Uttar Pradesh
  Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) – Roorkee   Uttarakhand
  Netaji Subhash Engineering College - Kolkata   West Bengal

M.Tech. programmes in Medical Nanotechnology are available In Kerala, Amrita Centre for Nano Sciences under Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences (AIMS), Kochi. Available seats: 20. This programme is fully-funded by the Department of Science and Technology. 

Job opportunities – teaching in universities, design in industries, research faculties, work in hospitals, govt regulatory agencies, as technical advisors.

Masters in Public Health (MPH): A 2-year, full-time program in healthcare. 

Eligibility is Bachelor’s degree in any Health Science discipline, completed from a recognized university. Admission is based on counselling after qualification of a relevant entrance test and merit ranking.

National level institutions offering Masters in Public Health

  Name of the institution  City
  All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)   New Delhi
  Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University   New Delhi
  Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research   Chandigarh
  The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD)   New Delhi
  Tata Institute of Social Sciences   Mumbai

Masters in Medical Science and Technology (MMST): A 3 years PG course to teach engineering skills to medical professionals 

Eligibility – 55%marks in MBBS, should have passed maths in plus 2

Topics  learned under this course is medical imaging and image analysis, telemedicine and telesurgery, reproductive health, health care information and management, biomaterial and implants, stem cells, tissue engineering, biometrics, instrumentation and rehabilitation engineering, oncology, microfluidics, regenerative medicine, immunotherapy

Job offered- Providing technical inputs to various hospitals, medical industries,research institutes that are working on innovative techniques in medicine.

National level institutions offering Masters in Medical Science and Technology

  Name of the institution  City
  Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)   Kharagpur

MBA Health Administration/ Health Care Management/ Medical Management

Eligibility is Bachelor’s degree in any Health Science or any discipline with 45-50% marks in graduation.

Entrance -MAT,XAT,CAT ,GMAT,or on  merit basis – based on marks in graduation ,WAT , Some MBA colleges also offer merit-based admissions on marks in graduation.

Job   opportunities are Hospital administrator, Health care manager, Health care finance manager, Health service manager, Business sales head, CEO, Executive asst, Asst medical supdt, quality assurance office, Work in Medical tourism, Hospital start up.

National level institutions offering MBA in Health Administration / Health Care Management / Medical Management

  Name of the institution  State
  Xavier School of Management - Jamshedpur   Jharkhand
  Indian Institute of Management - Bangalore   Karnataka
  Symbiosis Institute of Business Management – Bangalore   Karnataka
  Indian Institute of management - Calicut   Kerala
  Xavier Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship (XIME) – Kochi   Kerala
  Tata Institute of Social Science – Mumbai   Maharashtra
  Faculty of Management Studies (FMS)   New Delhi
  Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) – Chandigarh   Punjab
  International Institute of Health Management Research (IIHMR) -Jaipur   Rajasthan
  Apollo Institute of Hospital Administration – Chennai   Tamil Nadu
  Christian Medical College – Vellore   Tamil Nadu
  Indian Institute of Management – Chennai   Tamil Nadu
  Loyola Institute of Business Administration (LIBA) – Chennai   Tamil Nadu

Research opportunities after MBBS

Two ways to switch over to research leading to Ph.D. for meritorious MBBS graduates  are  1 ) After MD or MS- one can go for medical research leading to Phd. 2) few research institutions admit meritorious medical graduates directly for research programmes.

National level institutions offering research programmes

  Name of the institution  State
  St. John's Research Institute - Bangalore   Karnataka
  The National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro-Sciences (NIMHANS) – Bangalore   Karnataka
  Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology - Thiruvananthapuram   Kerala
  Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) – Mumbai   Maharashtra
  All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS)   New Delhi
  Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR)   New Delhi
  Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) – Chandigarh   Punjab
  Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology – Hyderabad   Telangana

M.Sc.-Ph.D. combined degree in biomedical sciences

Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Centre for Biomedical Research under the University of Delhi offers this.This is a four-year full time course, MBBS  with  55 per cent marks are eligible for admission

With the external fellowship, following Doctorate Programs are offered by NIMHANS.

  • DM in Neurology
  • Ch. in Neurosurgery
  • D. in Biophysics
  • D. in Neuro Microbiology
  • D. in Neurology
  • D. in Neurophysiology
  • D. in Neurovirology
  • D. in Psychiatry
  • D. in Psychopharmacology

Certificate/ Diploma courses in many branches. 

Some of the certificate or short term diploma courses after MBBS are as follows:

  • Certificate course in Cardiac Emergency
  • Certificate course in Critical Care
  • Diabetes Mellitus Management
  • Diploma in Endocrinology
  • Diploma in Family Medicine
  • Diploma in Sonology
  • DRM (Diploma in Radiation Medicine) -Available in Bhabha Atomic Research Centre-   BHARC- 2 years duration – total seats – 4 
  • Fellowship in 2 D Echocardiography
  • Fellowship in Cardiac Rehabilitation
  • Fellowship in Dialysis 
  • Fellowship in Neurologic Rehabilitation
  • Fellowship in Orthopaedic Rehabilitation
  • Fellowship in Pain Medicine 
  • Fellowship in Preventive Cardiology
  • PG Diploma in Infectious Diseases
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