• Sri Ramachandra Medical College & Research Institute (Deemed University) is located in suburban Chennai, the capital city of Tamil Nadu state and is only about 20 minutes away from the airport. The city of Chennai well known and called Madras in the past, is a modern metropolis with all the amenities and comforts that one would look for in a big city. The temple town of Kancheepuram and he shore temple and architectural marvel of Mahabalipuram are only a short travel from the college campus and are great tourist attractions.
  
  
• Commissioned in the year 1985, more than 15 batches of MBBS students have passed out of SRMC and they are all well placed in different parts of the world including India. The 175-acre campus is indeed a mini town with facilities well suited for several thousand students pursuing various courses of studies. The natural set in of the campus and the infrastructure created to meet the highest standards in medical care, education and research are only too well known in India. The view books / CDs on the colleges and the medical center will provide all the necessary information about the institution. The website can be accesses through www.srmc.edu. The following information highlights the reasons why one should consider joining SRMC.
  
  
• SRMC is fully recognized by the Medical Council of India and the Dental Council of India.
  
  
• SRMC is included in the directory of the World Health Organization, which is a required for the college qualifications to be recognized internationally for purposes of higher postgraduate education and employment opportunities.
  
  
• SRMC is recognized by the General medical Council of UK.
  
  
• SRMC has an ongoing inter institutional alliance with Harvard Medical School. Boston, USA, since 1997. Through the aegis of this alliance, the quality of academic education at SRMC receives frequent reviews and up gradation. Several meaningful student and faculty exchange programs, CME seminars and research collaborations are included in the activities. The Harvard Liaison Committee at SRMC will assist and facilitate the process of securing clerkship positions at Harvard related institutions through Harvard Medical International for the benefit of our senior students. Every year, the best out-going student from SRMC will received partial funding and sponsorship to undertake a clerkship position in a Harvard related institution. Senior students are encouraged and allowed to participate in many of the Medical Education related programs and workshops conducted at SRMC in association with Harvard Medical International.
  
  
• Sri Ramachandra Medical College & Research Institute is an autonomous Deemed University and has developed the necessary infrastructure not only to meet the expectations and standards of the Medical Council of India but also to stay competent and competitive in the area of medical education, health care and research globally. As an institution offering post graduate and higher specialty education in medicine and health related areas, the institution offers a very high level of academic strength to the undergraduates.
  
  
• Sri Ramachandra Medical Center and the Hospital located inside the campus maintain a bed strength in excess of 1500, offering a wide spectrum of primary, secondary and tertiary levels of health care. The outpatient department and the private clinics receive 4000 patients – visits each day. There is a good mix of patients from the city of Chennai and also those from hundreds of villages close to the campus. Being close to major interstate highways the emergency center is one among the most modern facilities in the country with a full range of diagnostic equipment and treatment options. Students can readily appreciate the significant amount of clinical knowledge and experience they can gain from all these.
  
  
• Students of SRMC do not have to depend upon any facility out-side the campus for their learning and training.
  
  
• There are close to 2000 rooms in the hostels for men and women students. Good sized single batch attached rooms are available for NRI / Foreign students. These hostels are located in safe and beautiful surroundings and have quick direct access to the classrooms, laboratories, hospitals and the Sri Ramachandra – Harvard Library Learning Center.
  
  
• Facilities for sports and cultural activities have been given special important and to promote this, ground facilities and courts for playing cricket, tennis, volleyball, basketball etc have been developed extensively. Coaches for all indoor and outdoor sport activities are available. Students from SRMC actively participate and compete in many inter-colleges and varsity sports events. Indoor games facilities for Table tennis, Billiards, and Carom etc in addition to well-equipped gymnasium are available in each hostel. Several social and cultural activities take place and students have shown a lot of interest in these activities over the years.
  
  
• The safety and security of our students has been given utmost importance in SRMC campus. The entire campus is well compounded by walls and trained security men are posted in all strategic locations including the single main gate entrance. Several faculty members and hostel wardens live in side the campus in proximity to the hostels. SRMC has a track record of no student intimidation or ragging incidences of any significance inside the campus since the inception. Apart from the excellent traditions set by the senior students in this regard, our faculties also help monitor the situation and take prompt and severe disciplinary action when necessary.
  
  
• SRMC can be considered as one of the most wired institutions in India. The Dish net access to Internet with its broadband capabilities is a great asset to the students. In addition to the hundreds of computers available to students in the Sri Ramachandra Harvard Library Learning Center connectivity can be established from many areas including the hostels
  
  
• All the classrooms and lecture theaters are well ventilated and many are even air-conditioned. Provision for multi media presentations including models and visuals are made available in all the teaching areas.
  
  
• SRMC receives students from many countries and from all the different states in India. Several fellow sponsored by the WHO for higher training in specialties and many medical students from other countries including US, UK and Canada come for short-term rotations and clerkships. The cosmopolitan culture and the international attitude and outlook in the campus are readily perceptible even to a casual observer.
  
  
• Students who have an inclination towards research in addition to their course work and training will be able to find appropriate mentors in the areas of their interest.
  
  
• Ever since the college started in the year 1985 each year SRMC has admitted several NRI / Foreign students coming from different countries like USA, Canada, UK, Australia, Mid-east countries and Malaysia. The faculty and staff are aware of the various backgrounds from which these students come from and are able to reach out and provide the necessary social and academic help for every individual student to express his / her full potential.
  
  
• Students who have graduated from SRMC have consistently performed well in USMLE and PLAB examinations and were able to secure very good residency positions in USA / Canada and UK. SRMC graduates are practicing a very wide range of specialties in different parts of the world and very well placed.

For these students there is a flexible plan that each student can use depending upon his / her own preferences.

Both male and female hostels serve Vegetarian and Non-vegetarian food. Students can buy coupons at the monthly rate or pay as they take the meals each time.

There is a special restaurant close to the ladies hostels (forest Restaurant) where meals and special dishes can be ordered. Payment is made as and when the meal is taken.

There is a large Vegetarian cafeteria in the ground floor of the Archana Guest house where again students can pick up their and pay as they come each time.

There are two other eating facilities inside the campus.

Thus one can see the alternatives and varieties of foods that are available for students in SRMC.

Yes, eventhough no specific uniform is prescribed, students are expected to avaoid wearing T shirts, Jeans, shorts, sandals and Sneakers while in class rooms, laboratories, colleges & hospitals.

Students are expected to wear a half sleeve white lab coat while in the premises of the colleges and hospitals at all times.

Lady students are expected to wear churidhar, Sarees or Pant suites.

Half dress and skirts are discouraged.

SRMC respects the religious customs and sentiments of every student.

The subjects covered in the first two semesters are as follows:

1. Human Anatomy including histology and embryology.
2. Human Physiology including Biophysics.
3. Biochemistry
4. Introdction to humanities and Community medicine.

All the books necessary for the above courses are available at the bookstore / gift shop in the campus and are easy to procure.

There may be changes in the recommendation of books according to the professor and head of each department and they will guide the students during the orientation period.

Certain standard books that are used are as follows:

1. M6.
2. Cunningham’s Manual of Anatom (3 volumees)
3. A.C Guyton’s Textbook of Physiooogy
4. Harper’s Biochemistry (Robert K.Murray & Daryll K.Garner)

• Human Anatomy (Head & Neck)
• Biochemistry.
• Physiology.
• Dental Materials.