Ananthapuri College of Nursing, Thiruvananthapuram: Admission, Courses, Fees, Placements

Ananthapuri College of Nursing is a well known nursing college situated at Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala was started in the year of 2007. This is a co-educational institution located on 4 acres of land and is affiliated to a university; it is also an approved affiliation for the Indian Nursing Council (INC). This college has a strength of 205 students in total while the faculty members are 14; they provide under graduate and post graduate courses in the field of nursing. The institute offers six focused programs at two degree levels to address the multiple needs in nursing education. 

The Ananthapuri College of Nursing has numerous infrastructures that have been meant to support students so that they can get enhanced learning environment. Accompanied by advances in education the library remains a fundamental part in acquisition of academic materials;; The nursing library has stocked books of all the specialties of nursing and national and international journals. Internet facilities are avails for updating the students on the current trends in the advancement in health care.

Ananthapuri College of Nursing currently provides the students with a total of 6 courses which are all day courses. At present, the institute offers its only undergraduate programme, B.Sc Nursing, and five postgraduate programmes, namely M.Sc in different nursing specialisations. The Faculty wise intake capacity approved by University for all these courses together is 85. The largest programme that the institute offers is the B.Sc Nursing programme that enrols 60 students, each of the M.Sc programmes has 5 students in each specialisation.

Admission process in Ananthapuri College of Nursing is class wise and the criteria for admission differs for undergraduate as well as postgraduate courses. The entry requirements for the programme Includes merit, whereby the candidate performance in the qualifying examination shall be taken into consideration for placement in the B.Sc Nursing programme. The postgraduate admissions are more competitive and are according to the marks of the Entrance Examination conducted by the State Government/University, or other such authorities for M.Sc Nursing programme.