Kashmir Tibbia College Hospital and Research Centre, Bandipora: Admission, Courses, Fees, Placements

Kashmir Tibbia College Hospital and Research Centre, Bandipora (KTCHRC) is affiliated college which was set up in 1995. This institution is situated in Taleemabad Shilvath Sonawari, Tehsil Sumbal, Distt Bandipora, Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir where this institution imparts education in Unani medicines. The college is recognised from CCIM, New Delhi and the college offers course in BUMS, Unani Medicine. Pictured on a 4.35 acre plot, KTCHRC has a total student headcount of 300 and a faculty of 31. The college aims at imparting standard education in Unani system of medicine herbal system which has amalgamation of ancient knowledge with present day conventional system of medicine.

Kashmir Tibbia College Hospital and Research Centre's infrastructure comprises numerous amenities that can be used in student learning process and other necessary amenities. The college possesses more than 10,000 books and different types of journals and the library is conducive to research and study. To comment on the effectiveness of all these expanded lab facilities let’s discuss some of the available ones: Physiology, Pharmacognosy, Pharmacy, Pathology, and many more. The institution also has an auditorium equipped with 300 seating capacity for various academic and marking’s as well as cultural activities. For the benefit of students, the college owns and operates hostels for boys and girls; however, the number of students hosted is limited, based on availability of space on a first come first served basis. It also has a canteen, facility for indoor and outdoor games, and transport which connects the campus to the city etc.

So far as its academic programmes are concerned, KTCHRC mainly serves the BUMS programme only. This is a full course programme and takes 6 years to complete and the approved enrolment capacity is 60 students per year. The BUMS course in KTCHRC aims to offer a complete curriculum on Unani system of medicines to make the students cater to the Unani medical system discipline. Currently the college offers only a single degree programme ; however the focal area of the college is specialised Unani medicine that enables the college to offer intensive academic and practical training on the subject.

The entrance into the BUMS programme at KTCHRC requires the candidate to take The National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET). This national-level undergraduate medical entrance test is conducted by the Central Board of School Education (CBSE). On the basis of NEET results declared, for the state of Jammu & Kashmir, BOPEE ( Board of Professional Entrance Examination) act as State counselling committee. Admission to KTCHRC is based on the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test for Under Graduate (NEET) and counseling sessions to follow. The college accepts scores obtained in NEET as the basic requirement for admission so as to provide a merit basis chance to all such students who want to become practitioners in Unani medicine.