KCN Bangalore: Admission, Courses, Fees, Placements

Koshy’s College of Nursing (KCN.) which was started in the year 2003 is one of the leading nursing college situated in Bangalore, Karnataka. Located on a large land of 7.13 acres, KCN is home to a variety of nursing programmes for the would-be healthcare workers. The college is a college affiliated to be an INC approved college that focuses to offer excellent education in the study of nursing. KCN currently has a total student intake of 360 and faculty of 10, giving a student to faculty ratio of 36:1 meaning that each student in this college receives individual attention and direction. The college provides 7 courses at 3 levels of degree, which are trained in different aspects of nursing education.

Koshy’s College of Nursing Bangalore has state of the art facilities to facilitate the learning of its students, most of which have been described above. Boys and girls have their own hostels off-campus and are comfortable for out-station students to live in. The college maintains provision for health of its students through a health center with first aid amenities. Alternatively, the KCN has a privilege of proximal parents, three hospitals with a total bed strength of 300, located close to the campus. This circumstance enables the students to conduct their practical sessions during the training with real-life experience within close reach.  

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Many of the different nursing programmes offered are at undergraduate level but Koshy’s College of Nursing also provides for students at various educational levels. Presently the college offers 7 full courses, undergraduate, postgraduate and diploma courses. The total approved intake for all course offered at KCN is one hundred ninety-one seats. Though the graduate data of the latest year is missing, the total enrolment figure of the college corresponds to the intake capacity of the college of 360 students proving the continued demand for its programmes.

But, the admission procedure followed in Koshy’s College of Nursing is very elaborate and bestowing justice to its deserved candidates. More detail regarding the admission process has not been detailed but generally, several nursing colleges give an aspiring nurse an assessment, which may include performance in the qualifying examination, score in entrance test, and interview. The college currently has various courses such as; B.Sc Nursing, Post Basic B.Sc Nursing and a variety of M.Sc Nursing including Medical Surgical Nursing, Children and Adolescent Health Nursing, Obstetrics and Gynecological Nursing, and Community Health Nursing. Also, KCN provides a diploma programme in General Nursing and Midwifery (GNM) as offer a course. It is recommended that students interested in admission to the college should use college website or call the college admission office for more information about admission dates, requirements and documents that are needed. Unfortunately, there is no specific information on scholarship that is provided, but most of the nursing colleges do offer scholarships either on merit or based on the need to do so, therefore the applicants should ask. KCN’s accountability to provide nursing education has inarguably served the healthcare sector but information on remarkable achievers unknown from the data.