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A generous grant from New Zealand under the Colombo Plan made it possible to lay the foundation stone of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in 1952. The AIIMS was finally created in 1956, as an autonomous institution through an Act of Parliament, to serve as a nucleus for nurturing excellence in all aspect of health care.
All-India Institute of Medical Sciences was established as an institution of national importance by an Act of Parliament with the objects to develop patterns of teaching in Undergraduate and Post-graduate Medical Education in all its branches so as to demonstrate a high standard of Medical Education in India; to bring together in one place educational facilities of the highest order for the training of personnel in all important branches of health activity; and to attain self-sufficiency in Post-graduate Medical Education.
Every year 50 students are selected for MBBS course on the basis of an all India entrance exam. The AIIMS entrance examination is considered to be one of the toughest exams to crack.
AIIMS offers a number of UG and PG level courses. Admissions to these courses are made on the basis of all India entrance examinations.
Objectives of AIIMS :
- To develop a pattern of teaching in undergraduate and postgraduate medical education in all its branches so as to demonstrate high standard of medical education to all medical colleges and other allied institutions in India.
- To bring together in one place educational facilities of the highest order for the training of the personnel in all important branches of the health activity.
- To attain self sufficiency in postgraduate in medical education.
Functions of AIIMS :
- Innovations in education.
- Nursing and dental education.
- Community based teaching and research.
- Research in medical and related sciences.
- Producing medical teachers for the country.
- Health care : preventive, promotive and curative; primary, secondary & tertiary.
- Undergraduate and postgraduate teaching in medical and related physical biological sciences.
AIIMS offer courses :
- MBBS Entrance Examination
- MD / MS / M.Ch (6years) / MDS Courses
- DM / M.Ch Courses
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