Vijayanagar Institute of Medical Sciences FAQs 2026 Admissions 2026, Courses, Fees & Cutoffs

---

VIMS Bellary is a fully government-owned and government-funded autonomous medical institution under the Government of Karnataka. It has NO private management or NRI quota seats.

---

The campus was previously the Allipur Jail, which housed prominent Indian freedom fighters including Sri Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari, Sri V.V. Giri (later President of India), Sri Bejawada Gopala Reddy, Sri Ghantasala Venkateshwara Rao, and Sri Tekur Subramanya. The jail closed in 1958 and its 173-acre campus was handed to the Government of Karnataka to start the Medical College in 1961.

---

The annual MBBS intake is 150 seats. The college also offers 104 PG (MD/MS/Diploma) seats across 16 specializations and 4 Super-Specialty (DM/MCh) seats.

---

As a government college, fees are highly subsidised at approximately ₹25,000 per year (~₹1.25 lakhs total for 5 years). There are no management or NRI quota seats at VIMS Bellary.

---

General Medicine, General Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Paediatrics, Orthopaedics, Dermatology, Psychiatry, Radio-Diagnosis, ENT (Otorhinolaryngology), Ophthalmology, Anaesthesiology, Pathology, Microbiology, Biochemistry, Forensic Medicine, Community Medicine, Physiology, Pharmacology, Anatomy, Respiratory Medicine (TB & Chest Diseases), Emergency and Trauma Care (24×7), Burns Ward (30–40 beds), Geriatric Ward (Senior Citizens), Neonatal ICU (NICU), Blood Bank (24×7), Urology (Super-Specialty), Nephrology (Super-Specialty), Medical Oncology (Super-Specialty), Surgical Oncology (Super-Specialty), Plastic Surgery (Super-Specialty), Neurology (Super-Specialty), Neurosurgery (Super-Specialty), Paediatric Surgery (Super-Specialty), Endocrinology (Super-Specialty), Gastroenterology (Super-Specialty)

---

1170 Beds