Kerala University of Health Sciences is a medical university situated in Thrissur

Thrissur

This article is about the city in India. For the district, see Thrissur district. For the urban agglomeration area of Thrissur see Thrissur Metropolitan Area...

 City in Kerala

Kerala

or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....

 State of India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

. Mulankunnathukavu, Thrissur

Thrissur

This article is about the city in India. For the district, see Thrissur district. For the urban agglomeration area of Thrissur see Thrissur Metropolitan Area...

 is the headquarters of the university. The university would be located in 75 acres (303,514.5 m²) on the Government Medical College, Thrissur

Government Medical College, Thrissur

Government Medical College Thrissur, established in 1982 is presently one of the leading centers in medical education in Kerala. Recently it is upgraded to the status of Kerala University of Health Sciences which began functioning in the campus in 2009...

 campus. The University was established on the basis of Kerala University Health Act 2010. There are 205 professional colleges affiliated to this university.

Powers of university

All branches of treatment would come under the University and medical and para-medical colleges now functioning under different Universities, like University of Kerala, Mahatma Gandhi University

Mahatma Gandhi University

Mahatma Gandhi University, also known as M G University, was established on 2 October 1983 in Kottayam. The University Grants Commission of India does not believe that the names of Indian universities should be unique, so another UGC-recognized government-run Mahatma Gandhi University was...

, Calicut University, Kannur University

Kannur University

Kannur University was established in 1996 to provide development of higher education in Kasaragod, Kannur, and Wayanad districts of Kerala, India.It was established after the promulagation of Act No. 22 of 1996 of Kerala Legislative Assembly...

, Cochin University of Science and Technology

Cochin University of Science and Technology

Cochin University of Science and Technology is a government owned autonomous university in Kochi , Kerala, India. Founded in 1971, the university consists of three campuses, two in Kochi and one in Kuttanad, Alappuzha, 66 km inland. The university awards degrees in engineering and allied...

, and Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit

Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit

Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit is a Ph.D. granting government university located at Kalady in Kerala. The university is named after the sage and philosopher Adi Sankaracharya and was established in the year 1993...

, would come under this university. The territorial jurisdiction of the University shall extend to the whole of the State of Kerala

Kerala

or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....

.

School of studies and research

• School of Medicine
• School of Public Health
• School of Surgery
• School of Behavioural Studies
• School of Indian Systems of Medicine
• School of Nursing Sciences
• School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
• School of Alternate Systems of Medicine
• School of Biomedical Science and Technology
• School of Paramedical Sciences
• School of Homoeopathic Medicine