Overview
King George's Medical University (KGMU) is a public medical university located in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. It was formerly a constituent medical college of the University of Lucknow before being separated and raised to the status of a state university by an Act passed by the Government of Uttar Pradesh on 16 September 2002.
KGMU offers undergraduate and postgraduate medical and dental education. The university has approximately 1,250 undergraduate students, including around 280 dental students, and about 450 postgraduate students. Each year, around 250 students are admitted to the four-and-a-half-year M.B.B.S. course of study.
The institution is recognised among government medical establishments in Uttar Pradesh, and is noted as the only government medical institution in the state to have been awarded the NAAC A++ grade.