The Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences (UPUMS) is a state public university dedicated to medical education and research, located at Saifai in the Etawah district of Uttar Pradesh, India. The university trains students in modern medicine and allied health sciences, and operates a tertiary-care teaching hospital that serves patients from western and central Uttar Pradesh.
| Type | State public university |
|---|---|
| Field | Medical sciences |
| Location | Saifai, Etawah district, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Country | India |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Uttar Pradesh |
UPUMS functions as a specialised health sciences university established by the Government of Uttar Pradesh to expand the state's capacity in medical training, postgraduate specialisation, and clinical research. It comprises constituent faculties offering undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in medicine, dentistry, nursing, paramedical sciences, and related disciplines, alongside a multi-speciality teaching hospital.
The university is situated in Saifai, a town in the Etawah district that has been developed as a regional health and education hub. The campus lies in the Yamuna–Chambal doab region of Uttar Pradesh and is connected by road and rail to Etawah town, Kanpur, Agra, and Lucknow. Its location enables the institution to provide referral healthcare to populations in Etawah, Auraiya, Mainpuri, Kannauj, Farrukhabad, and surrounding districts.
The university offers programmes typical of a medical university in India, including:
Admissions to medical and dental programmes are conducted through the national entrance examinations prescribed for medical education in India, in line with regulations of the National Medical Commission and the Dental Council of India.
The teaching hospital attached to the university provides services across major clinical departments such as general medicine, general surgery, paediatrics, obstetrics and gynaecology, orthopaedics, cardiology, neurology, nephrology, oncology, radiology, anaesthesiology, and emergency medicine. It also functions as a referral centre for tertiary care in the region.
UPUMS represents one of the dedicated medical universities established in Uttar Pradesh to address the shortage of doctors and specialists in the state and to decentralise advanced healthcare beyond the major metropolitan centres of Lucknow, Kanpur, Varanasi, and Agra. By combining education, research, and tertiary care under a single statutory body, the university plays a role in training the regional medical workforce and improving access to specialist treatment in central Uttar Pradesh.