Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research Chennai for Master’s Degree Programs Admissions 2019-20

About the Program

Excellence in Medical Education, Health Care and Research SRMC Deemed University for medical education

Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research (Deemed to be University), ranked among the top health sciences universities in India, had its origin as Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research which was established by Sri Ramachandra Educational and Health Trust in the year 1985 as a private not-for-profit self-financing institution and dedicated to serve the society as a centre of excellence with emphasis on medical education, research and health care. The Trust achieved the task of establishing the Institution as a “Centre of Excellence” under the leadership of Late Shri. N.P.V.Ramasamy Udayar who was the Founder & Managing Trustee of the Trust and also the first Chancellor of the Deemed to be University. Shri. V.R. Venkataachalam is currently the Chancellor of the Deemed to be University and is also the Managing Trustee of the Trust.

In view of its academic excellence, the Government of India declared Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research as a Deemed to be University in September, 1994 under Section 3 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956.

As required by the UGC, a separate and dedicated Trust, “Sri Ramachandra University Trust” was created in 2012 to run the Deemed to be University, fully complying with the UGC norms.