Introduction

The MBBS course at AIIMS Bathinda was started in 2019 with an initial intake of 50 students. From 2020 onwards, the intake has been increased to 100 students per year.

AIIMS Bathinda is equipped with modern teaching facilities, advanced laboratories, simulation-based learning tools, and a multi-specialty hospital, providing students with ample clinical exposure and hands-on training to develop into competent and compassionate medical professionals.

The MBBS curriculum at AIIMS Bathinda is aligned with that of AIIMS New Delhi, ensuring uniformity in academic standards, teaching methodologies, and assessment patterns across AIIMS institutions.

The MBBS Curriculum integrates basic sciences, clinical skills, ethics, and communication from the early phase of training.

At present, 100 Indian students are admitted every year to the MBBS course (41 General category, 27 Other Backward Classes, 10 Economically Weaker Section (EWS) category, 15 Scheduled Caste and 7 Scheduled Tribe). For persons with disabilities (PWD), 5% reservation is provided on a horizontal basis. The students are admitted based on merit through the National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET) conducted by the National Testing Agency.

The total duration of the course is 4.5 years, followed by a one-year compulsory rotatory internship. The details are as follows: