Kerala University of Health Sciences

Kerala University of Health Sciences
കേരള ആരോഗ്യ സർവ്വകലാശാല
Motto May All become Happy
Established 2010
Type Public Medical school
Affiliation Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Chancellor Governor of Kerala
Provost V. S. Sivakumar
Vice-Chancellor Dr. M. K. C. Nair
Location Thrissur, Kerala, India
10°31′24″N 76°13′02″E / 10.5232°N 76.2171°ECoordinates: 10°31′24″N 76°13′02″E / 10.5232°N 76.2171°E
Campus Mulankunnathukavu, Thrissur
Colleges all over Kerala
Previous Universities University of Kerala
Mahatma Gandhi University
Calicut University
Kannur University
Cochin University of Science and Technology
Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit
Website kuhs.ac.in

Kerala University of Health Sciences is a medical university in the city of Thrissur in Kerala, India. The university is located in 75 acres (30 ha) on the Government Medical College, Thrissur campus. The university was established on the basis of Kerala University Health Act 2010.[1] There are 205 professional colleges affiliated to this university.[2][3][4][5]

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, Calicut University, Kannur University, Cochin University of Science and Technology, and Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit, would come under this university. The territorial jurisdiction of the university shall extend to the whole of the State of Kerala.[1]

Affiliated colleges

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Act of 2010, www.kuhs.ac.in. Retrieved 21 September 2011
  2. 205 Affiliated colleges, Official website
  3. "National Pharmacy College students on the warpath". The Hindu. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  4. "Azad's pat for NRHM schemes". The Hindu. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
  5. "No settlement area should be declared sensitive: Cabinet". The Hindu. Retrieved 16 June 2013.