Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences

Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences (SVIMS) is a medical state university and a specialty hospital in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India. SVIMS was conceived along the lines of the AIIMS Delhi, and was established by an act of the Andhra Pradesh State Legislature. The foundation stone was laid on 18 April 1986 by N. T. Rama Rao, the then Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh. The hospital began functioning on 2 February 1993 and later became a Medical State university in 1995. The current Director-cum-Vice Chancellor is Dr. R. V. Kumar.^[1][2]

Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences

Motto	Śrīnivāsō vijayatē (Victory To Lord Venkateshwara)
Type	State university
Established	February 2, 1993; 32 years ago (1993-02-02)
Dean	Dr. Alladi Mohan
Director	Dr. R. V. Kumar
Location	Tirupati , Andhra Pradesh , India
Nickname	SVIMS
Affiliations	UGC, NMC
Website	http://svimstpt.ap.nic.in/

Rankings

The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) ranked Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences 72 overall in India^[3] in 2019, 77 among universities^[4] and 29th in the medical ranking.^[5]

Academics

The college offers the 4+1⁄2-year M.B.B.S. course with a one-year compulsory rotating internship. There are 175 seats which are filled through NEET UG exam.^{[citation needed]}

Postgraduate and doctoral courses

Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences offers postgraduate courses in almost all super specialty subjects including surgery, medicine, etc. Similarly it offers a variety of doctoral courses including MCh i Neurosurgery, Cardiac Surgery among others and DM in Cardiology, Neurology etc. There are more than 28 post graduate and post doctoral courses.^{[citation needed]}