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Reviewed 11 Jun 2026SDM Medical College Dharwad · Dharwad (Manjushree Nagar, Sattur)SDM College of Medical Sciences and Hospital, Dharwad — Fees, Courses & Admission
SDM College of Medical Sciences and Hospital, Dharwad is an university in Dharwad (Manjushree Nagar, Sattur), Karnataka. SDM College of Medical Sciences and Hospital, Dharwad offers 31 listed…
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Overview
About SDM Medical College Dharwad
SDM College of Medical Sciences and Hospital, Dharwad is an university in Dharwad (Manjushree Nagar, Sattur), Karnataka. SDM College of Medical Sciences and Hospital, Dharwad offers 31 listed programmes, 2 at undergraduate level (MBBS and B.Sc in Medical Allied Sciences) and 23 at postgraduate level. These include MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery), MD General Medicine, MD Radio Diagnosis, MD Dermatology and MD Paediatrics, among others. The stated sanctioned intake across the NMC-matrix programmes totals 301 seats; the allied-health B.Sc specialisations add a further 165 published seats. The college's NMC disclosure lists 386 rooms in the men's hostel and 742 rooms in the women's hostel on campus. Hostel wardens sit on the published anti-ragging committee. Since 19 December 2018 the college sits under Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara (SDM) University, Dharwad — a Karnataka STATE PRIVATE university created by Karnataka Act No. 19 of 2018, UGC-listed under Section 2(f) — which is why its MBBS and MD/MS seats run through KEA counselling (codes M036 and M27), not MCC deemed counselling. PG teaching dates to 2010-11 and now spans 22 MD/MS specialties plus six newer DM/MCh courses; the hospital performs bone-marrow, renal and cochlear-implant transplant work and earned NABH accreditation in August 2025 (certificate H-2025-1644). The NIRF-2026 cycle has a data submission from the college (IR-D-C-40399) but no published NIRF Medical rank, and no NAAC grade is published — neither is claimed. The college's own pages cite magazine rankings (The Week, India Today) and an 'Oxford EBA' award; those are not official government rankings and are excluded here. NIRF-submission outcome data: of recent MBBS cohorts of ~100, students graduating in the minimum stipulated time were 92 (2021-22), 86 (2022-23) and 95 (2023-24) — an on-time-graduation figure, not an exam pass percentage, which the college does not publish as a clean number. The campus spreads over 70 acres at Manjushree Nagar, Sattur, Dharwad — the college says its spacious, pollution-free setting away from city noise is part of its appeal — and houses the college, SDM University's seat and the Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara Hospital. The hospital's central diagnostic laboratory is connected to all wards by a pneumatic tube system and runs 24x7. A cultural centre — the Shri D Veerendra Heggade Kalakshetra — hosts student festivals, and a new super-speciality block designed for 400 beds is under construction per the Vice-Chancellor's message.
Courses & costs
SDM Medical College Dharwad fees
Each amount is shown with the academic year and applicant category stated by its source.
| Programme | Year | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery)Amenities · College amenities fee per the official 2026-27 notice; charged separately from tuition - never a tuition component. Source | 2026-27 | ₹60,000per year |
| MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery) | ₹20,15,000per year |
Published by Karnataka Examinations Authority (2026-27) (reference)
Published in a state-wide schedule that does not name this college.
| Programme | Year | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| MBBS | ₹1,56,621 Source | |
| MBBS | ₹20,15,000 Source | |
| MBBS | ₹36,15,000 Source |
Published by Karnataka Examinations Authority (2025-26) (reference)
Published in a state-wide schedule that does not name this college.
| Programme | Year | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| MD General Medicine (PG) | ₹7,83,108 Source | |
| MD Pathology (PG) | ₹2,07,027 Source | |
| MD Anatomy (PG) | ₹1,11,015 Source | |
| MD General Medicine (PG) | ₹28,74,900 Source | |
| MD Radio Diagnosis (PG) | ₹33,69,200 Source | |
| MS Obstetrics & Gynaecology (PG) | ₹28,74,300 Source |
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Cutoffs · NEET-UG
SDM Medical College Dharwad NEET-UG cutoffs
All cut-off data is official KEA, college code M036 (UG) / fee block M27 (PG). MBBS rows are KEA's CET-2024 Round 2 closing ranks — the latest cleanly published KEA cutoff PDFs — read from the M036 row by column position in both the government and the private/NRI/Others publications; the government General Merit seat closed at NEET-UG rank 36,898, and even the paid tiers closed on NEET ranks (Others/management 3,35,307; NRI 9,66,111), which is the factual answer to 'off-counselling admission'. Additional sub-category closings in the government publication: 1-Rural 87,153, 2A-Kannada 97,504, 2A-Rural 74,429, SC-Kannada 1,97,079, SC-Rural 1,97,798. The MD/MS rows are NOT an official KEA cutoff publication — they are last-allotted (worst) NEET-PG 2025 All-India ranks per specialty per tier, computed from KEA's official PGNEET-2025 final seat-allotment lists (Round 1, Round 2, mop-up and stray, non-in-service), taking each specialty-tier's final round of allotment. SDM has NO MCC counselling presence: the official MCC NEET-PG 2025 allotment lists (all four rounds) contain zero SDM/Dharmasthala rows — PG admission runs through KEA, not MCC deemed counselling.
Admissions · collected information
SDM Medical College Dharwad admissions
Application steps
1Qualify NEET-UG conducted by the NTA
2Submit the certificates on the college's published MBBS admission checklist
Documents required
NEET admit card and score cardClass 10 and 12 (PUC) marks cardsTransfer, study and conduct certificates; migration certificate (if applicable)Caste and income certificates (for reserved Karnataka categories)Physical fitness certificate, Aadhaar and passport photos (per the college's published checklist PDFs)
MBBS first · courses & seats
MBBS & other medical programmes
View 29 postgraduate programmesKept below MBBS fees, cutoffs and counselling priorities
MD General Medicine
14intake
MD Radio Diagnosis
8intake
MD Dermatology
5intake
MD Paediatrics
12intake
MS Obstetrics & Gynaecology
14intake
MS Orthopaedics
6intake
MS General Surgery
12intake
MS Ophthalmology
4intake
MD Anaesthesiology
13intake
MD Respiratory Medicine
3intake
MS Ent
5intake
MD Psychiatry
5intake
MD Emergency Medicine
3intake
MD Hospital Administration
3intake
MD Pathology
10intake
MD Community Medicine
4intake
MD Microbiology
2intake
MD Pharmacology
1intake
MD Forensic Medicine
1intake
MD Anatomy
3intake
MD Physiology
2intake
MD Biochemistry
4intake
Diploma in Public Health
2intake
MCH Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
3intake
DM Nephrology
3intake
MCH Paediatric Surgery
2intake
MCH Neuro Surgery
3intake
MCH Urology (Genito-Urinary Surgery)
2intake
DM Clinical Hematology
2intake
Hostel · campus
SDM Medical College Dharwad hostel
SDM Medical College Dharwad hostel details are listed in this section. capacity 1,128 rooms across the two hostels (NMC disclosure). hostel availability for Boys and Girls. location: Within the 70-acre Sattur campus, Dharwad. amenities include On-campus men's hostel — 386 rooms (NMC disclosure), On-campus women's hostel — 742 rooms (NMC disclosure).
1,128 rooms across the two hostels (NMC disclosure)Capacity
Boys + GirlsGenders
📍 Within the 70-acre Sattur campus, Dharwad
Amenities
On-campus men's hostel — 386 rooms (NMC disclosure)On-campus women's hostel — 742 rooms (NMC disclosure)
Scholarships
Scholarships
No MBBS scholarship scheme is published on the medical college's site, and none is claimed here. Karnataka state-quota students can pursue SSP/NSP government scholarships independently.
Infrastructure & facilities
Labs, library, sports, hostels & campus facilitiesThe campus spreads over 70 acres at Manjushree Nagar, Sattur, Dharwad — the college says its spacious, pollution-free setting away from city noise is part of its appeal — and houses the college, SDM University's seat and the Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara Hospital. Teaching facilities per the college's own About page: air-conditioned smart classrooms with multimedia projection, a central library of 15,000 books with national and international journals, online remote access and departmental libraries, state-of-the-art central and departmental laboratories, a skills laboratory with mannequins running BLS, ECLS and ACLS courses, and a museum with preserved specimens across Pharmacology, Anatomy, Microbiology, Pathology, Forensic Medicine and Community Medicine. The hospital's central diagnostic laboratory is connected to all wards by a pneumatic tube system and runs 24x7. A cultural centre — the Shri D Veerendra Heggade Kalakshetra — hosts student festivals, and a new super-speciality block designed for 400 beds is under construction per the Vice-Chancellor's message.
Clinical training evidence
- NMC MBBS seats: 150
15,000
Library volumes
Campus facilities
800 teaching beds at the on-campus SDM Hospital (NMC disclosure)NABH-accredited hospital (certificate H-2025-1644, valid to August 2029)70-acre campus at Sattur, DharwadCentral library — 15,000 books + e-accessSkills lab with BLS/ECLS/ACLS coursesPneumatic-tube-linked 24x7 central diagnostic laboratoryHostels: 386 men's rooms, 742 women's rooms (NMC disclosure)Shri D Veerendra Heggade Kalakshetra cultural centre
Campus
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Research & rankings
Centres, patents, grants & MoU partners
SDM College of Medical Sciences and Hospital (SDMCMSH) was founded in 2003 by Dr. D. Veerendra Heggade, the Dharmadhikari of Dharmasthala and president of the Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara Educational (SDME) Society of Ujire, as a centre for medical education and healthcare for North Karnataka 'at a reasonable cost' — the teaching hospital was registered in June 2003, a year before the first MBBS Letter of Permission of 26 July 2004 (the NMC's Year of Inception is 2004; both dates are official). Since 19 December 2018 the college sits under Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara (SDM) University, Dharwad — a Karnataka STATE PRIVATE university created by Karnataka Act No. 19 of 2018, UGC-listed under Section 2(f) — which is why its MBBS and MD/MS seats run through KEA counselling (codes M036 and M27), not MCC deemed counselling. Research and academics anchors: a Central Research Laboratory and a Centre for Integrated Medicine and Research, faculty publication annexures on the NMC disclosure, collaborations with Karnatak University Dharwad and KIDNAR (Karnataka Institute for DNA Research) for genetic-analysis research, and partner-institution status in ECFMG's GEMx global medical-exchange programme, under which students from abroad take elective clerkships here and SDM students can do the same overseas. PG teaching dates to 2010-11 and now spans 22 MD/MS specialties plus six newer DM/MCh courses; the hospital performs bone-marrow, renal and cochlear-implant transplant work and earned NABH accreditation in August 2025 (certificate H-2025-1644). The NIRF-2026 cycle has a data submission from the college (IR-D-C-40399) but no published NIRF Medical rank, and no NAAC grade is published — neither is claimed. The college's own pages cite magazine rankings (The Week, India Today) and an 'Oxford EBA' award; those are not official government rankings and are excluded here. NIRF-submission outcome data: of recent MBBS cohorts of ~100, students graduating in the minimum stipulated time were 92 (2021-22), 86 (2022-23) and 95 (2023-24) — an on-time-graduation figure, not an exam pass percentage, which the college does not publish as a clean number.
Leadership & faculty heads
Management, principal & heads of departments
Dr. Vijay K. Kulkarni
Principal
Dr. D. Veerendra Heggade
Chancellor, SDM University — Dharmadhikari of Dharmasthala
Dr. Niranjan Kumar
Medical Director & Vice-Chancellor, SDM University
Dr. Ashok S. Naik
Medical Superintendent
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Reach the college
SDM Medical College Dharwad contact details
| Address | Manjushree Nagar, Sattur, Dharwad - 580009 |
|---|---|
| Phone | +91 836 247 7777 |
| principal@sdmucmsh.edu.in | |
| Website | https://sdmucmsh.edu.in |
FAQ
SDM Medical College Dharwad FAQs
How many MBBS and PG seats does SDM Medical College Dharwad have?
150 MBBS seats per the NMC's final UG seat matrix of 03.12.2025 (the college started with 100 in 2004; a 14/01/2022 LoP raised it to 150). PG: 136 final seats across 23 NMC-sanctioned entries for AY 2025-26 — including MD General Medicine 14, MS OBG 14, MD Anaesthesiology 13, MD Paediatrics 12, MS General Surgery 12, MD Pathology 10 and MD Radio Diagnosis 8. Super-speciality: 15 DM/MCh seats across 6 courses are NMC-sanctioned, but the college's disclosure reports 0 DM/MCh admitted this session.
Is SDM Medical College Dharwad recognised by the NMC?
Yes for its long-standing seats: the college's NMC mandatory disclosure states verbatim 'Status of Recognition: 100 Seats Recognized & Renewed'. The intake has been 150 since a 14/01/2022 Letter of Permission added 50 seats, and the disclosure does not yet show those 50 as recognised — the current Permitted-vs-Recognised split for the additional seats is not published. The first MBBS LoP was dated 26/07/2004 with 100 seats. Its NMC code per the NMC College & Course Search worklist is KA/053/P/4 (a /P/ private-college code).
How big is the hospital at SDM Medical College Dharwad — and is it NABH accredited?
The Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara Hospital was registered in June 2003, before the college itself. The NMC disclosure lists 800 teaching beds; the NABH certificate states 1,000 sanctioned beds; NIRF and the Medical Superintendent cite 1,200 beds with 18 operation theatres and 120 ICU beds; the About page says two hospitals totalling 1,250 beds — each figure is attributed because they differ. In calendar-2025 it registered 6,41,098 outpatients and 51,266 inpatients. It is NABH-accredited: certificate H-2025-1644 on the NABH portal, valid 28 August 2025 to 27 August 2029, with bone-marrow transplant, renal transplant, critical care and surgical oncology in the accredited scope.
What stipend does SDM Medical College Dharwad pay interns and PG residents?
Per the college's own stipend declaration for FY 2025-26 (published on its NMC disclosure): MBBS interns receive Rs 25,000 per month from the college against the Rs 30,000 Karnataka government benchmark shown in the same table. PG (MD/MS) residents are paid ABOVE the state benchmark — Rs 50,000 / 55,000 / 60,000 per month in years 1/2/3 versus the state's 45,000 / 50,000 / 55,000. Super-speciality (DM/MCh) residents: Rs 60,000 / 65,000 / 70,000 by year.
Is SDM Medical College Dharwad safe — are there anti-ragging and harassment committees?
Yes. The college publishes its Anti-Ragging Committee on the NMC disclosure (the hostel wardens sit on it), reports NIL ragging cases to the committee, names a Grievance Redressal Officer (a Professor of Biochemistry), and lists a Gender Harassment committee. The national UGC anti-ragging portal antiragging.in applies in addition, and the college's disclosure lists the national anti-ragging helpline and an SDM helpline for reporting.
What are the hostel facilities and fees at SDM Medical College Dharwad?
The NMC disclosure lists 386 rooms in the men's hostel and 742 rooms in the women's hostel on the Sattur campus. Hostel and mess fees are NOT published anywhere on the medical college's site, so no figure is claimed here — confirm charges with the college at admission.
What is SDM Medical College Dharwad known for?
A hospital-first heritage college of the Dharmasthala institution family: the SDM Hospital (registered 2003) pre-dates the college, today runs bone-marrow, renal and cochlear-implant transplant programmes and earned NABH accreditation in August 2025. The college is a partner institution in ECFMG's GEMx global medical-exchange programme — students from abroad take elective clerkships at Dharwad and SDM students can go overseas — and collaborates with Karnatak University and KIDNAR on DNA research. PG teaching dates to 2010-11 across 22 MD/MS specialties, and PG residents are paid above the Karnataka stipend benchmark.
Sources
Verification & sources
This page cites 20 source links. Each source is linked beside the facts it supports.
- sdmucmsh.edu.in — SDM College of Medical Sciences and Hospital — official site. The college's own NMC mandatory disclosure (sdmucmsh.edu.in/nmc-2, item 4) states the official website is https://sdmucmsh.edu.in. The NMC pro-forma admin page (msmer.nmc.org.in, field 12) lists an older URL (sdmmedicalcollege.org) that resolves to a default placeholder page; sdmucmsh.edu.in is the live, active medical college site.
- sdmucmsh.edu.in — NMC mandatory disclosure — recognition status, beds, hostel rooms, patient volumes, PG course table, committees (official)
- sdmucmsh.edu.in — About the college — founding 2003, 70-acre campus, library, GEMx/KIDNAR collaborations, infrastructure (official)
- sdmucmsh.edu.in — Principal — Dr. Vijay K. Kulkarni, Professor & Principal, MD Paediatrics (official)
- sdmucmsh.edu.in — College NABH announcement — 'We Are Now NABH Accredited' with the certificate link (official)
- sdmucmsh.edu.in · pdf — Stipend declaration FY 2025-26 — interns Rs 25,000 vs state Rs 30,000; PG Rs 50/55/60k (official, college-hosted)
- sdmucmsh.edu.in · pdf — Department-wise bed distribution — 800 teaching beds (official, college-hosted)
- sdmucmsh.edu.in · pdf — NIRF-2026 data submission (IR-D-C-40399) — 1,200 hospital beds, sanctioned intake, graduation counts (official, college-hosted)
- sdmucmsh.edu.in · pdf — MBBS admission document checklist (official, college-hosted)
- sdmucmsh.edu.in · pdf — PG admission document checklist (official, college-hosted)
- sdmuniversity.edu.in — SDM University overview — state private university, Karnataka Act No. 19 of 2018, effective 19-12-2018, SDME Society sponsor (official)
- sdmuniversity.edu.in · pdf — UGC Section 2(f) letter for SDM University (official, university-hosted)
- cetonline.karnataka.gov.in · pdf — KEA 2026-27 MBBS college-wise fee structure - code M036: Rs 1,56,621 / 20,15,000 / 36,15,000 / 36,15,000 (Govt / Private / Management / NRI) (official)
- cetonline.karnataka.gov.in · pdf — KEA PG medical fee structure 2025-26 — block M27, course-wise G/P/Q/NRI fees (official)
- cetonline.karnataka.gov.in · pdf — KEA CET-2024 R2 government-quota medical cut-off (code M036) — GM 36,898 (official)
- cetonline.karnataka.gov.in · pdf — KEA CET-2024 R2 private/NRI/Others medical cut-off (code M036) — OPN 1,69,478, OTH 3,35,307, NRI 9,66,111 (official)
- cetonline.karnataka.gov.in · pdf — KEA PGNEET-2025 Round 1 final seat allotment list (official)
- cetonline.karnataka.gov.in · pdf — KEA PGNEET-2025 Round 2 non-in-service final allotment list (official)
- cetonline.karnataka.gov.in · pdf — KEA PGNEET-2025 mop-up non-in-service final allotment list (official)
- cetonline.karnataka.gov.in · pdf — KEA PGNEET-2025 stray non-in-service final allotment list (official)
Reviewed by
Amrit Ashu
Lead Admission Counsellor. RV College of Engineering 2017 graduate, guiding students for admissions in Bangalore since 2017. Every figure on this page is checked against the official disclosures and sources linked beside it; admissions-office conversations are not used as citations.