Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute
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| Motto | Higher Values in Higher Education |
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| Type | Deemed |
| Established | 1985 |
| Founder | N. P. V. Ramasamy Udayar |
| Chancellor | V. R. Venkatachalam |
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Administrative staff
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1020 |
| Undergraduates | 2500 |
| Postgraduates | 500 |
| Location | Porur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Campus | Small town, 123 buildings over 175 acres (0.71 km2) at Porur, Sri Ramachandra Nagar Campus |
| Website | [1] |
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| University and college rankings | |
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| Medical - India | |
| India Today | 6 |
| Careers360 | 14 |
Sri Ramachandra University (SRU), formerly Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute (SRMC & RI), is a deemed university declared under Section 3 of the UGC at 1956, in Porur, Chennai, India. SRU consists of eight constituent colleges with over 45 departments offering about 92 courses in health care and medical studies and research with more than 3500 students.
SRU was founded by Sri Ramachandra Education & Health Trust on September 11, 1985 by N. P. V. Ramasamy Udayar (1936–1998). It was founded as a medical college, and became a university in September 1994.
In 1997, SRU entered into a relationship with Partners Harvard Medical International to pursue curriculum reform, faculty development, and improvements in health care quality and patient safety in the school's affiliated medical centre. One of the results of this collaboration was the achievement of accreditation by Joint Commission International in 2009, the first teaching hospital in India to obtain such accreditation from JCI. The university has been accredited by NAAC with A Grade with a CGPA of 3.62 on a 4-point scale, the highest to be awarded to a medical university in India. Sri Ramachandra Medical Centre is the associated teaching hospital for the school.
Sri Ramachandra University is located in Porur.
A total of 98 Courses are offered in various categories in Sri Ramachandra University (SRU)
SRU was ranked sixth among medical colleges in India in 2017 by India Today. It was ranked 14th by Careers360 in 2017, fifth among private institutes.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced that Cricket Australia’s National Cricket Centre in Brisbane and the Sri Ramachandra University in Chennai have been accredited as testing centres for suspected illegal bowling actions.
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