IIT Kharagpur First IIT to Offer PG Medical Courses
Institute introduces 12 postgraduate medical seats across six disciplines from 2026 to 27, blending medicine with AI and technology.
New Delhi: IIT Kharagpur has become the first Indian Institute of Technology in the country to introduce postgraduate medical degree programmes accredited by the National Medical Commission (NMC), the institute announced on Thursday.
The programmes will commence from the 2026-27 academic session at the Dr B.C. Roy Multi-Speciality Medical Research Centre, marking the IIT system's entry into postgraduate medical education.
The institute will offer 12 MD seats across six disciplines — General Medicine, Radiology, Physiology, Pathology, Community Medicine and Biochemistry — with two seats in each.
Admissions will be conducted through the NEET-PG online counselling process, with the courses available for consideration in Round 2, subject to the official counselling schedule, eligibility criteria and seat matrix.
IIT Kharagpur director Suman Chakraborty said the initiative aimed to integrate clinical excellence with engineering, artificial intelligence (AI) and translational research.
“Our vision is not simply to train specialist doctors but to create an ecosystem where clinical excellence meets engineering ingenuity, artificial intelligence (AI) and translational research,” Chakraborty said.
He said the institute wanted to produce medical graduates who would not only be skilled clinicians but also innovators capable of addressing major healthcare challenges.
“The inaugural batch of 2026–27 will be pioneers of this new journey,” he added.
The institute said advances in AI, biomedical engineering, medical imaging and digital healthcare were transforming modern medicine, but medical education and technological research had largely developed along separate institutional pathways.
The new programmes would seek to bridge this gap by combining medical training with technological research and innovation.
“These are not merely 12 postgraduate seats. They represent 12 opportunities to become founding members of a new academic tradition within India's premier technological education system,” the institute said.
IIT Kharagpur, established in 1951, was the country's first IIT.
