Tamil Nadu To Establish 7 New Government Nursing Colleges, Add 660 BSc Seats

The Tamil Nadu government has approved the establishment of seven new government nursing colleges offering B Sc Nursing courses, with a combined annual intake of 660 students. Six colleges will be set up in Namakkal, Tiruchirappalli, Dharmapuri, Vellore, Tiruvannamalai and Tirunelveli, each admitting 100 students annually. A seventh college with 60 seats will be established at Coimbatore Government Medical College and ESI Hospital.

A government order issued on September 16 allocates Rs 270.26 crore for the project, to be funded by Tamil Nadu Dr M G R Medical University. The move follows Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay's announcement in the Assembly that no new government nursing colleges had been started in the state since 2014. The existing facilities at respective medical colleges will be utilised to accommodate the new intake for the current academic year.