Tamil Nadu To Establish New Nursing Colleges in Six Districts

The Tamil Nadu government will establish new nursing colleges in six districts, with an annual intake of 100 students each. The colleges, which will offer BSc Nursing courses, will add 600 undergraduate seats annually. 

According to a government order issued on September 16, the six nursing colleges will be established in Namakkal, Tiruchirappalli, Dharmapuri, Vellore, Tiruvannamalai and Tirunelveli. The expenditure of Rs 270.26 crore for the project will be met by the Tamil Nadu Dr M G R Medical



University.

Additionally, a seventh nursing college with an intake of 60 students will be established at the Coimbatore Government Medical College and ESI Hospital, taking the total number of new B Sc Nursing seats to 660. 

The GO gives effect to Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay's announcement in the Assembly to establish new nursing colleges in the six districts. The existing facilities at the respective medical colleges will be utilised to accommodate the new intake for the current academic year.