Rajasthan University of Health Sciences

Rajasthan University of Health Sciences is a State university located in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. It was established on 25 February 2005 under The Rajasthan University of Health Sciences (Act of Rajasthan Vidhan Sabha), 2005 (Act No. 1 of 2005) and started functioning in January 2006. It has its own college and acts as affiliating university to all Government & Society run [Also supports them in academic and research purposes] and some privately run medical colleges in Rajasthan.

History
In 2005, Rajasthan Vidhan Sabha passed the act which replaced Rajasthan University as affiliating university to Government medical colleges in the western state of Rajasthan. Dr. P. P. S. Mathur, Senior Professor, Neurosurgery and Medical Superintendent, Sawai Man Singh Hospital, Jaipur served as the first Vice-Chancellor of the university. He was succeeded by Dr. Ashok Panagariya. It established its own university college in the year 2014 which goes by the same name. Earlier it functioned only as affiliating university.

Courses
The university runs the following undergraduate and postgraduate courses:
 * Medical courses: postgraduate education in medical studies, MBBS, Diploma courses.
 * Dental courses: MDS, BDS.GNM
 * Nursing courses: M.Sc., B.Sc. Nursing, Post basic B.Sc. nursing
 * Paramedical science courses
 * Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy courses, B.A.S.L.P.(Bachelor in Audiology & Speech Language Pathology)
 * Pharmacy courses: D. Pharm, B. Pharm and M.Pharm.

Affiliated colleges
The following are affiliated to the university: 8 Medical colleges, 10 UG Dental colleges (BDS), 4 Postgraduate dental colleges (MDS), 43 B.Sc. Nursing Colleges, 2 M.Sc. Nursing Colleges, 6 Post Basic B.Sc. Nursing Colleges, 41 Pharmacy colleges (B. Pharmacy), 27 Pharmacy (D. Pharma), 30 Bachelor of Physiotherapy Colleges (BPT) and 4 M.Pharma colleges, with Bachelor of Occupational Therapy College (BOT), B.SC. Radiation Technology College, Post Basic Diploma In Oncology Nursing College, B.SC. (HONS.), Ophthalmic Technology College. Notable colleges include:


 * Government medical colleges
 * Sawai Man Singh Medical College
 * Sardar Patel Medical College, Bikaner
 * Rabindranath Tagore Medical College
 * Dr. Sampurnanand Medical College
 * Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Ajmer
 * Government Medical College, Kota
 * RUHS College of Medical Sciences, Jaipur


 * Society Medical Colleges


 * Barmer Medical College
 * Bharatpur Medical College
 * Dungarpur Medical College
 * Jhalawar Medical College, Jhalawar
 * Rajmata Vijaya Raje Scindia Medical College, Bhilwara
 * Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya Medical College, Churu
 * Government Medical College, Pali
 * Sikar Medical College

Pharmacy Colleges


 * Regional College of Pharmacy, Jaipur