CMC’s network of primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary care teaching hospitals spread across seven campuses in Vellore, Ranipet and Chittoor in the neighbouring State of Andhra Pradesh, is, together, a 3686-bedded multi-speciality medical institution of international repute. Located in Vellore, Tamil Nadu, is an unaided minority educational institution established in the year 1900. Started as a single-bedded clinic, under the leadership of Dr. Ida Sophia Scudder, the only daughter of second-generation American missionaries, it grew into a full-fledged medical college imparting education in medical, nursing and allied health sciences. Today, it is one of the top-ranked educational, healthcare and research institutes in the country.
In 2018, we celebrated the centenary of medical education; 2024 was the centenary year of the Town Campus and 2025, the 125th year of CMC Vellore as a whole.
In delivering healthcare, CMC fosters a culture of caring, upholding its commitment to professional excellence. This compassionate approach ensures that every patient is treated with dignity and respect throughout their healthcare journey.
For decades, CMC has been synonymous with excellence. It has successfully maintained a balance between offering state-of-the-art treatments and being inclusive. By minimizing the financial burden on patients, CMC plays a pivotal role in improving healthcare across the country.
CMC Vellore’s commitment to healthcare education spans medical, nursing, and Allied Health Sciences, evolving to meet the changing needs of communities across India. From its beginnings in medical education in 1918, CMC has grown into a centre offering undergraduate, postgraduate, higher specialty, doctoral, nursing, and Allied Health programmes, combining academic excellence with clinical training, research, and community-based education. Its programmes include 31 postgraduate medical specialties, 39 post-doctoral fellowship courses, 19 Allied Health degree programmes, and a wide range of nursing and interdisciplinary courses.
As a strictly not-for-profit institution, CMC reinvests its resources in education, subsidised and charitable patient care, community outreach, infrastructure, and initiatives that strengthen its mission to serve.
In the area of research, CMC strives to understand God’s purposes and designs, fostering a spirit of enquiry, commitment to truth and high ethical standards. CMC’s research activities have contributed to major health policies such as the national poliomyelitis immunization policy and policies regarding the treatment and rehabilitation of patients with leprosy.
To effectively practise our calling to be a faith-based establishment ministering to people of all faiths and from all walks of life, CMC has also instituted a missions outreach programme that seeks to broaden the network of organisations involved in the healing ministry, and is committed to reviving mission fields in the rural pockets across the country that lack access to quality medical services.
Christian Medical College Vellore was started as a one-bedded clinic-cum-dispensary in 1900 by Dr Ida Sophia Scudder, the daughter of second-generation medical missionaries.
Today, this healthcare organisation of international repute includes a network of primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary care hospitals, with around 3700 beds spread across seven campuses in and around Vellore, and in the neighbouring state of Andhra Pradesh.
As a national leader in healthcare with campuses in six locations catering to more than 9000 outpatients and more than 2000 inpatients daily, and employing over 9000 staff, we take our responsibility to remain an eco-friendly and environmentally sustainable institution seriously.
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