Anatomy is a branch of medicine and biology, which is the consideration of the structure of living beings. Anatomy is a common term that includes plant anatomy, animal anatomy and human anatomy. MS Anatomy is a Post Surgical Degree course in medicine and a candidate can take up this course on completion of the MBBS course.

Normally the duration of MS Anatomy course is two years and even this course is conducted for three years in some institutes. A number of colleges offer this course in India and the names of Government Colleges offering this course is given below:

Andhra Pradesh:

• Andhra Medical College, Vishakhapatnam

• Gandhi Medical College, Hyderabad

• Kakatiya Medical College, Warangal

• Kurnool Medical College, Kurnool

• Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad

• Rangaraya Medical College, Kakinada

• S V Medical College, Tirupati

• Siddharth Medical College, Vijayawada

Assam:

• Assam Medical College

• Guwahati Medical College

Bihar:

• Darbanga Medical College

• Nalanda Medical College

• Patna Medical College

Chandigarh:

• Government Medical College, Chandigarh

Chhattisgarh:

• Pandit JNM Medical College, Jaipur

Delhi:

• All India Institute of Medical Sciences

• Lady Hardinge Medical College

• Maulana Azad Medical College

• Safdarjung Hospital

Gujarat:

• Government Medical College, Surat

• Government Medical College, Bhavanagar

• Medical College, Baroda

• MP Shah Medical College, Jamnagar

• Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Medical College, Rajkot

Other Colleges:

• Goa Medical College, Panaji

• Government Medical College, Jammu

• Government Medical College, Bellary

• Government Medical College, Nagpur

• Government Medical College, Aurangabad

• Government Medical College, Amritsar

• Pt. B.D. Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Science, Rohtak

Eligibility for seeking admission to the M.S. Anatomy course:

For getting admission to this postgraduate medical course in anatomy, candidates must have completed their MBBS course and should also have completed their internship programme.

Admission Procedure:

Candidates will have to get through the all India level postgraduate medical entrance examination or the state level examination conducted in the respective state in which he/she is seeking admission.

Job prospects on completion of M.S. Anatomy course:

On successful completion of M.S. Anatomy course, candidates can find placement opportunities in Government hospitals since government hospitals have the department of anatomy most commonly as compared to private hospitals. This is because, postmortem of human bodies are done in government hospitals only. Even these professionals can find job placement in private and government hospitals as lecturers in the anatomy department and they can get a higher pay scale in both these positions.