Sambalpur is a city located in the Sambalpur District of the state of Orissa and the city lies at a distance of about 320 kms from the capital city Bhubaneswar. Sambalpur came into existence in the year 1876 as a municipality and this city acts as the headquarters of the whole district of Sambalpur.

The city also acts as the commercial capital of the western part of the state of Orissa. Sambalpur has a number of educational institutions and it is the home for universities like Sambalpur University and Veer Surendra University of Technology. The name of government colleges offering education in the city and district of Sambalpur in Orissa are given below:

Medical Colleges:

• Orissa Medical College of Homoeopathy & Research, Sambalpur

• VSS Medical College, Burala

Arts, Science & Commerce College:

• Government Women’s College, Sambalpur

Physical Education College:

• Government College of Physical Education, Kulundi

Here are some of the details regarding these government colleges offering education in the district of Sambalpur in Orissa:

Medical Colleges:

Orissa Medical College of Homoeopathy & Research, Sambalpur came into existence in the year 1979 and the college offers Bachelor of Homeopathic Medical Science. The college is affiliated to the Sambalpur University and it is approved with an intake capacity of 25 students per year for the UG course offered.

VSS Medical College came into existence in the year 1959 and the college is approved with an intake capacity of 150 students per year for the MBBS course offered. This college is also affiliated to the Sambalpur University and it is approved by the Medical Council of India. For seeking admission to the MBBS course offered by the college, candidates must be between the age group of 17 and 25 years of age and they must have completed their higher secondary with not less than 50% (40% for SC/ST candidates) of marks in science stream. Admission of students is made based on their performance in the Orissa Joint Entrance Examination and some percentage of seats is also filled through the All India Pre-Medical Entrance Examination score of the students.

Arts, Science & Commerce College:

Government Women’s College, Sambalpur is also affiliated to the Sambalpur University and this colleges offers the following courses:

• Bachelor of Arts in

o Sanskrit

o Psychology

o Political science

o Oriya

o Mathematics

o Home science

o History

o Hindi

o Geography

o English

o Education

o Economics

o Anthropology

• Bachelor of Science in

o Botany

o Chemistry

o Food science & management

o Mathematics

o Physics

o Zoology

Physical Education College:

Government College of Physical Education, Kulundi offers Bachelor of Physical Education course with affiliation from the Sambalpur University. The approved intake capacity of the college is 30 students per year for this course.

Thus, most of the colleges in the district of Sambalpur are affiliated to the Sambalpur University, which offers the best quality education in different faculties and the university offers various UG, PG and Ph. D courses. All the government colleges in Sambalpur offer the best quality education on different faculties of education like medicine, physical education, arts, science and commerce.