The city of Vijayawada was previously called as Bezawada and the city holds the pride of being the third largest city in the state of Andhra Pradesh. The city is located in the Krishna District at a distance of about 275 kms from the capital of the state Hyderabad. The city is popularly known as the business capital of the state of Andhra Pradesh and it is also called as Vijayala wada and the meaning of this term is place of education.

A foreign ambassador named this city as ‘the educational sahara’ since the city has a number of educational institutions. The city has the popular NTR University of Health Sciences, which holds the pride of being the first medical university in India and almost all medical colleges in the state of Andhra Pradesh are affiliated to this university. The names of government colleges offering higher education in this city are given below:

Medical Colleges:

• Siddhartha Medical College

• Dr. N.R. Shastry Government Ayurvedic College

Dental College:

• Government Dental College & Hospital

Arts, Science & Commerce Colleges:

• Government Degree College, Vijayawada

• SRR & CVR Government Degree College

Polytechnic College:

• Government Polytechnic, Vijayawada

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Medical Colleges:

Siddhartha Medical College came into existence in the year 1980 and it is affiliated to the NTR University of Health Sciences located in the city of Vijayawada. SMC is approved by the Medical Council of India for an intake capacity of 100 students per year for the MBBS course. The duration of MBBS course offered by this college is four-and-half years and to seek admission to this course, candidates must have completed their higher secondary examination with biology, chemistry and physics subjects securing not less than 50% of marks and admission is based on the entrance examination conducted by the NTR University of Health Sciences.

Dr. N.R. Shastry Government Ayurvedic College came into existence in the year 1942 and this college is also affiliated to the NTR University of Health Sciences to offer BAMS course, whose duration is five-and-half years. For seeking admission to this course, candidates must have completed their PUC from Osmania University or intermediate examination conducted by the Board of Intermediate Education of Andhra Pradesh or any other equivalent course with biological and physical science subjects. The intake capacity of the college is 50 students per year for this course.

Dental College:

Government Dental College & Hospital, Vijayawada is approved by Dental Council of India with an approved intake capacity of 40 students per year for the Bachelor of Dental Sciences course. The college came into existence in the year 1992 and it is offering dental course with affiliation from the NTR University of Health Sciences.

Arts, Science & Commerce Colleges:

Government Degree College, Vijayawada is affiliated to the Acharya Nagarjuna University and it offers Bachelor of commerce, Bachelor of Arts and Science in different subjects.

SRR & CVR Government Degree College came into existence in the year 1991 and this college is affiliated to the Acharya Nagarjuna University. The college offers UG and PG courses in arts, science and commerce and the subjects covered under PG are chemistry, computer science and economics.

Polytechnic College:

Government Polytechnic, Vijayawada is approved by the State Board of Technical Education & Training and it offers diploma courses in metallurgical engineering, mechanical engineering, hotel management & catering technology, electronics & communication and Electrical and Electronics engineering.

Apart from these colleges, there is also a government-run dance and music College and this college offer courses in performing arts, instrumental music and traditional dances. Thus, Vijayawada is perfectly acting as an Education hub of the state of Andhra Pradesh with the help of these government colleges and several other private colleges.