Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education & Research (IPGMER), Kolkata was established in 1957.

The college is managed by Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru, the then Prime Minister of India. Since then the institute is best known as a Medical Learning Center of Excellence and a Specialty Hospital.

In 2004, IPGMER was converted into a medical training institute as well. Earlier Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education & Research was affiliated to University of Calcutta from 1957-2003. IPGMER is affiliated to West Bengal University of Health Sciences.

Way back in 1707, the first hospital in Calcutta was built in the premises of the Old Fort at Gerstein Place. The Council of Fort William constructed this hospital. This hospital, initially built for the Europeans, was then known as Presidency Hospital. The hospital was accommodated in a single storied building. Later, in 1768, two houses were purchased in Lower Circular Road for converting them into a full fledged hospital. Located near the Presidency Jail, the hospital came to be known as Presidency General Hospital. Doors were opened to the non-European patients from 2nd April 1770. The Presidency General Hospital was best known as PG Hospital till 1954 when it was named in the Independent India, as Seth Sukhlal Karnani Memorial Hospital. The naming was done to commemorate the name of the great donor Sukhlal Karnani. People started addressing the Hospital as SSKM Hospital.

Today, the institution is best known for study of undergraduate and post graduate level medical course, specialist medical degrees and diplomas, para medical courses and is known as the Bethlehem of advanced medical research. IPGMER is on its way to have autonomy in medical education and with that, the institute will have more action areas in medical research and advancement.

The Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education & Research is located on 34 acre of lush greenery on 244, Acharya Jagadish  Chandra Bose Road, near Race Course ground of Kolkata.

On its north, across the AJC Bose Road is the longest fly over of Kolkata and is the stunning and admiring Victoria Memorial, erected by Lord Curzon in the honour of Queen Victoria of England. 

VISION & MISSION

To train medical under graduates, graduates and post graduates to become the future public health care providers, teachers and research workers.

To organize postdoctoral courses and PhD to the successful post graduate students.

To foster spirit of research in fundamental and applied problems in medicine and also to train young post graduates in the spirit and methodology of research.

To encourage the development of different medical specialties in coordinated way and to offer facilities for practical and advanced training as specialized branches.

To arrange refresher courses for medical practitioners and for service personnel.

To establish a forum for the continued progress in all branches of medical sciences by coordinating the resources available in various hospitals and institutions in the state of West Bengal and also for providing additional facilities for research in various institutions.

To conduct courses for nursing in under graduate and school level.

To conduct courses on para medical specialities.