Established in 1962, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College - Aligarh Muslim University is one of the constituent colleges of Aligarh Muslim University established to provide excellent knowledge as well as rigorous training that will prepare the students to meet the professional, scientific and clinical challenges.

The college has an intake of 150 MBBS and 146 postgraduate students and is successfully running undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in almost all specialties as well as Diploma in Nursing and Para Medical Courses.

The Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College consists of 25 departments and 3 Centres. The College also has one of the oldest Institute of Ophthalmology in the country.

The various departments of the college have adequate teaching faculty as per their statuary governing bodies. The faculty consists of 240 qualified and experienced teachers. Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College has an environment oriented towards "learning".

The college administration has always stood for the National cause and been among the first to send a Medical Team along with Medicines to calamity stricken people of Uttarakhand and Flood relief in Jammu and Kashmir.

This institution strives for the holistic development of its students where they get ample opportunities for overall personality development and polish their talents through the activities of the college society and participation in college week.

The Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College has come a long way, retaining its unique character, still marching ahead with the times and is upgrading itself dynamically in all its fields of activities.