King George’s Medical University (KGMU) is in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. Its About page gives its establishment as 1905; the first medical session began in October 1911, and the college building was formally opened in January 1912. The college was originally affiliated to Allahabad University, and from 1922 its graduates received Lucknow degrees. The university’s website lists the KGMU Act 2002 as its governing Act.
KGMU has four faculties: Medical Sciences, Dental Sciences, Nursing, and Allied and Healthcare Sciences. Its About page reports a hospital with 4,250 operational beds and a faculty of over 450. Its NIRF 2026 data submission reports 3,179 students in undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in 2024-25, plus 148 full-time PhD students. Prof. Soniya Nityanand is Vice Chancellor.