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The Institute Of Medical Sciences is one of the three institutes of Banaras Hindu University in Varanasi, India and comprises three faculties: Faculty of Medicine, which conducts MBBS, B.Sc, MD and MS courses, DM and M.Ch courses, Ph.D courses and M.Sc. besides a few postgraduate Diploma courses. Faculty of Dental Sciences, which conducts MDS and BDS courses. Faculty of Ayurveda, which conducts BAMS, B.Pharma, MD and MS, and Ph.D courses besides a few postgraduate Diploma courses. The Institute of Medical Sciences is the medical school of the university. Like other institutions forming BHU, it is residential and co-educational. It admits undergraduate students through the highly selective entrance examination NEET- conducted by CBSE across all over India. The B.Sc., BDS, MDS, MD/MS, DM/M.Ch, BAMS, MD./MS and Ph.D students are selected through national entrance tests held by BHU in Varanasi. The M.Sc. students are admitted through a common post-graduate entrance test, similarly conducted across India.HistoryThe Institute started functioning as College of Medical Sciences in 1960 with nine departments of Modern Medicine and eight departments of Ayurveda, under the leadership of Dr. K. N. Udupa, the Founder Director of the Institute.In 1971, the College of Medical Sciences, was upgraded to Institute of Medical Sciences. Today it has 33 departments of Modern Medicine including 10 Departments of Super-specialities, four Departments of dentistry, eleven Departments of Ayurveda and a school of Nursing.