DY Patil College of Nursing, Kolhapur

It was in the year 2002 that DY Patil College of Nursing, Kolhapur, was established with the objective of serving as a reputed constituent institution for nursing education. The premier college is located in the heart of Kolhapur, Maharashtra, and has a campus of 5 acres with a serene environment, which makes it quite conducive to learning.

This college occupies a special place in the field of nursing education and has been approved by the Indian Nursing Council. The college has an enrolment of 362 students with a faculty strength of 42, hence maintaining an excellent student-teacher ratio for individual attention and quality education. DY Patil College of Nursing has a galaxy of facilities for enhancing the learning environment of the students.

Being the hub of knowledge, the library has a huge stock of books, journals, and digital resources. Highly professional librarians manage it and are always available at one's beck and call for any type of help the students might require in their research pursuits.

There are great facilities for students who love sports and fitness: a well-equipped gymnasium and a fine sports complex that caters to all types of indoor and outdoor games like cricket, football, hockey, and volleyball. The campus is Wi-Fi enabled, hence students can remain connected and access any online resource easily.

Laboratories are well equipped with state-of-the-art laboratories to provide hands-on training to the students and prepare them for many real-life situations. Comfortable hostel accommodations for boys and girls in the college ensure a safe and conducive living environment for outstation students. DY Patil College of Nursing offers a wide variety of nursing programmes at different levels of education in the field.

This college currently offers 7 courses in number at 2 degree levels, all full-time. The flagship course is B. Sc. Nursing with an approved intake of 100 seats, which makes it a commitment of the college to discharge a considerable number of qualified nurses into the health care industry annually. Apart from this undergraduate course, the college offers Post Basic B. Sc Nursing and Post Basic M.

Sc Nursing with specialisations in Medical Surgical Nursing, Child Health Nursing , Obstetrics and Gynaecology Nursing, Community Health Nursing, and Mental Health Nursing. A postgraduate programme is being conducted with an intake capacity of 5 seats each, providing focused training with specialisations. Course Name Total Number of Seats B. Sc Nursing 100 Post Basic B. Sc Nursing 20 M.

Sc Medical Surgical Nursing 5 M. Sc Child Health Nursing 5 M. Sc Obstetrics and Gynaecology Nursing 5 M. Sc Community Health Nursing 5 M. Sc Mental Health Nursing 5 DY Patil College of Nursing, Kolhapur admission seeks to admit the most promising students for various courses. The College conducts a Common Entrance Test (CET) administered by the university for its B. Sc Nursing and Post Basic B. Sc Nursing courses.

This is followed up with personal interviews.