All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) was established to develop undergraduate and post-graduate medical education. The Institute has comprehensive facilities for teaching, research and patient care. AIIMS conducts teaching programs in medical and paramedical courses both at undergraduate and postgraduate levels and awards its own degrees. Teaching and research are conducted in 42 disciplines. In the field of medical research, AIIMS faculty and researchers produce more than 600 research publications a year. AIIMS also runs a College of Nursing and trains students for B.Sc. and nursing post-certificate degrees.
Twenty-five clinical departments including four super specialty centers manage practically all types of disease conditions with support from pre- and paraclinical departments. AIIMS also manages a 60-bed hospital in the Comprehensive Rural Health Centre at Ballabgarh in Haryana and provides health care through our Centre for Community Medicine.