Venutai Yashwantrao Chavan Homoeopathic Medical College, Kolhapur

Venutai Yashwantrao Chavan Homoeopathic Medical College & Hospital, located at Dasara Chowk in Kolhapur, Maharashtra, is a private homoeopathic medical institution established in 1984 and affiliated with Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MUHS), Nashik. The college is recognised under the regulatory framework of the National Commission for Homoeopathy (NCH) and offers the Bachelor of Homoeopathic Medicine and Surgery (BHMS) programme. The institution provides undergraduate education in homoeopathic medicine along with practical clinical training through its attached teaching hospital.

The college combines academic instruction with hands-on clinical exposure through its dedicated 100-bed homoeopathic hospital, which provides both OPD and IPD services and enables students to gain practical experience in patient consultation, case-taking and clinical management. Its academic departments cover subjects including Anatomy, Physiology and Biochemistry, Pathology and Microbiology, Homoeopathic Pharmacy, Materia Medica, Organon of Medicine, Repertory, Practice of Medicine, Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Community Medicine and Forensic Medicine and Toxicology. The BHMS course is a 5½-year programme including a one-year compulsory internship. NCH records have listed the college with 50 permitted BHMS seats in recent records, although its permission status has varied across academic sessions and should be checked for the latest admission cycle.