Masters of General Surgery (M.S. General Surgery) is a postgraduate course in a mix of different surgical disciplines like Head, Neck, Vascular, Abdomen, Surgical methods etc. A candidate has to be a MBBS degree holder recognized by Medical Council of India in order to be eligible for this course. 

Masters of General Surgery is a three year program. The course follows an annual system over semester system. The mode of admission is solely through Entrance Examination which is either conducted by a state, university, national level.

Since there is a large quantity of colleges both private and government the average tuition fee tends to vary a lot. However, at an average, the fees for the entire course would range from 10 Lakhs INR to 45 Lakhs INR. 

Since this a professional or a career oriented course, students with an Masters of General Surgery degree can find employment in surgical departments of private and government Hospitals, Research Centres, Educational Institutions as General Surgeons, Clinical researcher, Surgical Teacher etc. A fresh graduate of this course can expect an average annual salary of 1.8 Lakh INR to 2.5 Lakh INR. This salary would only increase with experience and on the type of hospitals and clinics.

About the Course

Masters of General Surgery or General Surgery is a branch in the medical sciences which deals with abdominal contents including oesophagus, stomach, small bowel, colon, liver, pancreas, gallbladder and bile ducts, and often the thyroid gland.

 This is a ‘speciality’ among other like fields of medicine like Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Ophthalmology, Orthopaedics, Neurology, Cardio etc. Someone who is a big ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ fan would instantly recognise this field as this is a speciality opted by Dr. Meredith Grey in this Hollywood series.

Since this a speciality course, it is needless to say that the job options with this are plenty and one would find a promising career in General Surgery.  

Duration

This course follows the annual mode of examination and is completed over the duration of three years. The duration of MS courses is 2 years for those with a 2 years recognised diploma in the same speciality.

Academic Options after this course

After completing this course, interested students can further continue research in the same specialisation as in their Masters degree and can pursue a Ph.D in M.S. from top Ph.D Medical Science colleges like Dr. D.Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Pune, etc.

Where to study?

Master of General Surgery is a course which is available in many colleges and universities. Some of the Top colleges for Masters of General Surgery are as follows:

Aspirants seeking admission to 2 years Full-time Master of Surgery [MS] should have MBBS with minimum 50% marks in aggregate