For more than a century, CMC Vellore’s Town Campus has stood at the heart of healthcare in the city of Vellore. What began as a simple commitment to serve has grown over 125 years, with an enduring legacy of pioneering achievements that have helped shape healthcare across the nation. Today, the Town Campus continues to be at the centre of CMC’s mission, bringing together clinical care, medical education, research, and community outreach while carrying forward the vision on which the institution was founded.
This 19-acre campus (earlier the Thottappalayam Campus) in the heart of Vellore town is considered the mother campus of the institution. The campus is home to some of India’s most distinguished departments, spanning medicine, surgery, paediatrics, obstetrics and gynaecology, dermatology, orthopaedics, oncology, neurosciences, and many more. Each department reflects a rich legacy of innovation, research, and compassionate patient care.
Beyond healing, the hospital complex – the site for clinical training for all the students – plays a vital role in educating and nurturing the next generation of doctors, nurses, and allied health professionals.
Housing for doctors, and patient relatives is also available at the Town Campus, which has various amenities like institutional canteens, ATMs, post offices, provision shops, gift stores and so on, in its premises.
Getting there
Vellore is 150 km west of Chennai on the highway to Bangalore and is well connected by road and rail. For those travelling by train, the station to alight at is Katpadi, which is on the Chennai to Bangalore or Coimbatore line. Frequent bus services connect the major towns in the region (Chennai, Chittoor, Bangalore, Salem, and Trichy) to Vellore.
The Town Campus is located at the centre of Vellore town and is six kilometres south from the Katpadi Railway Station. This campus houses the main hospital, hostels for nurses (staff and students) and some accommodation for faculty. There are numerous commercial boarding and lodging facilities around the town campus.
