Medical Microbiology is a rapidly expanding branch of modern medicine. Microbial diseases contribute for many of the sick-reporters in a hospital. Moreover many non-communicable diseases like peptic ulcer, cancer, diabetes etc now proven to have microbial etiology. The department of microbiology is dedicated to impart education on microbiology to the 4th year MBBS students and it deals with training on bacteriology, virology, immunology, parasitology and mycology. The main objective of the department is to acquaint and enrich the medical students with aetio-pathogenesis, immunological response and laboratory diagnosis along with clinical interpretation of lab reports. The department also guides the students regarding the treatment of microbial diseases and infection control. Total allocation of teaching hours for the subject is 190 hours, of which 100 hours are for theoretical lectures, 90 hours for tutorial and practical classes.