Stanley Medical College is one of the oldest centers in India in the field of medical education. It is associated with the Government Stanley Hospital.

The Stanley Hospital now stands on the old site of the Monegar choultry established in 1782. The three well-known departments of the Stanley Medical Hospitals are Surgical Gastroenterology, Urology and the institute of Hand Rehabilitation and Plastic Surgery. The Institute for Research and Rehabilitation of Hand and the Department of Plastic Surgery is one of the best centers in Southeast Asia.

The Stanley Medical College offers undergraduate degrees MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery). The postgraduate programmes of the college include Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) and Masters in Surgery (M.S.) namely, (M.D.) General Medicine, (M.D.) Micro Biology, (M.D.) Obstetrics and Gynecology, (M.D.) Physiology, (M.D.) Pharmacology (M.D.) Paediatrics (M.D.) Psychiatric Medicine, (M.D.) Anesthesiology, (M.D.) Dermatology, (M.S.) General Surgery (M.S.) Anatomy (M.S.) Ophthalmology. Stanley Medical College also offers several higher specialty fellowship-training programs, which include, (D.M.) Neurology, (D.M.) Cardiology and (M.Ch.) Neurosurgery, (M.Ch.) Plastic Surgery.

The Stanley Medical College has contributed to the medical developments in India.