In 1995, the Santosh Medical/Dental Colleges and Hospitals came up as one of the top institutions in India to study medicine in Ghaziabad. The university has been offering an MBBS course since 1996 with a total intake of around 50 students per year. 2005 onwards, the course was recognised by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare of the Government of India and the capacity of accepting a particular number of admissions was increased to 100. 20 years after its inception, the institute is considered as the best medical university, India. Subsequently, the intake of MBBS was increased to 150 in the year 2021-22.