MD Community Medicine is a three-year doctoral programme that focuses on the health of the community and people in a specific location. The courses provide students the skills they need to work for the health of those in need and to deliver better and more sophisticated healthcare to populations through health protection, health promotion, and illness prevention.

MD Community Medicines is an option for students who want to help their communities by providing medical treatment. To pursue an MD in Community Medicine, one must have a graduation in MBBS or any other related degree with at least 50% marks from an MCI accredited Institute. For MD Community Medicine, one may additionally be needed to pass an admission exam like as NEET-PG, followed by a GD/ PI round.

MD (Community Medicines) admissions in India are based on merit as well as entrance tests. Most of the leading medical institutions that offer the course admit students based on their MBBS or any similar degree from a certified MCI college. However, there are certain top-ranked and respectable universities in India that have their own admission test or take NEET-PG scores into account before inviting applicants to the GD/ PI phase.