The college is affiliated with Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Uttarakhand Medical Education University, Dehradun.

[1] The foundation of the medical college was laid on 19 March 1997, by Shri Romesh Bhandari, the then governor of Uttar Pradesh.

For undergraduate courses, entry to this institute is purely on the basis of merit obtained by students in competitive examination:

The hospital is continuously being expanded and upgraded to keep pace with both the ever-increasing dependence of the local and regional populace on its services as well as to keep in tandem with the advancements in the medical field.

Swami Rama Cancer Hospital and Research Center is functional under Government Medical College, Haldwani.