[citation needed] It is located near Mangalabag and Ranihat area in the heart of the city Cuttack with a sprawling campus of 101 acres (410,000 m2).

It is an undergraduate institution facilitating education and training in super specialty subjects under medical and surgical disciplines.

The premier medical college will be redeveloped as an AIIMS-plus institution with 5,000 beds in two phases at an estimated investment of around ₹5000 Crore.(S.C.B.

It started as a small dispensary in the form of a First Aid Centre in the premises of the present medical college during the days of Maharatha rule in the later half of the eighteenth century.

The sole purpose of that dispensary was to render whatever little medical assistance was available and feasible to the sick pilgrims en route to and from Puri, especially during the "Car Festival" of Lord Jagannath.

The British rulers, in due course of time, realised the strategic importance of this dispensary at Cuttack and converted it into small hospital.

For the smooth management of the hospital, they made provisions for pumping adequate money from the "Annachhatra Fund".

In this endeavour, he received the kind support and sincere patronage of the then Lt Governor, Richard Temple and the Divisional Commissioner, T.E Ravenshaw.

He wanted to improve the Orissa Medical College as per the existing pattern in U.K which was highly appreciated by Lt Col. A. N. Chopra, the then Director of Health and I.G, Prisons.

The Parla Ministry consisting of Maharaja of Paralakhemundi, Maharaja Krushna Chandra Gajapati Dev, Mr Abdus Subhan Khan (Minister of Health and Education) and Pandit Godabrish Misra gave due attention to this issue and finally the Orissa Medical College was established on 1 June 1944 with a capacity of 22 students in the MBBS Degree Course.

The college received recognition for MBBS degree from Medical Council of India in the year 1952 with retrospective effect.

Moreover, Maharaja Vikram Deo Verma of Jeypore State, the founding father of Andhra University also donated ₹1,30,000 to this medical college.

[2] The college received recognition for MBBS degree from National Medical Commission in 1952 with retrospective effect.

Admissions in these courses are through the Odisha Post Graduate Medical Examination (50%) and at the national level through the NEET-PG.

The inter-collegiate cultural, literary and sports festival of SCB Medical College is called Synapse and is held between late December and early January every year.