The college is affiliated to Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi and is funded by Government of India.

[9] Although the college began on a very modest note on infrastructure carved out of the portions of the Safdarjang Hospital.

The college has a separate library building with an excellent collection of medical books and journals, and Internet facility.

[10] Nirvana is the official annual literary, socio-cultural and sports festival of Vardhaman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjang Hospital, New Delhi.

Celebrities like the band Indian Ocean and Toshi Sabri have performed for a crowd that consisted of medical students from across the country as well as non-medical students and invitees from colleges affiliated to the Delhi University, Jawaharlal Nehru University and others, i.e., over 300 institutes.