Motto Inspired by Life Established 1956 Administrative staff 7200 Campus size 243 ha Founder T. M. A. Pai Chancellor Ramdas Pai | Type Private university Academic staff 2500 Students 28,000 Phone 092437 77733 Founded 1953 | |
Address Madhav Nagar, Near Tiger circle, Manipal, Karnataka 576104 Subsidiaries Manipal College of Medical Sciences, MAHE Dubai Notable alumni Satya Nadella, T M A Pai, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Shriya Kishore, Nithya Menen Similar Manipal University Jaipur, SRM University, Manipal College of Dental Sc, VIT University, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Profiles | ||
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Manipal University is a private university located in Manipal, Karnataka, India. Manipal is extremely close to the temple town of Udupi. The nearest airport is Mangalore, which is an international airport. There is also a sea port in Mangalore. Convenient transportation is available all the time from Mangalore to Manipal. The nearest major railway station is also in Mangalore. It has over 28,000 students from 52 countries. The university has branch campuses in Bangalore, Mangalore, Sikkim, Jaipur. It is a member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities.
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History
In 1953, T.M.A. Pai founded India's first private medical school, Kasturba Medical College, and five years later the Manipal Institute of Technology was formed. Ramdas Pai took over the management in 1979 after the death of T.M.A. Pai. Initially all degrees were awarded by Karnatak University Dharwad and later Mysore University. From 1980 to 1993 they were awarded by Mangalore University. The current organizational structure was formed in 1993, when Manipal University (then known as the Manipal Academy of Higher Education) was accorded deemed university status by the University Grants Commission. The university is certified as an ISO 14001:2004 organization. In, 2007, it rebranded itself as Manipal University. The legal name remains the Manipal Academy of Higher Education.
Organisation
The pro-chancellor is H. S. Ballal and vice-chancellor is H. Vinod Bhat. It is organized into 19 colleges and 7 departments.
The university is composed of the following schools:
The university is made up of the following departments:
There is one autonomous institute
Campuses in Manipal
The campus covers 600 acres (2.4 km2) of land and is centered in the university town of Manipal. The campus is divided into two areas: the healthsciences campus and the engineering campus.
Manipal Institute of Technology Campus
The Innovation Centre was established during the 50th anniversary of the Manipal Institute of Technology. It is a research center in which funding is provided to students, faculty and the university.
Courses Offered
Manipal University offers 218 programs in 19 disciplines. The programs are offered in the areas of Allied Health, Architecture, Basic & Advanced Sciences, Communication, Dentistry, Engineering, European Studies & Foreign Languages, Geopolitics & International Relations, Hospitality, Humanities, Information Sciences, Life Sciences, Management (MBA), Medicine, Natural Sciences, Nursing, Pharmacy, Public Health, and Regenerative Medicine.
Libraries
Manipal University has a chain of six libraries.
Research
Budgetary provisions are given for research through capital allocations for the maintenance of animal facility, consumables, equipment etc. ₹1.5 crore (US$220,000) was sanctioned to MIT in 2008–2009 towards funding innovation. MCOPS, Manipal sends its second-year postgraduate (PG) students for collaborative research programmes at R&D centres all over the country. Often the research carried out by them becomes a part of the intellectual property of the company.
The Manipal Life Science Centre has a research team and is undertaking several research projects funded by DBT, DST, etc. MLSC is linked to several international research institutions such as Wistar Institute Philadelphia, University of Queensland, etc.
Manipal Advanced Research Group
The Manipal Advanced Research Group was formed in early 2006 with an aim to grow new research projects in fundamental sciences and promote interdisciplinary cooperation in areas between basic research, biomedical science and engineering.