- Father Muller Medical College
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Coordinates: 12°51′58″N 74°51′43″E / 12.86611°N 74.86194°E
Father Muller Medical College 
Motto 'Heal And Comfort' Established 1991 Type Private Religious Minority Medical College and Hospital Dean Dr. Jayaprakash Alva Location Mangalore, Karnataka, India Affiliations Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences Website www.fathermuller.com Father Muller Medical College, located about a kilometre from the National Highway-17 (the Mumbai - Mangalore highway) at Kankanady in Mangalore, is a religious minority educational institution forming a part of Fr. Muller's Charitable Institutions. It is famous for being one of the oldest hospitals in Mangalore, a coastal town on the west coast of India with five other medical colleges to its credit.
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History
Fr. Muller's Hospital, a well known household name, opened its doors to the people of South Canara in 1880. It started when Fr. Augustus Muller S.J., a German Jesuit priest dispensed homeopathic medicines under a Banyan tree. It then went on to become a Leprosy Hospital (now known as the St Joseph's Leprosy Hospital) and then into a fully fledged hospital. Its started the School of Nursing which offered Diploma in General Nursing and Midwifery (GNM) and later College Of Nursing which offered degree in Bachelor of Nursing Science.
In 1989, Fr. Muller Institute of Medical Education and Research was duly constituted. Fr. Muller's Institute of Medical Education and Research (FMIMER) started in 1991 with postgraduate courses and then went on to include other courses under its banner, including the Bachelors in Physiotherapy (1994-95), M.Sc in Hospital Administration (1996) and then Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (MBBS) course in 1999 and thereby was raised to the status of Medical College. Fr. Muller's also boasts of a beautiful chapel - The St. Joseph's Chapel, inaugurated in 2005 - the Post-Centennial Silver Jubilee Year of Fr. Muller Charitable Institutions.
Administration
The college is fully run by the Diocese of Mangalore with its president being Most Rev. Dr. Aloysius P. D'Souza, Bishop Of Mangalore. Others in the administration include:
- Rev. Fr. Patrick Rodrigues - Director, F.M.C.I.
- Rev. Fr. Denis D'Sa - Administrator
- Dr. Jayaprakash Alva - Dean
- Rev. Fr. Richard Coelho - Administrator, Fr. Muller Medical College Hospital
Attached teaching hospitals
The college is affiliated to Fr. Muller Medical College Hospital. The college rural health care centre is located at Mullerkad, near Kavoor.
Students and Interns posted in the Department of Community Medicine undergo postings at Public Health Centres situated in Surathkal and Jeppu as well as rural hospitals situated in Belthangady, Badyar and Puttur in Dakshina Kannada district and Honnavar, Uttara Kannada district.
The college also conducts regular health camps from time to time in far-flung areas in and around Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts.
Undergraduate courses
The college offers a four and a half year MBBS course affiliated to Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences with a one year compulsory rotating internship. There are 100 seats of which 40% admissions are through a state level CET, 40% through the COMED-K entrance test, 15% through the NRI quota and 5% through the Management discretionary quota. The college also offers a course in B.P.T. (Bachelors in Physiotherapy), B.Sc. M.L.T. (Medical Laboratory Technology), B.A.S.L.P. (Bachelor in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology) and B.Sc. Radiography.
Postgraduate courses
Postgraduate degree (MD/MS) and diploma in various specialities which include Medicine, Surgery, Paediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, ENT, Ophthalmology, Orthopaedics, Radio-diagnosis, Psychiatry and Pathology and Master's Degree (M.Sc) in Hospital Administration.
Events
The one event that manages to capture the imagination of the Mullerians is the yearly interclass competition, named "The Quest" in 2004, "The Arena" in 2005, "The Conquest" in 2006, "The Apocalypse" in 2007, "Chakravyuh" in 2008, "Argonautica" in 2009 and "Solaris" in 2010. This is one event that manages to put all on campus into the background. Fr. Muller's also conducts an Inter-College Competition known as the "Mullerfest" on an annual basis.
Every year Father Mullers holds several events. One such important event was "Deca Fest" 2010. It concluded on Sunday February 21,2010 after about 30 different scheduled events.
The college also organises sporting events which include Football, Basketball, Throwball, Volleyball, Badminton, Table-Tennis and athletic meet "Velocity"- both at interclass as well as intercollegiate level (RGUHS Mysore Zone tournaments).
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- Education in Mangalore
- Hospitals in Karnataka
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