KMC Medical College, Manipal and Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore are two deemed colleges that are constituent units of Manipal Academy of Higher Education, an Institute of Eminence medical college. Kasturba Medical College, Manipal is in the university town of Manipal, which is a suburb of Udupi, Karnataka.
It is located on Manipal Academy of Higher Education’s sprawling 600-acre campus, whereas KMC Mangalore is located in the heart of Mangalore on 313 acres. Kasturba Medical College Manipal and KMC Mangalore, along with other Manipal institutions, merged to form the Manipal Academy of Higher Education. The UGC granted it deemed university status in 1993.
KMC Medical College Manipal was founded in 1989 and inaugurated on August 1, 1989, by then-Prime Minister Shri Rajiv Gandhi. In 2019, the institute was named an Institute of Eminence. The main Vision and Mission of the college are to instill research and academic excellence in order for students to pursue their studies and sharpen their skills as needed in the dynamically advanced technological world at any level of height and challenge.
• Presentation of a clinical case
• Presentation for the journal club
• Benchtop diagnostic instruction
• Emergency stat lab posting
• Mentorship in research
• Didactic talks
• Modules for self-directed learning
• Team-based educational activities
• Session of problem solving
• Engaging exercises
• Individual conversations
Placements cell leads by the associate director of kmc medical college, manipal. Before placements they organize various kinds of pre placements activities to police their interview skills. These skills helps the college students to get placed with higher packages. The preplacements activities organized by the placement cell includes mock group discussions, mock interviews, company specific training and more. The main objective of this cell is to polish skill to get placed.