Fr. Muller's Medical College of MLT

Father Muller Medical College is a private medical school located at Kankanady in Mangaluru, Karnataka, and forms part of the Father Muller Charitable Institutions (FMCI). Its origins trace back to 1880, when Father Muller Hospital was founded by Fr. Augustus Muller, a German Jesuit priest, who initially dispensed homeopathic medicines. The institution evolved over time, adding a Leprosy hospital, a School of Nursing, and a College of Nursing. In 1989, the Fr. Muller Institute of Medical Education and Research was constituted, and by 1999 the MBBS course was introduced, raising it to the status of a Medical College. The college is affiliated with Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences and offers a four-and-a-half-year MBBS program along with courses in Physiotherapy, Medical Laboratory Technology (MLT), Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology, and Radiography. It also provides postgraduate degrees and diplomas in various medical specialties. The college operates several attached teaching hospitals, including Father Muller Medical College Hospital and Father Muller Hospital, Thumbay, along with rural health centers in Dakshina Kannada district. It is administered under the Diocese of Mangalore and hosts various academic and sporting events annually.