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{{Infobox university
|image = Fmmc.gif
|image_size = 80px
|name = Father Muller Medical College
|type = Private Religious Minority [[Medical]] [[College]] and [[Hospital]]
|established = 1991
|motto = 'Heal And Comfort'
|dean = Dr. Jayaprakash Alva
|address = Fr. Muller's Road, Kankanady, [[Mangalore]] – 575002, [[Karnataka]], [[India]]
|city = [[Mangalore]]
|state = [[Karnataka]]
|country = [[India]]
|affiliations = [[Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences]]
|website = {{URL|http://fathermuller.edu.in/}}
}}

'''Father Muller Medical College''', ({{lang|kn|ಫಾದರ್ ಮುಲ್ಲರ್ ಮೆಡಿಕಲ್ ಕಾಲೇಜು}}) located about a kilometre from the National Highway-66 (the [[Mumbai]]-[[Mangalore]] highway) at Kankanady in [[Mangalore]], is a religious minority educational institution forming a part of the [[Father Muller Charitable Institutions (FMCI)]].

== 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 [[Germany|German]] [[Jesuit]] [[priest]] dispensed [[homeopathic]] medicines under a [[Banyan]] tree. It went on to become a [[Leprosy]] hospital (now known as the St Joseph's Leprosy Hospital) and then into a fully fledged hospital. It started the School of [[Nursing]] which offered diplomas 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 [[Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery]] (MBBS) course in 1999. It was thereby was raised to the status of Medical College.

Father Muller college, a forerunner in medical education sector has installed [http://www.campusmedicine.com/ college management software] for workflow automation of the entire campus. This has not only help the streamline the campus processes but also benefitted the management, faculty manage the college workflow and students as well as parents to effectively communicate with the management and faculty.

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. Peter Paul Saldanha, Bishop Of Mangalore. Others in the administration include:

* Rev Fr.Richard Coelho — Director, F.M.C.I.
* Dr. Jayaprakash Alva — Dean
* Rev. Fr. Ajith Menezes — Administrator, Fr. Muller Medical College Hospital

== Attached teaching hospitals ==
The college is affiliated to Fr. Muller Medical College Hospital.
They have another attached hospital at Thumbay, Mangalore called Father Muller Hospital, Thumbay which acts as a rural connect as well as post graduate training 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 in [[Surathkal]] and Jeppu as well as rural hospitals in [[Belthangady]], Badyar in [[Dakshina Kannada]] district and [[Honnavar]], [[Uttara Kannada]] district.

The college conducts regular health camps from in far-flung areas in and around [[Dakshina Kannada]] and [[Udupi district|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 150 seats: 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 offers courses 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 ([[Doctor of Medicine|MD]]/[[Master of Science|MS]]) and diploma in specialties 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 "Big Bang" in 2003, "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.

Fr. Muller's also conducts an inter-college competition known as the "Mullerfest" annually.

Every year Fr. Muller's holds several events. One was "Deca Fest" in 2010. It concluded on 21 February 2010 after about 30 scheduled events.

The college organises sporting events which include [[Association football|Football]], [[Basketball]], [[Throwball]], [[Volleyball]], [[Badminton]], [[Table-Tennis]] and athletic meet "Velocity" at interclass and intercollegiate level ([[RGUHS]] [[Mysore]] Zone tournaments).

As many as 576 students belonging to different streams received degrees during the Graduation Ceremony and Institutions’ Day of Father Muller Charitable Institutions (FMCI) on 13 March 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.newskarnataka.com/mangalore/576-students-receive-degrees-on-Father-Muller-graduation-day/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=24 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150314222422/http://www.newskarnataka.com/mangalore/576-students-receive-degrees-on-Father-Muller-graduation-day/ |archive-date=14 March 2015 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://fathermuller.edu.in/ Fr. Muller Charitable Institutions – Official site]
* [http://www.psychiatricnursingfmcon.yolasite.com Department of Psychiatric Nursing — Official site]
* [http://www.fmcon25.blogspot.com Father Muller College of Nursing Silver Jubilee Website]

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[[Category:Hospitals in Mangalore]]
[[Category:Catholic universities and colleges in India]]
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[[Category:1991 establishments in Karnataka]]
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