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Reviewed 11 Jun 2026KMC Mangalore · MangaloreKasturba Medical College, Mangalore — Fees, Courses & Admission
Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore is an university in Mangalore, Karnataka. Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore offers 23 programmes, 1 at undergraduate level and 22 at postgraduate level. These…
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Overview
About KMC Mangalore
Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore is an university in Mangalore, Karnataka. Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore offers 23 programmes, 1 at undergraduate level and 22 at postgraduate level. These include MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery), MD General Medicine, MD Anaesthesiology, MS Obstetrics & Gynaecology and MD Paediatrics, among others. The stated sanctioned intake across these programmes totals 438 seats. The college provides hostel accommodation in nine hostels, five of them for women (About page); first-year hostels sit within the Bejai basic-sciences complex. Mess membership is mandatory for first-year UG hostellers per MAHE policy, allotment is online through hostel.manipal.edu, and no single rooms are offered to first-years. Its About page calls it 'the first College to be developed as a private partnership model in medical education' in India: teaching began in 1955 using the Government Wenlock and Lady Goschen hospitals, the pre-clinical section came to Mangalore in 1961, and KMC Mangalore became an independent unit in 1977 — distinct ever since from its sibling KMC Manipal (KA/036/P/3). The college states it is recognised as one of 20 International Medical Schools by the ECFMG for the electronic credentials-verification programme, counts graduates from 45 countries, and describes itself as the medical college with the highest ICMR Short-Term Studentship awards in the country — the latter is the college's own claim, reported as such. Research output flows through 22 NMC-approved MD/MS disciplines (188 seats) and the hospital network's NABL-accredited labs; there are no DM/MCh courses at Mangalore (those run at KMC Manipal). The college sits on Light House Hill Road in central Mangalore (Hampankatta), with the pre-clinical Centre for Basic Sciences at Bejai started in 2001 for first-year students. The About page describes seven large air-conditioned lecture halls and a fully air-conditioned central library seating about 500, holding over 10,000 books and subscribing to more than 350 journals a year.
Courses & costs
KMC Mangalore fees
Each amount is shown with the academic year and applicant category stated by its source.
| Programme | Year | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| MBBS (MAHE general category via MCC deemed counselling)Tuition Source | ₹17,83,000per year | |
| MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery)Tuition | ₹17,83,000per year |
Published by Karnataka Examinations Authority (2025-26) (reference)
Published in a state-wide schedule that does not name this college.
| Programme | Year | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| MBBS (KEA government quota, code M051) | ₹1,53,571 Source |
Cutoffs
KMC Mangalore NEET-PG 2025 — MCC deemed quota (last allotted rank, computed from official MCC allotment lists) cutoffs
KMC Mangalore cutoffs for NEET-PG 2025 — MCC deemed quota (last allotted rank, computed from official MCC allotment lists) 2025. category-wise opening and closing ranks are listed below. MD Dermatology, Venereology & Leprosy Deemed — Paid Seat (Self-Financed Merit) MCC Round 2 closing rank is 5,472.
NEET-PG 2025 — MCC deemed quota (last allotted rank, computed from official MCC allotment lists)2025
BranchCategoryRoundOpeningClosing
MD Dermatology, Venereology & Leprosycutoff sourceDeemed — Paid Seat (Self-Financed Merit)MCC Round 2—5,472
MD General Medicinecutoff sourceDeemed — Paid Seat (Self-Financed Merit)MCC Stray Vacancy Round—19,582
MS ENT (Oto-Rhino-Laryngology)cutoff sourceDeemed — Paid Seat (Self-Financed Merit)MCC Round 3—28,228
MD Radiotherapy / Radiation Oncologycutoff sourceDeemed — Paid Seat (Self-Financed Merit)MCC Round 1—28,612
MD Community Medicine (PSM)cutoff sourceDeemed — Paid Seat (Self-Financed Merit)MCC Round 3—1,03,702
MD Biochemistrycutoff sourceDeemed — Paid Seat (Self-Financed Merit)MCC Stray Vacancy Round—1,25,130
MD Microbiologycutoff sourceDeemed — Paid Seat (Self-Financed Merit)MCC Stray Vacancy Round—1,60,643
Two official cutoff sets apply, one per admission route. KEA government quota (code M051, CET-2024 Round 2 — the latest KEA medical cutoff published; the 2025 PDFs were not yet up at verification): General Merit closed at NEET-UG All-India rank 9,421, with sub-quota closings GM-Rural 18,656, GM-Kannada 71,621, 1K 1,05,512, 2A-Kannada 86,735, 2A-Rural 60,321 and 3B-Rural 28,501; in Round 1 the GM seat had closed at 6,463. The MCC deemed-quota table shows last-allotted NEET-PG 2025 ranks computed from MCC's four final allotment-result PDFs (Rounds 1-3 + Stray Vacancy) for the Mangalore campus only — Manipal rows were excluded line by line. These are allotment-list readings per course and quota, not an MCC-published cutoff document. MBBS deemed-quota (MCC) UG closing ranks are not published college-wise by MCC in a consolidated cutoff PDF; the KEA table above covers only the state government-quota seats.
Admissions · collected information
KMC Mangalore admissions
NEET-UG + MCC deemed counselling, NRI category — USD 37,150/yr, USD 148,000 course total (MAHE FNRI notification, Mangalore-specific)
NEET-UG + MCC deemed counselling, NRI category — USD 37,150/yr, USD 148,000 course total (MAHE FNRI notification, Mangalore-specific)
admission sourceApplication steps
1Qualify NEET-UG (NTA)
2For deemed/general and NRI seats: register on the MCC portal (mcc.nic.in), select Deemed/Central counselling, fill choices for Kasturba Medical College Mangalore
3On allotment, report to the college at Light House Hill Road, Hampankatta with the allotment letter and originals
Documents required
NEET-UG admit card and scorecardClass 10 and 12 marks cards and pass certificatesTransfer, conduct and migration certificatesIdentity proof (Aadhaar/passport); passport-size photographsNRI route: sponsor's NRI status documents per the MAHE FNRI notification
MBBS first · courses & seats
MBBS & other medical programmes
View 22 postgraduate programmesKept below MBBS fees, cutoffs and counselling priorities
MD General Medicine
30intake
MD Anaesthesiology
19intake
MS Obstetrics & Gynaecology
19intake
MD Paediatrics
14intake
MS General Surgery
14intake
MD Pathology
13intake
MD Radio Diagnosis / Radiology
13intake
MS Orthopaedics
12intake
MD Microbiology
8intake
MD Biochemistry
6intake
MD Physiology
5intake
MD Forensic Medicine
5intake
MS Ophthalmology
4intake
MS Ent (Oto-Rhino-Laryngology)
4intake
MD Anatomy
4intake
MD Social & Preventive Medicine / Community Medicine
4intake
MD Dermatology, Venereology & Leprosy
3intake
MD Emergency Medicine
3intake
MD Psychiatry
2intake
MD Respiratory Medicine
2intake
MD Pharmacology
2intake
MD Radiotherapy / Radiation Oncology
2intake
Hostel · campus
KMC Mangalore hostel
KMC Mangalore hostel details are listed in this section. capacity Not published. hostel availability for Boys and Girls. location: First-year hostels at the Bejai basic-sciences complex; senior hostels across the Mangalore campus. amenities include Nine hostels; five ladies' hostels (About page), First-year MBBS hostel: Bejai New Hostel, double-seater AC Rs 1,98,000/yr all-in or non-AC Rs 1,63,500/yr (MAHE 2026 schedule), Annual mess advance Rs 62,000 included in the published totals; mess membership mandatory for first-year UG hostellers, Online room selection via the MAHE hostel portal.
Not publishedCapacity
Boys + GirlsGenders
📍 First-year hostels at the Bejai basic-sciences complex; senior hostels across the Mangalore campus
Amenities
Nine hostels; five ladies' hostels (About page)First-year MBBS hostel: Bejai New Hostel, double-seater AC Rs 1,98,000/yr all-in or non-AC Rs 1,63,500/yr (MAHE 2026 schedule)Annual mess advance Rs 62,000 included in the published totals; mess membership mandatory for first-year UG hostellersOnline room selection via the MAHE hostel portal
Infrastructure & facilities
Labs, library, sports, hostels & campus facilitiesThe college sits on Light House Hill Road in central Mangalore (Hampankatta), with the pre-clinical Centre for Basic Sciences at Bejai started in 2001 for first-year students. The About page describes seven large air-conditioned lecture halls and a fully air-conditioned central library seating about 500, holding over 10,000 books and subscribing to more than 350 journals a year. Clinical training runs across its own KMC hospitals — KMC Hospital Attavar (described as a 600-bed multi-disciplinary specialty centre on the Teaching Hospitals page and as 500-bed on the About page — both official figures are cited) and the 250-bed KMC Hospital at Dr B R Ambedkar Circle with NABL-accredited labs and a NABH-accredited blood bank (both since 2009) — plus the Government Wenlock and Government Lady Goschen hospitals that have anchored undergraduate teaching since 1955. The college's NMC clinical-workload disclosure for January-February 2026 records about 2,555 and 2,522 outpatients per day and 4,880 and 4,598 inpatient admissions in those months, with roughly 56 major and 92 minor operations a day.
Clinical training evidence
- NMC MBBS seats: 250
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Library volumes
350
E-journals
Campus facilities
Central library seating ~500, 10,000+ books, 350+ journal subscriptions (About page)Seven air-conditioned lecture hallsAnatomy museum with extensive specimen displaysCentre for Basic Sciences, Bejai (first-year campus, 2001)KMC Hospital Attavar + KMC Hospital Ambedkar Circle (own teaching hospitals)Government Wenlock and Lady Goschen hospitals (teaching since 1955)Nine student hostels, five of them for womenClinical skills lab with CPR/simulation training
Campus
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Research & rankings
Centres, patents, grants & MoU partners
Kasturba Medical College (KMC), Mangalore — established 1955, NMC code KA/035/P/3, KEA code M051 — is one of India's oldest private medical colleges and a constituent of the Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), the Deemed-to-be-University founded by Dr. T.M.A. Its About page calls it 'the first College to be developed as a private partnership model in medical education' in India: teaching began in 1955 using the Government Wenlock and Lady Goschen hospitals, the pre-clinical section came to Mangalore in 1961, and KMC Mangalore became an independent unit in 1977 — distinct ever since from its sibling KMC Manipal (KA/036/P/3). The Medical Council of India granted recognition in 1958 with the first graduating class, followed by the General Medical Council of Great Britain and the Malaysian Medical Council, and the NMC record today shows MBBS Recognised with annual renewal for 250 seats. The college states it is recognised as one of 20 International Medical Schools by the ECFMG for the electronic credentials-verification programme, counts graduates from 45 countries, and describes itself as the medical college with the highest ICMR Short-Term Studentship awards in the country — the latter is the college's own claim, reported as such. Research output flows through 22 NMC-approved MD/MS disciplines (188 seats) and the hospital network's NABL-accredited labs; there are no DM/MCh courses at Mangalore (those run at KMC Manipal).
Leadership & faculty heads
Management, principal & heads of departments
Dr. B Unnikrishnan
Dean
Dr. Sheetal Dinkar Ullal
Associate Dean
Dr. Ashfaque Mohammed
Associate Dean
Dr. Mangala M Pai
Associate Dean
Dr. Chakrapani M
Medical Superintendent
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Reach the college
KMC Mangalore contact details
| Address | Light House Hill Road, P.O. Box 53, Hampankatta, Mangalore - 575001 |
|---|---|
| Website | https://www.manipal.edu/kmc-mangalore.html |
FAQ
KMC Mangalore FAQs
Is Kasturba Medical College Mangalore the same as KMC Manipal?
No — they are two different medical colleges under the same MAHE deemed university, and mixing them up is the most common confusion. KMC Mangalore is NMC code KA/035/P/3 (Light House Hill Road, Mangalore, teaching since 1955, NIRF Medical 2025 rank 35); KMC Manipal is KA/036/P/3 (Madhav Nagar, Manipal, 1953, with its own separate NIRF rank). Both have 250 MBBS seats and share the same Rs 17,83,000 general first-year fee in MAHE's table, but the NRI fee differs (Mangalore USD 37,150/yr vs Manipal USD 49,450/yr), the cutoffs differ, and DM/MCh super-speciality courses exist only at Manipal — the NMC super-speciality matrix has no Mangalore rows.
What is the NRI quota fee at Kasturba Medical College Mangalore?
MAHE's official 2026-27 FNRI fee notification prices the Mangalore-campus MBBS NRI/Foreign category in US dollars: USD 37,150 in the first year (USD 23,000 tuition + USD 13,950 other fees, plus a USD 200 caution deposit) and USD 148,000 for the full course. This is campus-specific — KMC Manipal's NRI fee in the same notification is higher at USD 49,450 per year. NRI seats are allotted through MCC's deemed counselling on NEET merit; the college's FAQ page confirms seats are reserved for foreign students.
How many MBBS and PG seats does KMC Mangalore have?
250 MBBS seats (NMC UG seat matrix of 03-12-2025, S.No 237) plus 188 MD/MS seats across 22 disciplines (NMC merged PG seat matrix of 30-01-2026) — the largest PG blocks are MD General Medicine (30), MD Anaesthesiology (19), MS Obstetrics & Gynaecology (19), MD Paediatrics (14) and MS General Surgery (14). There are no DM/MCh super-speciality seats at Mangalore; all Kasturba super-speciality rows in the NMC matrix belong to KMC Manipal.
Is Kasturba Medical College Mangalore recognised by the NMC?
Yes. The NMC's UG college record for KA/035/P/3 shows status Recognised, reading verbatim: 'Annual renewal permission granted for 250 MBBS seats for AY 2024-25. Annual Renewal Permitted for 250 MBBS seats for AY 2025-26.' The college dates its original recognition to 1958, when the Medical Council of India recognised it with the first graduating class; recognition by the General Medical Council of Great Britain and the Malaysian Medical Council followed, per the About page.
What are the MD/MS fees at KMC Mangalore?
MAHE's 2026-27 notification prices each discipline separately for the Mangalore campus. Clinical examples (first year / course total): MD Radiodiagnosis Rs 34,01,000 / Rs 1,01,83,000 (the highest), MD General Medicine Rs 27,95,000 / Rs 83,65,000, MD Paediatrics, MS Orthopaedics and MD Dermatology Rs 28,73,000 / Rs 85,99,000, MS General Surgery and MS OBG Rs 25,54,000 / Rs 76,42,000, MD Anaesthesiology and MD Psychiatry Rs 21,91,000 / Rs 65,53,000. Pre/para-clinical run far lower: MD Anatomy, Physiology and Biochemistry Rs 4,98,000 / Rs 14,74,000, MD Pathology Rs 19,63,000 / Rs 58,69,000, MD Microbiology Rs 14,13,000 / Rs 42,19,000. All PG admission is via NEET-PG through MCC deemed counselling.
What are the hostel fees at Kasturba Medical College Mangalore?
MAHE's 2026 hostel-fee schedule (Health Sciences Campus, Mangalore) prices the first-year Bejai New Hostel used by MBBS students at Rs 1,98,000 for a double-seater AC room with attached bath (Rs 1,11,000 hostel facilities fee + Rs 15,000 deposit + Rs 10,000 AC electricity advance + Rs 62,000 annual mess advance) and Rs 1,63,500 for a double-seater non-AC room. Mess membership is mandatory for first-year hostellers, rooms are chosen online through the MAHE hostel portal, and no single rooms are offered to first-years. The college runs nine hostels in all, five of them for women.
What internship stipend does KMC Mangalore pay MBBS interns?
Per the NMC's consolidated Stipend Detail List (college report of 2024, S.No 465), Kasturba Medical College Mangalore reported paying stipends 'as mentioned by state Govt.' — the Karnataka state rates listed in the same row are Rs 30,000 per month for UG (CRMI) interns and Rs 45,000 per month for PG residents. The college itself publishes no separate stipend notification on its site, so the NMC list is the official figure available.
Is KMC Mangalore safe — what anti-ragging protections exist?
The college publishes a dedicated anti-ragging page with its Anti-Ragging Committee under the UGC/NMC anti-ragging regulations, and as an NMC-recognised institution it maintains the mandated committee-and-squad structure along with an Internal Complaints Committee for women's safety under the POSH Act. Students can additionally use the national UGC anti-ragging portal (antiragging.in). Hostels are within campus premises per the college's FAQ page, with separate ladies' hostels and wardens.
Which hospitals do KMC Mangalore students train in?
Four hospitals anchor the training: KMC Hospital Attavar — '600-bed multi-disciplinary specialty centre' on the Teaching Hospitals page, though the About page says it was established in 1992 with 500 beds (both official figures, conflict noted) — the 250-bed KMC Hospital at Dr B R Ambedkar Circle with NABL-accredited labs and a NABH-accredited blood bank (since 2009), and the Government Wenlock and Lady Goschen hospitals, used for teaching since 1955. The NMC workload disclosure for Jan-Feb 2026 shows about 2,500+ outpatients a day and roughly 56 major and 92 minor surgeries daily across them.
What is Kasturba Medical College Mangalore known for?
Being part of India's first private-partnership model in medical education (per its About page) with 70 years of history: founded 1955 under Dr. T.M.A. Pai's MAHE, MCI-recognised in 1958, GMC Great Britain and Malaysian Medical Council recognition soon after, graduates from 45 countries, ECFMG listing among 20 International Medical Schools for electronic credentials verification, and the college's own claim of the country's highest ICMR Short-Term Studentship awards.
Sources
Verification & sources
This page cites 20 source links. Each source is linked beside the facts it supports.
- manipal.edu — KMC Mangalore — official site (MAHE; domain confirmed via the NMC pro-forma website field)
- manipal.edu — About KMC Mangalore — 1955 founding, 1958 MCI recognition, hospitals, library, hostels, distinctive facts (official)
- manipal.edu — KMC Mangalore Recognitions & Accreditations (official)
- manipal.edu — KMC Mangalore Leadership — Dean Dr. B Unnikrishnan, Associate Deans, Medical Superintendent (official)
- manipal.edu — Dean profile — Dr. B Unnikrishnan (official)
- manipal.edu — KMC Mangalore Teaching Hospitals — Attavar 600-bed, Ambedkar Circle 250-bed, Wenlock & Lady Goschen (official)
- manipal.edu · pdf — NMC clinical-workload disclosure Jan-Feb 2026 — OPD/IPD/operations (official)
- manipal.edu · pdf — MAHE 2026-27 General fee notification — Mangalore MBBS Rs 17,83,000 yr-1 / Rs 71,00,500 total + per-discipline PG fees (official)
- manipal.edu · pdf — MAHE 2026-27 FNRI fee notification — Mangalore MBBS USD 37,150 yr-1 / USD 148,000 total (official)
- manipal.edu · pdf — MAHE 2026 hostel-fee schedule — Mangalore Health Sciences Campus, Bejai New Hostel first-year rates (official)
- cetonline.karnataka.gov.in · pdf — KEA 2025-26 MBBS fee notification — code M051, government quota Rs 1,53,571 (official)
- cetonline.karnataka.gov.in · pdf — KEA CET-2024 Round 1 government-quota medical cutoff (code M051)
- cetonline.karnataka.gov.in · pdf — KEA CET-2024 Round 2 government-quota medical cutoff (code M051)
- mcc.nic.in — MCC NEET-PG 2025 counselling — final allotment results (Rounds 1-3 + Stray Vacancy) used to compute last-allotted ranks (official)
- manipal.edu · pdf — NAAC Certificate of Accreditation — MAHE A++ CGPA 3.65, 3rd cycle, valid to 30-05-2027 (official certificate)
- nirfindia.org — NIRF India Rankings 2025 (Medical) — Kasturba Medical College Mangalore rank 35 (official; site under maintenance at author time, cross-verified)
- manipal.edu — KMC Mangalore official banner — 'Ranked 35th, NIRF India Rankings 2025' (college-published)
- manipal.edu — KMC Mangalore official FAQs — foreign students, internship, hostels (official)
- manipal.edu — KMC Mangalore anti-ragging page (official)
- manipal.edu — MAHE scholarships (university-level; no college-specific MBBS scheme published)
Reviewed by
Amrit Ashu
Lead Admission Counsellor. RV College of Engineering 2017 graduate, guiding students for admissions in Bangalore since 2017. Every figure on this page is checked against the official disclosures and sources linked beside it; admissions-office conversations are not used as citations.