Yenepoya University


Yenepoya, formerly Yenepoya University, is an institute of higher education deemed to be university located in Mangalore, Karnataka, India. It was established in 2009.
Yenepoya University has been derecognized of its University status by the Supreme court of India on January 19 2010.

Centre for Ethics

Yenepoya University has a Centre for Ethics that conducts structured academic programs in bioethics such as Postgraduate Diploma in Bioethics & Medical Ethics, Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Ethics, choice-based course in Environmental Ethics and Intensive Summer Workshop in Ethics and Research for training of ethics committee members and researchers.
The centre hosts the Yenepoya University Ethics Committee that is recognised by the DCGI. The centre mentors many institutions for training ethics committee members.

Yenepoya Medical College

Yenepoya Medical College is on the outskirts of Mangalore city in the Panchayath of Derlakatte. The college was established in 1999. Post-graduate courses were commenced in 2005. The M.B.B.S. course is of 4.5 years plus 1 one year mandatory internship as per set standards of the MCI for India. The courses are mainly oriented for earning a degree.
Courses offered for MS/MD :
The B.D.S. course runs for four years, followed by a one-year internship. The examination and award of degree are regulated as per standards of Indian Dental Council.
The pre-clinical departments are housed in the academic block with state-of-the-art dental clinics covering all dental specialties with more than 300 dental chairs attached to the college. The Yenepoya Dental College is headed by Dr.Akhter Husain.

Post-graduate courses

MDS courses are normal three years. The examinations and awarding of degrees are regulated by Yenepoya University.

Rankings

The university was ranked 86 among universities in India by the National Institutional Ranking Framework in 2020 and in the 101–150 band overall.