About Manipal Academy of Higher Education

Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE) was recognized as an Institute of Eminence by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, in 2018. Over 35,000 students from 60 different nations live, learn, and play in the sprawling university town on a plateau in Karnataka’s Udupi district. MAHE houses almost 3000 faculty members and over 10000 support and service staff, who cater to the various professional institutions in health sciences, engineering, management, communication, and humanities.

The Manipal Group, a pioneer in higher education services with a 60-year-old legacy of excellence, also owns and operates campuses in other cities of India like Mangalore, Bangalore, Sikkim, Jaipur, and Jamshedpur, with overseas campuses in Melaka (Malaysia), Dubai (UAE), Nepal and Antigua, in the Caribbean. Constituting world-class facilities and pedagogy, the institutions are constantly reviewed and upgraded to accommodate the latest trends and developments in higher education. MAHE secured the number 1 position among private and deemed universities in India, ranked no. 20 among all the Multidisciplinary Universities in India, 6th position in NIRF ranking, #210 in QS World University Rankings in the 'Asia' category 2024. MAHE secured a coveted position in the 201-250 range of the prestigious Times Higher Education Asia University Ranking 2024 and is ranked 175th among 1172 universities/institutions in the Times Higher Education Young University Ranking, with an overall score of 43.6.

About Manipal College of Nursing

Manipal College of Nursing (MCON), a constituent institution of MAHE, was established in 1990 and is one of the leading institutions in India for nursing education and research. It is the first nursing college in India accredited by the environmental ISO 14001:2015. MCON is ranked #1 among India’s top 10 undergraduate courses and institutes for Bachelor programs in Nursing, per the World India-Higher Education Ranking 2023-2024. MCON has six clinical nursing departments that offer various academic programs, starting from B.Sc Nursing, Post Basic certificate programs, postgraduate programs in M.Sc, Ph.D. nursing, and Nurse Practitioner in Critical Care programs. MCON offers dual degree programs in Basic B.Sc Nursing in collaboration with the University of Brunswick, Canada.