Yenepoya University, formally known as Yenepoya (Deemed to be University), is a private deemed-to-be university located in Mangaluru in the Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka, India. The institution offers higher education across health sciences and allied disciplines, with its primary focus on medical, dental, nursing, pharmacy, physiotherapy, and biomedical research programmes.
| Name | Yenepoya (Deemed to be University) |
|---|---|
| Type | Private deemed-to-be university |
| Location | Mangaluru, Karnataka, India |
| Country | India |
| Focus | Health sciences and allied fields |
The university traces its origin to institutions established by the Yenepoya Group, which began with the founding of Yenepoya Medical College in Mangaluru. The medical college and its teaching hospital subsequently formed the nucleus around which the deemed university was built, expanding to include constituent colleges in dentistry, nursing, physiotherapy, pharmacy, and other health-related disciplines.
Yenepoya was granted deemed-to-be-university status by the Government of India under the recommendation of the University Grants Commission (UGC), bringing the affiliated colleges under a unified academic structure.
The university operates through several constituent colleges and centres, including:
Programmes span undergraduate, postgraduate, super-speciality, and doctoral levels, with research activity in areas such as molecular biology, proteomics, public health, and clinical sciences.
The main campus is situated at Deralakatte, on the outskirts of Mangaluru, and houses the teaching hospital alongside academic blocks, hostels, and laboratories. The teaching hospital functions as a tertiary-care centre serving the coastal Karnataka region.
Yenepoya University is among the cluster of health-sciences institutions that have made Mangaluru a regional hub for medical education in southern India, alongside other long-established universities and colleges in the city. Its research wing has contributed to peer-reviewed publications in the life sciences, and the teaching hospital provides clinical services to patients from Karnataka and adjoining states.