Manipal Academy of Higher Education

{{Short description|Private deemed university in Manipal, India}}

{{Infobox university

| name = Manipal Academy of Higher Education

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| image = MAHEMANIPALEDU.jpg

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| caption = The administrative building of Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal

| motto = Inspired by Life

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| established = {{Start date and age|1953}}

| type = Institution of Eminence Deemed to be University

| chancellor = Ramdas Pai

| vice_chancellor = M. D. Venkatesh

| students = 30,000+

| state = Karnataka

| country = India

| affiliations = UGC

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| colours = {{color box|black}}{{color box|orange}} Black and Orange

| logo_size = 100px

| website = {{URL|http://www.manipal.edu}}

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| founder = T. M. A. Pai

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The Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE) is a private deemed university in the Udupi district of Karnataka, India. The school has campuses in Mangaluru, Bengaluru, and Jamshedpur in India, as well as global campuses in Dubai and Malaysia. Its sister universities are Manipal University Jaipur and Sikkim Manipal University, all managed by the Manipal Education and Medical Group (MEMG).

Governance

At MAHE, Dr. Ramdas Madhav Pai is the Chancellor. Dr. Ranjan Pai acts as the President, while Dr. Hebri Subhaskrishna Ballal holds the position of Pro Chancellor. The university's governance is overseen by Lt. Gen. (Dr.) M. D. Venkatesh, who serves as the Vice Chancellor.{{Cite web |title=Leadership {{!}} MAHE - Manipal Academy of Higher Education (formerly, Manipal University) |url=https://www.manipal.edu/mu/about-us/leadership.html |access-date=2025-04-25 |website=Manipal |language=en-US}}

History

In 1953, T. M. A. Pai founded India's first private medical school, the Kasturba Medical College, and five years later the Manipal Institute of Technology was established. Initially, degrees were awarded by Karnataka University, Dharwad and later by the University of Mysore. From 1980 to 1993 they were awarded by Mangalore University. The current organizational structure was formed in 1993 when Kasturba Medical College and Manipal College of Dental Sciences were accorded deemed university status by UGC.{{cite web|title=Manipal Academy of Higher Education|url=http://www.ugc.ac.in/inside/deemed%20universities/manipal.html|publisher=University Grants Commission|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120703004758/http://www.ugc.ac.in/inside/deemed%20universities/manipal.html|archive-date=3 July 2012|access-date=5 April 2011|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} Manipal Institute of Technology became a constituent unit of Manipal Academy of Higher Education in 2000.{{Cite web|date=2021-12-01|title=B.Tech, BE, M.Tech, MCA, MSc Admission {{!}} Engineering Degree {{!}} Apply Online - MIT Manipal|url=https://manipal.edu/mit/about.html|access-date=2021-12-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211201185155/https://manipal.edu/mit/about.html |archive-date=1 December 2021 }} In 2022, MAHE introduced five online degree and diploma programs in business administration, data science, business analytics, and logistics and supply chain.{{Cite news |title=MAHE introduces four new online courses on data science, logistics, business |newspaper=The Hindu |date=5 April 2022 |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Mangalore/mahe-introduces-four-new-online-courses/article65292252.ece}} The campus at Manipal covers {{convert|600|acre|km2}}{{cite web |title=Campus area |url=https://manipal.edu/mu/campus-life/around-campus/campus-facilities.html |access-date=2010-07-16}} of land and is centred in the university town of Manipal.

In 2022, MAHE started offering UGC-entitled online degree programs through Online Manipal platform. Currently, the university offer online MBA for working professionals,{{Cite web |title=Master of Business Administration |url=https://manipalonlines.com/online-mba-courses/ |access-date=2024-08-28 |website=Manipal Online |language=en-GB}} online M.Sc. in Data Science,{{Cite web |title=M.Sc. in Data Science |url=https://www.onlinemanipal.com/us-ca/msc-in-data-science |access-date=2023-08-28 |website=Online Manipal |language=en-GB}} and online M.Sc. in Business Analytics{{Cite web |title=M.Sc. in Business Analytics |url=https://www.onlinemanipal.com/us-ca/msc-in-business-analytics |access-date=2023-08-28 |website=Online Manipal |language=en-GB}} beside online PGCP in Business Analytics{{Cite web |title=PGCP in Business Analytics |url=https://www.onlinemanipal.com/us-ca/pgcp-in-business-analytics |access-date=2023-08-28 |website=Online Manipal |language=en-GB}} and PGCP in Logistics & Supply Chain Management.{{Cite web |title=PGCP in Logistics and Supply Chain Management |url=https://www.onlinemanipal.com/us-ca/pgcp-logistics-and-supply-chain-management |access-date=2023-08-28 |website=Online Manipal |language=en-GB}}

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Academics

= Rankings =

{{Infobox India university ranking

|type=Institute

|NIRF_U_2024=4

|NIRF_M_2024=9

|NIRF_D_2024=2

|NIRF_O_2024=14

| QS_W_2025 = 901–950

| QS_W_2026 = 851–900

|QS_A_2024=210| THE_W_2024 = 801–1000

| THES_A_2024 = 201–250

|NIRF_P_2024=8}}

Manipal Academy of Higher Education was conferred the Institutes of Eminence status by the Ministry of Education, Government of India, in 2020.{{Cite web |last=Team |first=Online Manipal Editorial |date=2022-10-19 |title=What is the Institute of Eminence? Why does MAHE deserve IoE status? |url=https://www.onlinemanipal.com/blogs/what-is-institute-of-eminence |access-date=2023-08-28 |website=Online Manipal |language=en-GB}} Internationally, Manipal Academy of Higher Education was ranked 901-950 in the QS World University Rankings of 2025{{Cite web |date=2025-04-09 |title=QS World University Rankings 2025 |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/world-university-rankings |access-date=2025-04-25 |website=Top Universities |language=en}} and 197 in Asia.{{Cite web |date=2025-04-09 |title=QS Asia University Rankings 2025 - Overall |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/asia-university-rankings |access-date=2025-04-25 |website=Top Universities |language=en}} It was ranked 801–1000 in the world by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings of 2025,{{Cite web |date=2021-11-26 |title=Manipal Academy of Higher Education |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/manipal-academy-higher-education |access-date=2025-04-25 |website=Times Higher Education (THE) |language=en}} 201–250 in Asia in 2024 and 301–350 among emerging economies.

In India, MAHE has been accredited by NAAC with an A++ Grade, and the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) ranked Manipal Academy of Higher Education 14th overall and 4th among universities in 2024. NIRF also ranked the Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences 8th in 2024.{{Cite web |title=NIRF Ranking 2024 |url=https://www.nirfindia.org/nirfpdfcdn/2024/pdf/Report/IR2024_Report.pdf}}

=Libraries=

Manipal Academy of Higher Education library system comprises 14 libraries spread across various campuses.{{Cite web |title=Libraries {{!}} Manipal Academy of Higher Education - MAHE (formerly, Manipal University) |url=https://www.manipal.edu/mu/campus-life/around-campus/campus-facilities/libraries.html |access-date=2025-04-25 |website=Manipal |language=en-US}}

Research

Budgetary provisions are given for research through capital allocations for the maintenance of animal facilities, consumables, equipment etc. {{INRConvert|15|m}}{{cite web|url=http://www.manipal.edu/Research/Pages/Overview.aspx |title=Research Overview |access-date=2010-07-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120905233318/http://www.manipal.edu/RESEARCH/Pages/Overview.aspx |archive-date=5 September 2012 }} was sanctioned to the Manipal Institute of Technology in 2008–2009 towards funding innovation. MCOPS, Manipal sends its second-year postgraduate (PG) students for collaborative research programs at R&D centres all over the country. Often the research carried out by them becomes a part of the intellectual property of the company.

The Manipal Life Science Centre has a research team and is undertaking several research projects funded by DBT, DST, etc. MLSC is linked to several international research institutions such as Wistar Institute Philadelphia, and the University of Queensland.

=Manipal Advanced Research Group=

The Manipal Advanced Research Group was formed in early 2006{{cite web|url=http://www.manipal.edu/Research/Pages/MARG.aspx|title=MARG|access-date=2010-07-21}} with an aim to grow new research projects in fundamental sciences and promote interdisciplinary cooperation in areas between basic research, biomedical science and engineering.{{cite news |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-03-10/mangalore/28004102_1_basic-research-basic-sciences-astronomy|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811085755/http://articles.tiHDYHDG NHDHHHD #@GSV DHUSBD,B GIJ574V@$%&(&%^& findia.indiatimes.com/2009-03-10/mangalore/28004102_1_basic-research-basic-sciences-astronomy|url-status=dead|archive-date=2011-08-11|title=TOI-MARG|access-date=2010-07-21 |work=The Times of India|date=2009-03-10}}

Notable alumni

Rajeev Chandrasekhar — Indian politician and entrepreneur, Union Minister of State, member of Parliament in the upper house{{cite news|title=Manipal University Alumni meet: Old students go down memory lane - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mangaluru/Manipal-University-Alumni-meet-Old-students-go-down-memory-lane/articleshow/27753182.cms|website=The Times of India|date=22 December 2013 }}
Satya Nadella — CEO of Microsoft{{cite web|date=4 February 2014|title=Microsoft Board names Satya Nadella as CEO - Stories|url=https://news.microsoft.com/2014/02/04/microsoft-board-names-satya-nadella-as-ceo/|website=microsoft.com}}{{Cite web |title=From Satya Nadella to Vikas Khanna, a glimpse of MAHE's reputed alumni |date=22 November 2022 |url=https://www.onlinemanipal.com/blogs/mahe-notable-alumni}}
Mirza Faizan — Indian aerospace scientist, developed the Ground Reality Information Processing System, (GRIPS){{cite news|author=Pranava K Chaudhary|date=January 28, 2014|title=Scientist from Patna shortlisted for award|newspaper=timesofindia.indiatimes.com|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/Scientist-from-Patna-shortlisted-for-award/articleshow/29466549.cms}}
Arun Shenoy — Grammy Award-nominated musician{{cite web|url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=24911758&ticker=874401|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140302080157/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=24911758&ticker=874401|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 March 2014|title=Banmali Agrawala BE (Mech. Eng.): Executive Profile & Biography - Businessweek|publisher=Investing.businessweek.com|author=Banmali Agrawala|access-date=2015-07-23}}
Anant J Talaulicar — president and CEO, Cummins India Ltd{{cite web|url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=9301223&ticker=CMI|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140302080248/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=9301223&ticker=CMI|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 March 2014|title=Anant J. Talaulicar: Executive Profile & Biography - Businessweek|publisher=Investing.businessweek.com|author=Anant J. Talaulicar|access-date=2015-07-23}}
Vikas Khanna — Michelin Guide Star Chef{{cite web|url=http://vkhanna.com/|title=Vikas Khanna|website=vkhanna.com}}
Annapoorna Kini — American cardiologist and a professor of cardiology at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City{{cite web|url=https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/news/state/karnataka-doctor-from-puttur-has-a-heart-of-gold/articleshow/64563397.cms|title=Doctor from Puttur has a 'heart of gold'

|author= Deepthi Sanjeev|date=July 13, 2018|website=www.bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/}}

Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor — Malaysian orthopedic surgeon and the first Malaysian astronaut{{cite web|url=https://www.dailypioneer.com/2016/avenues/the-suri-code-of-success.html|title=The Suri code of success|website=The Pioneer}}
Junaid Sheikh — actor and model
Nag Ashwin — film director and screenwriter