Sri Dharmasthala Manjunatheswara University - 2024 Admission, Fees, Courses, Ranking, Placement

Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara University (SDM University) was formed on October 19, 2018 as a State Private University of Karnataka State in Sattur, Dharwad, under the Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara University Act.

The University has been sponsored by Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara Educational (SDME) Society, Ujire, Dakshina Kannada District, Karnataka, a premier non-profit Educational Society. This Society operates under the auspices of Shree Kshetra Dharmasthala and under the excellent Leadership of Poojya Shri D. Veerendra Heggade, the Chancellor of the University. Dr. Niranjan Kumar, a well-known plastic surgeon, is the first Vice Chancellor of the University.

SDM University is the first private university in the country that has incorporated digital assessments right from the time of its inception, where students write their exams on e-pads, making it easier for them. It is also highly accepted by the evaluator who perform the digital evaluation with "Zero Error Correction". In comparison to traditional procedures, the results are also announced quickly.

The University's Chancellor is a visionary leader whose ambition was to establish an affordable Centre of Excellence in Medical Education and Healthcare for the people of North Karnataka. The University and its constituent institutions provide exceptional education and healthcare under the skilled leadership of the Chancellor and Vice Chancellor. The University provides a very conducive environment throughout the campus, with contemporary infrastructure, hostels and nutritional meals.

Vision

Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara University will set the highest standards of teaching and learning, awakening the intelligence of the students and nurturing the creativity hidden, in them by creating an environment where the ancient wisdom blends with modern science, to transform them into whole human beings to face the challenges.

Mission

To ensure that the journey of education is inspiring, pleasant and enjoyable.

Attract the best of teachers and students.

Achieve high principles of trust, love and spirituality in the students.

Create a collaborative, diverse and exclusive community.

Transform the student of today to be a leader of tomorrow and a better human being.

Produce passionate teachers.

Evolve innovative teaching techniques.

Create a peaceful environment.

Prepare the student to face the social challenges.

Create a University of which the Nation is proud of.

Be an effective partner in Nation Building.

Create an Eco-friendly University.

Create a University based on the principles of beauty, love and justice.

Objectives

The University was founded with the intention of contributing to the region's development.

Providing all students with access to affordable higher education.

Providing high-quality health care at an affordable price.

Increasing the number of qualified healthcare practitioners and skilled workers to satisfy global demand.

Providing employment opportunities.

Develop faculty and student exchange programmes and research collaborations with national and international institutions of excellence.

To broaden the scope of global knowledge by providing a platform for teaching, learning, research, and development on a variety of levels. Currently, in healthcare, research and will eventually in other fields.

Strengths

A leader with a vision.

A strong and experienced sponsoring body to ensure tong-term viability.

Qualified, experienced and committed teaching faculty for high-quality instruction, learning, training, and valuation.

Cutting-edge infrastructure, sufficient resources and long-term viability.

Adequate clinical material for students' education and training.

Retention of employees.

Adequate research opportunities.

Step 1: Application Form Step 2: Payment Details Step 3: Submission of Application Form Step 4: Eligibility Criteria Step 5: Entrance Test & Syllabus Step 6: Interview Step 7: Results Step 8: Issue of Provisional Admission Letter

Instructions

Please go through the prospectus to know about the programs and/or subject combination(s) offered by the university, rules, regulations, etc. before you fill the pre-admission online application form

Applicants are requested to keep the following ready before they start filling the forms.

Photocopy of the marksheet of the SSLC / X Std and HSC / XII Std/Degree etc., or its equivalent examinations.

Scanned copy of the Photograph.

Photocopy of any other certificate/s as required

Valid e-mail id and mobile phone number for receiving mails and SMS from the Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara University regarding the status of the application form.

Candidates shall provide their Mobile number and valid E-mail ID (Mandatory) for communication at relevant columns while submitting online application. The authority is not responsible for non-receipt of SMS or E-mail due to incorrect information.

Fill application form.

Pay the application fees.

After successful payment of Application fees kindly confirm the payment details screenshot with UTR No/UPI ID and student name through WhatsApp number-+91 76762 50920 or Email id - admissions@sdmuniversity.edu.in.

Submit the application form.

Open Application Forms

Bachelor in Pharmacy (B.Pharm)

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M.Sc Nursing

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Ph.D Programs

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Placement Cell

The doorway to your dream career
Placement cells are like the backstage crew of a career fair-they work behind the scenes to ensure everything runs smoothly. They establish and maintain relationships with various companies and industries to create a diverse pool of job opportunities for students.

The placement cell plays a crucial role in organizing recruitment drives, job fairs, and campus interviews. They also assist students in preparing for interviews, polishing their resumes, and developing essential skills for the workforce. It's like having a personal career coach right on campus!

Scholarships

Differently Abled Students

Where Ambition Meets Opportunity
Scholarships for differently-abled persons are available with the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment namely 'National Fellowship for Persons with Disabilities' for providing fellowship to divyang scholars for pursuing M.Phil./Ph.D. The UGC is facilitating the selection of 200 scholars under the scheme. The fellowship is being disbursed directly by the Ministry itself.

As per UGC directions vide letter no 6-1/2018(SCT) dated 11.01.2019 and 11.06.2019 to all Grant-in-aid Institutions/ Universities for adoption and implementation of Harmonized Guidelines and Space Standards for Barrier-Free Built Environment for Persons with Disability and Elderly Persons, developed in February 2016 by Ministry of Urban Development, Govt. of India all existing buildings are barrier-free and accessible for PwD and the aforesaid guidelines are also being followed during the approval of the plans and DPR in cases of new buildings.

An Internal Committee comprising teachers, staff, students, and parents for taking care of day to day needs of differently-abled persons. The Committee observes students belonging to marginalized sections to get proper coaching so as to enable them to compete for higher studies and become eligible for teaching in higher educational institutions and for getting gainful employment in Central/States/ private sector services. The Committee ensures that these initiatives for integrating the differently-abled students towards mainstream higher education. These initiatives are indeed major steps for providing equal opportunities to such students. Constant monitoring at all levels to ensure that all such initiatives for differently-abled students are being implemented in the real sense.

Where Ambition Meets Opportunity

Scholarships for differently-abled persons are available with the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment namely 'National Fellowship for Persons with Disabilities' for providing fellowship to divyang scholars for pursuing M.Phil./Ph.D. The UGC is facilitating the selection of 200 scholars under the scheme. The fellowship is being disbursed directly by the Ministry itself.

As per UGC directions vide letter no 6-1/2018(SCT) dated 11.01.2019 and 11.06.2019 to all Grant-in-aid Institutions/ Universities for adoption and implementation of Harmonized Guidelines and Space Standards for Barrier-Free Built Environment for Persons with Disability and Elderly Persons, developed in February 2016 by Ministry of Urban Development, Govt. of India all existing buildings are barrier-free and accessible for PwD and the aforesaid guidelines are also being followed during the approval of the plans and DPR in cases of new buildings.

An Internal Committee comprising teachers, staff, students, and parents for taking care of day to day needs of differently-abled persons. The Committee observes students belonging to marginalized sections to get proper coaching so as to enable them to compete for higher studies and become eligible for teaching in higher educational institutions and for getting gainful employment in Central/States/ private sector services. The Committee ensures that these initiatives for integrating the differently-abled students towards mainstream higher education. These initiatives are indeed major steps for providing equal opportunities to such students. Constant monitoring at all levels to ensure that all such initiatives for differently-abled students are being implemented in the real sense.

Facilities

Canteen
For student cravings, the college canteen is situated right outside the college building which dabbles in a variety of vegetarian cuisines. It is superior and innovative in dinning solutions, which is open the whole day during college hours.

Bank/ATM/Post office
For the convenience of the students and faculty banking facility is available near the campus. Vijaya Bank (Bank of Baroda) Branch ATM is also provided for service access round the clock. The placement of the bank facilities in the premises makes cash transactions safe for the students. A fully functional post office branch is also situated near campus.

In addition to the above Karnataka bank ATM situated in the college campus and giving 24*7 service

Co-operative Store
The College has a customized co-operative store that meets the stationary requirements of the students for a competitive price. It is open in accordance with the college timings. This keeps the students within the campus even during emergency necessities. The stationary store also includes a small portion of food, healthcare materials and decorative materials. A portion of interest money earned is donated to the Mid-Day meal scheme of the college and study scholarships.

Arboretum
The arboretum is a unique feature of SDMC Ujire, established in 1999 with an objective of conservation and documentation of diversity of flora with reference to Western Ghats of India. More than 500 species of medicinal plants are conserved here, making way for R&D and extension activities in the field.

The arboretum was initially established with the support of Zilla Panchayat Mangalore, and is now managed by SDME Society. The plant species are conserved here in the state of art green house with a supporting nursery which produces more than 50,000 saplings every year.

Research programs are constantly undertaken with the arboretum as the primary resource, with results contributing significantly towards documentation and preservation of endangered plant species. A number of extension activities take place here, where free medicinal saplings are distributed to farmers, NGOs and students. Workshops on manure production, watershed development, grafting, field management, IPM, bio fertilizers, bio pesticides, and bio manures are conducted frequently.

The arboretum aims to facilitate the establishment of a full time training centre, a herbarium and a museum in the near future.

Sports and Fitness
Gym
The multigym consists of various standard equipments like treadmill, cycle, inclined bar etc. It is specially constructed with the view to maintain fitness of the sports candidates. It is freely available for all the students and staff.

Indoor stadium
Indraprastha auditorium is a unique, pillar-less dome structured indoor stadium. Most of the big curricular and extracurricular activities of the college are held here, The auditorium has a seating capacity of 3000. The wooden courts for shuttle badminton and table tennis are of high quality and frequently state and national level tournaments are conducted. The stage of 50X30 size and spacious green rooms cater to the needs of big troupes of performers.

Outdoor stadium
Sri D RathnavarmaHeggade stadium is a vast outdoor stadium, which can accommodate over 3000 members in a sheltered space. The stadium has a 400m track with 8 lanes. A separate weightlifting hall, multi-facility gym and a staff room. It has hosted several meets, tournaments of pre-university, state, and national importance.

Some of them are:
Celebrity cricket match
3 State level events in football, netball and tennis
South India interuniversity athletic meet
All India Men and women volleyball tournaments
Vishwa Tulu Sammelana
The stadium has separate courts for long jump, high jump, shot put, javelin throw, discuss throw.

Tennis
Tennis court is also of international standards with 2 mud courts and 1 concrete court. It has hosted 4 university-level matches and 1 zonal level meet.

Handball
There are 2 exclusive courts for handball matches. The participants from here have been the achievers in national level competitions.

Volley ball
Volley ball court is ideally designed to host matches of University, state, as well as national levels . Recently the college conducted All India Men and women volleyball matches. The coaching here has enabled the teams to excel in the tournaments. The SDM women team bagged runner up position in the recent national level volleyball meet.Address for correspondence

Weightlifting
Weightlifting segment of SDM is designed entirely based on the Olympic standards. The weights used are Elica bars which are the ones used in Olympics. The training here has enabled the weightlifters to bag 3 International awards and several National awards including the prestigious Ekalavya Award for power lifting. The training as well as the diet plan is specially designed to uplift the standards of weightlifting.

Swimming Pool
The swimming pool of the college is of international standards measuring 50X25 m accommodating 10 lanes. The students are trained in various styles of swimming for a nominal fee. Several swimming competitions are regularly conducted here.