Melaka Manipal Medical College is a Malaysian private medical college which offers 2 twinning undergraduate degrees, the Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) degree and also the Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) degree. It is the only college to offer a twinning medical degree programme between Malaysia and India. Students undergo 2.5 years of basic sciences and introductory clinical training in the Manipal Campus in Karnataka state of India and later another 2.5 years follow-up with further medical education and clinical training at the Malacca Campus in Malaysia. It is a constituent college of Manipal University (formerly known as Manipal Academy of Higher Education or MAHE), the first and largest private university in India till date. Its medical colleges consistently rank in the top 10 in India. Malacca Manipal Medical College (MMMC) started its first admission of students in September 1997. Its founding chairman was Datuk K. Pathmanaban, who is former Deputy Health Minister of Malaysia and was instrumental in the setting up of the college. The creation of the medical college was an outcome between an agreement between the governments of Malaysia and India.