Father Muller Medical College, located about a kilometre from the National Highway-17 (the Mumbai - Mangalore highway) at Kankanady in Mangalore, is a religious minority educational institution forming a part of Fr. Muller's Charitable Institutions. It is famous for being one of the oldest hospitals in Mangalore, a coastal town on the west coast of India with five other medical colleges to its credit. Fr. Muller's Hospital, a well known household name, opened its doors to the people of South Canara in 1880. It started when Fr. Augustus Muller S.J., a German Jesuit priest dispensed homeopathic medicines under a Banyan tree. It then went on to become a Leprosy Hospital (now known as the St Joseph's Leprosy Hospital) and then into a fully fledged hospital. Its started the School of Nursing which offered Diploma in General Nursing and Midwifery (GNM) and later College Of Nursing which offered degree in Bachelor of Nursing Science. In 1989, Fr. Muller Institute of Medical Education and Research was duly constituted. Fr.