Rajah Muthiah Dental College & Hospital

The Rajah Muthiah Dental College & Hospital serves the needs of the surrounding villages by providing dental treatment with skilled doctors and a well-equipped hospital. Apart from ensuring curative and rehabilitative services through the teaching hospital of the college, community services on the preventive and promotive sides are being meaningfully organised, keeping in view the health needs of the rural as well as the urban sectors of the community. The Rajah Muthiah Institute of Health Sciences is designed to play a dynamic role in efficiently and effectively implementing the "Health for all by 2000 A.D." programme envisaged by the Government. It was the dream of Dr Rajah Sir Muthiah Chettiar to give a new thrust to the academic projects of the University by taking it closer to the community in a significant manner, and hence the idea was put forth to establish the Faculty of Medicine so that the University may make its own worthy contribution, to serve the health needs of the community with missionary fervour. During its Golden Jubilee celebrations in December 1979, the University announced its decision to set up the Faculty of Medicine and start a Dental College under its purview as a first step. Thus the RAJAH MUTHIAH DENTAL COLLEGE was born in December 1980 with a batch of 40 students admitted to the 4-year B.D.S. (Bachelor of Dental Surgery) Programme. The permanent recognition of the Dental Council of India has now been secured after due review by the Council's inspection Commission. Twenty-two batches of students have successfully completed their B.D.S. Programme. All undergraduates of the Rajah Muthiah Dental College undergo a five-year programme leading to the degree of B.D.S. which immediately qualifies its holders to register their names in the Dentists' Register and to practice dentistry in and outside India. The College has encouraged the enrolment of women students, and about one-third of our present students are women.