Farooqia Dental College & Hospital

About Institution

Farooqia Dental College was an addition to this Trust with an object to make its own worthy contribution to its community and also the general public of Mysore city & other places with well skilled professionals of dentistry. Apart from ensuring corrective and rehabilitative services through the teaching hospital of the college, Community services on the preventive and Curative Aspects of Dentistry are also being arranged, keeping in view of the health needs of the rural as well as urban Population of Mysore.Farooqia Dental College was established in 1992, with 1st batch of students admitted to the four years BDS Course (Bachelor of Dental Surgery) with the permission of Govt. of Karnataka Education Department Wide G.O. No.HFW 107 MME 92 dated 8th July 1992 by satisfying the Mysore University norms. Farooqia Dental College, Mysore was granted recognition for BDS Course by the Dental Council of India, New Delhi, vide letter No. DE-73-2002/249 dated 11/04/2002 and the Government of India vide Notification No. V.12018/34/2001-PMS Dated 01/04/2002.At present the college is affiliated to the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bengaluru.The college has its own modernised well equipped Hospital building in the thickly populated area of Tilak Nagar, in Eidgah grounds. The college is situated near to the railway station and suburban bus stand. It has adequate play ground and Hostel for Men and Women. Students out patient block and other amenities and also the infrastructure like class rooms, laboratories, administrative office, reading room facilities, sports room, students common room, have been provided as per the DCI norms. The Undergraduate BDS Course is for four years and one year of compulsory rotating Housemanship.