Sikkim Manipal University (SMU), formerly Sikkim Manipal University of Health, Medical and Technological Sciences, is a

private university Private universities and private colleges are higher education institutions not operated, owned, or institutionally funded by governments. However, they often receive tax breaks, public student loans, and government grants. Depending on the count ...

located in

Gangtok, Sikkim Gangtok (, ) is the capital and the most populous city of the Indian state of Sikkim. The seat of eponymous district, Gangtok is in the eastern Himalayan range, at an elevation of . The city's population of 100,000 consists of the three Sik ...

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

. The Sikkim Manipal University started its journey in 1992, after the signing of an agreement between the

Government of Sikkim The Government of Sikkim also known as Sikkim Government or State Government of Sikkim, is the administrative executive authority of the Indian state of Sikkim and its Districts of Sikkim, 6 districts, created by the Constitution of India, Natio ...

and the Manipal Education & Medical Group (MEMG). The university was officially established in 1995 as Sikkim Manipal University of Health, Medical and Technological Sciences through ''The Sikkim Manipal University of Health, Medical and Technological Science Act, 1995''. The name was changed to Sikkim Manipal University in 2010 through ''The Sikkim Manipal University of Health, Medical, and Technological Sciences (Amendment) Act, 2009''. In 2023, Sikkim Manipal University established Centre for Distance and Online Education (CDOE) and started offering UGC-entitled online bachelor's and master's degree programs in Arts, Commerce, and Computer Applications. Currently, the university offers MA in English, Political Science, Sociology, BA with combinations of English, Sociology and Political Science, MCA, MCom, and BCom programs throug
Online Manipal
the digital hub of Manipal institutions.

Notable alumni

Satyarup Siddhanta Satyarup Siddhanta (born 29 April 1983) is a Bangalore-based world record holder Indian mountaineer. Satyarup became the youngest mountaineer in the world and the first from India to climb both the Seven Summits and Volcanic Seven Summits on 1 ...

B.Tech. (2008) *

Pamin Lepcha Pamin Lepcha is an Indian politician from Sikkim belonging from the Sikkim Krantikari Morcha. She is a member of the Legislative Assembly in the 11th Sikkim Legislative Assembly. She won over SDF's Tshering Wangi Lepcha with a margin of 3807 ...

MBA (2008) * Athar Khan, Indian activist

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Notable alumni

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