Meenakshi Medical College Hospital and Research Institute (MMCHRI) is a constituent college of MAHER (Deemed to be University) and recognized by National Medical Commission, New Delhi. It offers one of the most forward-looking educational environments in Medicine in the country. Located on the Chennai- Bangalore Highway in Kancheepuram district of Tamilnadu, the college is dedicated to training doctors of various branches of Medicine to become knowledgeable and experts in clinical skills thereby apply the same for welfare of the community.

Meenakshi Medical College Hospital and Research Institute is a private, non-profitable, self-financing Medical Institution, pledged to the service of the community, catering to the health care needs of the people in general and especially to the needy, under privileged and downtrodden section of humanity in particular.

Since its inception in 2003 by late Thirumathi Meenakshi Ammal, a Philanthropist and under the able leadership and guidance of late Mr. A.N Radhakrishnan Chancellor MAHER (Deemed to be University), Meenakshi Medical College hospital has been committed to excellence in education, research, patient care, and community service with a faculty of dedicated clinicians and researchers of which many have earned solid reputations as experts in their fields.

The Medical College offers a full spectrum of under graduate and post graduate specialty programs in various disciplines with College and Hospital Complex have been raised in an area of 39.08 acres, which is well maintained with student friendly environment.

The Medical college has emerged as a pioneer in the state of Tamil Nadu by providing medical and health care programmes through internationalization, innovation in academic and research studies and offers under Graduates course in medicine (M.B.B.S.) with annual intake to the M.B.B.S. programme is 250 students, postgraduate degree (M.D/M.S) in 19 medical disciplines and super specialty courses (M.Ch/DM) in 4 disciplines.