Alva's College of Physiotherapy, Mangalore was established in 1995.

Its Affiliation: Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences.

There are 9 departments in the center involved in rendering physiotherapeutic care in wide range of conditions. Annually more than 15,000 out patients benefit from the affordable care provided here.

Unlike in most teaching departments in India where teaching therapists are not involved in setting treatment plan in clinics, here teaching therapists are directly involved in clinical education, assisting smooth transition of students from theoretical concepts to practical application.

This also helps in constant up gradation of the clinics at par international standards to accommodate the latest treads in physiotherapeutic. Wide range of clinical exposure with a well equipped research laboratory makes it one of the most conducive places for post graduate and post doc research works.

Apart from this the students are also posted in Alva's Health center hospital (300 bedded) and other specialty hospitals for inpatient exposure. Alvas College of Physiotherapy where passion blends with the pinnacle of perfection.

Physiotherapy is the science of treatment based on modern medicine which brought about a paradigm shift in treatment principle from largely drug based chemical approach to correction of movement mechanics.

This institution will help students to rediscover the true essence of physiotherapy education with prime emphasis on individual grooming and strong character moulding under meticulous care.