Basaveshwara Medical College & Hospital, Chitradurga was established in 2000.

The college is affiliated to Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS), Bangalore and recognized by the Medical Council of India (MCI).

The college has been run by Sri Jagadguru Murugharajendra Vidyapeetha Trust, Chitradurga. The college has well  designed buildings for teaching administration and hospital purposes.

The college has a rich logistic infrastructure to ensure best teaching and learning  environment. Indoor and out door sports building is provided to keep the students and staff physically fit. Each department of the college is spaciously designed to accommodate students in practical halls, seminar rooms and departmental library.

Each department is provided with Audio Visual Equipment like LCD Projector, OHP, TV, DVD Player and Slide Projector etc., to make learning process easy and interesting. In addition where ever necessary Close Circuit Television facility is provided to teach the student in a unique way. 

Basaveshwara Medical College Hospital is a mammoth structure with a strength of 500 beds located at NH-4.The college is not a just one in ten hospitals.the college  has set a self example with regard to community  health and services specially for the poor and deprived.

The college is well equipped to provide an excellent teaching material to the students to enrich their excellence.

The college is indeed amazing to observe that this modern hospital caters to poorest sections of the society without discrimination offers General Ward beds at free of cost to the needy.