Dr. M.G.R. Educational and Research Institute (Deemed University), Chennai is a part of Tmt.Kannammal Educational Trust which was constituted in 1985 and started Thai Moogambigai Polytechnic College.

Aiming to bring about change and progress through education, the Tmt.Kannammal Educational Trust was constituted in 1985 and started Thai Moogambigai Polytechnic College. Within three years of its inception, Dr. M.G.R. Engineering College was founded in 1988, and the Thai Moogambigai Dental College was started in the year 1991. Both the colleges acquired Deemed University status in 2003 as Dr. M.G.R. Educational and Research Institute as per the orders of the University Grants Commission, New Delhi and the Union Ministry of Human Resources and Development, Government of India, New Delhi.

The University was established by merging of two colleges Dr. M.G.R. Engineering College and the Thai Moogambigai Dental College.

The Dr. M.G.R. Educational and Research Institute Univeristy was started with a vision of providing a better foothold for the students of today to face the challenges.

The University has preserved to nurture and groom young men and women through Engineering, Medical, Dental and Humanities and Sciences.

VISION

To provide for contemporary knowledge delivery of global standards, excellence in knowledge creation in emerging areas and mutually rewarding university - societal interaction.

MISSION

Our Mission is to make the Institution as a Resource Centre for Higher Level Teaching - Learning Process, in the fields of Engineering, Dental Surgery, Medicine, Allied Health Sciences, Humanities & Sciences, Architecture, and Management & Education.

We wish to impart relevant training and education to the youth to make them technically qualified, practically competent and skilled human resources, to suit the needs and demands of the modern industries, business or research and development organizations.

We also wish to promote ethical values and encourage creative ideas among the younger generation and thereby to develop their entrepreneurial skills which will ultimately benefit the Society and Nation.

QUALITY POLICY

We strive to make our University as a Centre of Excellence for Quality Education and Research in the fields of Engineering and Technology, Dentistry, Medicine & Allied Health Sciences, Architecture, Science & Humanities.

We aim to impart technological competence and inculcate dignity, discipline and humaneness to all our students.