The ABSM Institute of Dental Sciences (1985) was the first constituent college of Nitte University. Today, it has five constituent colleges, the other four being KS Hegde Medical Academy (1999), NGSM Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (1983), Nitte Usha Institute of Nursing Sciences (1992), and Nitte Institute of Physiotherapy (1997). KSH Medical Academy became a constituent of Nitte University in 2009. Recently it has three more constitute colleges namely Nitte Institute of Communication (2012), Nitte Institute of Architecture (2015) and Nitte MAM Institute of Technology (2022). Nitte University offers over 160 programs at the Undergraduate educations undergraduate, postgraduate, diploma, and PhD levels across various disciplines, including medicine, allied health sciences, dentistry, pharmacy, nursing, physiotherapy, speech and audiology, biological sciences, media and communication, fashion technology, engineering, interior design, architecture, pre-university educations , degree programs, and international schooling. The university operates across three campuses located in Bengaluru,
Mangalore and Nitte. ==NITTE Group of Institutions==