The college was earlier affiliated to the state unitary Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences.
The college has received funding from Indian Council of Medical Research, World Health Organization and National Institutes of Health, USA.
The college is located in a 100 acre campus in Belagavi.
The college has a 1000-bed free charitable block as well as the 1250-beds KLE Society's Prabhakar Kore Hospital and Medical Research Centre on campus.
The college also runs a rural hospital: Dr. Kamal Hospital & Medical Research Centre, 150 km away at Ankola.