The Saveetha Medical and Educational Trust was created in 1986 mainly to provide medical relief, to promote Education and encourage Research. The Trust started a Saveetha Dental College and established an attached General Hospital in the year 1988.

Subsequently the Trust established a Nursing College, Physiotherapy College, Occupational Therapy College and an Engineering College in order to comply with our commitment and to serve the people, especially those living in Rural Village in and around Chennai and adjoining districts of Tamilnadu.

To fulfil the norms of the University Grants Commission, for the purpose of obtaining “Deemed to be University” status, Saveetha Medical and Educational Trust has sponsored another Trust (viz.) Saveetha Institute of Medical & Technical Sciences (SIMATS) in the year 2001.

The SIMATS received Accreditation by National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Healthcare providers and National Accreditation Board for Laboratories for RT PCR Testing for Covid-19.

The institution has a total student strength of 10000 and 1500 faculties with non-teaching staff around 2500. SIMATS is ranked among the top 10 Indian Universities and claimed 395th rank in World in 2020 UI Green Metric World University Rankings on Sustainability by University of Indonesia, Jakarata.

Saveetha Medical College and Hospital established in 2008 was inspired by the mission to create a new genre of doctors trained to highest levels of competence, committed to excellence, guided by professional ethics, ready to serve and lead the world tomorrow.