The Christian Medical College (CMC), Vellore, seeks to be a witness to the healing ministry of Christ, through excellence in education, service and research. 

The primary concern of the Christian Medical College, Vellore, is to develop through education and training, compassionate, professionally excellent, ethically sound individuals who will go out as servant-leaders of health teams and healing communities. Their service may be in promotive, preventive, curative, rehabilitative aspects of health care, in education or in research. 

The Distance Education Unit (DEDU) focuses on training and capacity-building Human Resources for Health (HRH) at all levels of healthcare, with a goal to strengthen healthcare delivery systems and primary care research in India and other developing countries, and to bring sustained health transformation with a special objective to facilitate healthcare access to poor and marginalized people, in the spirit of Christ.

“Not to be ministered unto, but to minister…” The motto can also be stated as meaning: “Not to be served, but to serve…”!