About 20 Medical Colleges are established in Nepal including government and private colleges. Colleges are mainly affiliated to Kathmandu University (KU) and Tribhuvan University (TU). Patan Academy of Health Sciences (PAHS) and BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS) are autonomous University as they regulate their own entrance examination, curriculum, and grading system.
KU and TU operate via their constituent school, Kathmandu University School of Medical Sciences (KUSMS) and Maharajgunj Medical Campus (IOM), Maharajgunj Nursing Campus respectively.
MAHARAJGUNG MEDICAL COLLEGE (IOM)
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) was established in 1972 under Tribhuvan University with the mandate and the responsibility of training all the categories of health manpower needed in the country. IOM has altogether 76 seats among which 47 seats are under scholarship section. Similarly, under paying section 12 and 17 seats distributed for Nepalese and foreigner.
| Category | Scholarship | Paying | Total Seats | |||||
| Open | Reserved | Staff/ Faculty | SAARC | Nepalese | Foreigners | |||
| MBBS | 36 | 9* | 1 | 1 | 12 | 17 | 76 | |
| BDS | 11 | 7 | 4 | – | – | – | 25 | |
| Bsc. Optometry | 5 | 1 | – | – | 2 | 2 | 10 | |
| BPH | PCL | 11 | 3 | – | – | 6 | – | 40 |
| +2 | 13 | 3 | – | – | 4 | – | ||
| Bsc.MIT | PCL | 3 | – | – | 1 | 1 | 10 | |
| +2 | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | ||
| Bsc. MLT | PCL | 5 | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | 15 |
| +2 | 4 | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | ||
| B. Pharmacy | 14
|
3 | – | – | 11 | 2 | 30 | |
| BASLP | 4 | – | – | – | 2 | – | 6 | |
AYURVED CAMPUS
Ayurveda Campus is the only centre for higher Ayurvedic education in Nepal. It resulted from the merging of Government of Nepal’s Ayurveda Vidyalaya and Chikitsalaya with the Institute of Medicine in 1972 AD.
| Category | Scholarship | Paying | Total seats | ||||
| Open | Reserved | Staff/ Faculty | SAARC | Nepalese | Foreigners | 30 | |
| BAMS | 12 | 3 | 1 | – | 13 | 1 | |
MAHARAJGUNG NURSING CAMPUS
Maharajgunj Nursing Campus is a pioneer Nursing Campus in Nepal established in 1956 A.D. as a school of nursing under the Directorate of Health Services, Ministry of Health.
| Category | Scholarship | Paying | Total seats | |||||
| Open | Reserved | Female | Male | Female | Male | |||
| Female | Male | Female | Male | 20 | 4 | 34 | 6 | |
| Bsc. Nursing | 11 | 2 | 3 | – | 40 | |||
Tribhuvan University (TU)
(Affiliated College)
TU is a public university for higher education and was established in 1959. It is the first University to conduct medical courses in Nepal. Since it is government finance, it is less expensive than private universities. TU affiliated colleges have 665 MBBS seats in 7 colleges in which 66 seats are under MOE. Only, 195 BDS seats are distributed in 5 colleges, among those20 seats for MOE. There are 13 medical colleges under Tribhuvan universities.
| S.N | COLLEGE NAME | MBBS | BDS | BPH | BNS | Bsc. Nursing | Bsc.
MLT |
Bsc.
MIT |
Bsc.
OPTIM |
B.
Pharm |
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| Total | MOE | Total | MOE | Total | Total | Total | MOE | ||||||
| 1 | Nepal Army Institute of health & science,Sanobharyang | 100 | 10 | – | – | –
|
40 | 40 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2 | Chitwan Medical College, Bharatpur,Chitwan | 100 | 10 | 40 | 4 | 35 | 40 | 40 | 4 | 25 | – | – | 25 |
| 3 | Universal Medical College,Bhairahawa,Rupandahi | 100 | 10 | 40 | 4 | 30 | 34 | 34 | 3 | 20 | – | – | 30 |
| 4 | Gandaki Medical collage,pokhara,Kaski | 95 | 9 | 25 | 3 | 38 | 34 | 34 | 3 | 24 | – | – | 36 |
| 5 | Kist Medical College,Gwarko,Lalitpur | 90 | 9 | 40 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 6 | National Medical College,Birgunj,Parsa | 100 | 10 | – | – | – | 40 | 40 | 4 | – | – | – | – |
| 7 | Janaki Medical College,Janakpur,Dhanusha | 80 | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 8 | Peoples Dental College,Nayabajar,Kathmandu | – | – | 50 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 9 | Manamohan Memorial Institute of health sciences,kathmandu | – | – | – | – | 40 | 40 | 40 | 4 | 23 | – | – | 32 |
| 10 | Janamaitri Foundation,Balaju,Kathmandu | – | – | – | – | – | 26 | 26 | 3 | 16 | – | – | 34 |
| 11 | National Model College for Advance Learning,Kathmandu | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 32 |
| 12 | Pokhara Nursing Campus,Pokhara | – | – | – | – | – | – | 20 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 13 | National Academy of Medical Science,Kathamandu | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | 40 | – |
| Total Seats | 665 | 66 | 195 | 20 | 143 | 254 | 274 | 21 | 108 | 10 | 40 | 189 | |
Kathmandu University Medical Science (KUMS)
Kathmandu University is an non-profit and non-government public institution. It was established in 1991 with the mission to provide quality education. KU affiliated colleges overall has 890 MBBS seats in 10 colleges in which 107 seats are specific to MOE. Whereas, 275 BDS seats are available in 5 colleges among which 28 seats are allocated for MOE. There are 12 medical colleges under Kathmandu University.
| S.N | College/ University Name | MBBS | BDS | Bsc. Nursing | BPT | B.Pharm | |||
| Total | MOE | Total | MOE | Total | MOE | Total | Total | ||
| 1 | Kathmandu University School of Medical Science, Dhulikhel | 75 | 1 | 50 | 1 | 40 | – | 40 | 60 |
| 2 | Kathmandu Medical College, Sinamangal Kathmandu | 100 | 10 | 50 | 5 | 30 | 4 | – | – |
| 3 | Maniple College e of Medical Science Pokhara | 100 | 20 | – | – | 30 | 4 | – | – |
| 4 | Nepal Medical College, Jorpati Kathmandu | 100 | 10 | 50 | 5 | 30 | 3 | – | – |
| 5 | College of Medical Science, Bharatpur | 100 | 20 | 40 | 8 | 30 | – | – | – |
| 6 | Nepalgunj Medical College, Kohalpur | 100 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 7 | Lumbini Medical College ,Palpa | 100 | 10 | – | – | 30 | – | – | – |
| 8 | Nobel Medical College, Biratnagar | 100 | 10 | – | – | 30 | – | – | – |
| 9 | Birat Medical College, Biratnagar | 75 | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 10 | Devdaha Medical College, Rupandehi | 40 | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 11 | Kantipur Dental College, Kathmandu | – | – | 50 | 5 | – | – | – | – |
| 12 | Scheer Memorial Hospital, Banepa | – | – | – | – | 30 | – | – | – |
| Total Seat | 890 | 107 | 275 | 28 | 250 | 11 | 40 | 60 | |
BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS)
B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS) was established on Jan 18, 1993 and subsequently upgraded as an autonomous Health Sciences University on Oct 28, 1998. BPKIHS has total 100 MBBS and 50 BDS seats which are categorized under 3 sections as heavily subsidized tuition fee scheme, partially subsidized tuition fee scheme and international tuition fee scheme.
| S.N | Category | Reserve Seats | MBBS | BDS | |
| 1 | Heavily Subsidized Tuition Fee Scheme(HSTFS) | 1.1 Nepali Nationals
|
a. Open Category | 17 | 5 |
| b. Hill Districts | 4 | 2 | |||
| c. Dalit | 1 | – | |||
| d. Indigenous Nationalities(Janajati) | 3 | – | |||
| e. Under-privileged Women | 2 | – | |||
| f. Ward of BPKIHS Faculty | 1 | – | |||
| g. Ward of BPKIHS Staff | 1 | 1 | |||
| h. Ward of BPKIHS Faculty/ Staff | – | – | |||
| 1.2 Indian Nationals | 4 | – | |||
| 2 | Partially Subsidized Tuition Fee Scheme(PSTFS) | 2.1 Nepali Nationals | a. Open Category | 27 | 30 |
| b. Ward of BPKIHS Faculty | 3 | 1 | |||
| C. Ward of BPKIHS Staff | 1 | 1 | |||
| 2.2 Indian Nationals | 6 | – | |||
| 3 | International Tuition Fee Scheme | 30 | 10 | ||
| Total Seats | 100 | 50 | |||
Patan Academy of Health Sciences (PAHS)
Patan Academy of Health Sciences (PAHS) is an autonomous, not-for-profit, public institution of higher education established in 2064 B.S. (2008 A.D.). PAHS has 65 seats categorized in 10, 16,38 and 1 for full scholarship, partial scholarship, full paying and child of PAHS staff respectively.
| S.N | Category | MBBS |
| 1 | Full Scholarship | 10 |
| 2 | Partial Scholarship | 16 |
| 3 | Full Paying | 38 |
| 4 | Child of PAHS staff | 1 |
| Total Seats | 65 | |