Medical Colleges in Nepal

B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences

• B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences has been classified as an Autonomous Health Sciences University since 1998, roughly five years after its founding. The Institute is located in Dharan, in eastern Nepal, but also operates a network of district and zone hospitals and primary health centers in the region. It operates under an agreement between the Indian and Nepalese health ministries. B.P Koirali offers undergraduate and graduate level programs and encourages applications from "disadvantaged groups." The institute relies on a community-based training approach, sending out students to remote health centers and hospitals where they work under faculty supervision.

  B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences
  P.O. Box 7053 (Kathmandu), Ghopa Camp
  Dharan, Sunsari District
  Tel: +977 25 210 17, Fax: +977 25 202 51
  bpkihs.edu/

Kathmandu University

• Kathmandu University is the umbrella institution for five medical schools that offer a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery degree: Manipal College of Medical Science in Pokhara, College of Medical Science in Bharatpur, Nepalgunj Medical College, Kathmandu Medical College and the Nepal Medical College, about seven miles from the city of Kathmandu.

College of Medical Science in Bharatpur

• The College of Medical Science is operated by the non-profit International Society for Medical Education Pvt. Ltd., which established the school in 1993 to provide medical education and train paramedics in Nepal. The school was started by Bostonian MBA Nagender K. Pampati, who became the new institution's Managing Director and Architect.

  College of Medical Science in Bharatpur
  Chitwan, Nepal
  P.O. Box. 23
  +977-56-524203
  cmsnepal.edu.np/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=69&Itemid=12

Kathmandu Medical College

• Kathmandu Medical College continues to operate to help resolve the problems of the high cost of medical training outside Nepal and the need for affordable medical care for the people of Kathmandu and the surrounding area. Since 2000, Kathmandu Medical College and the associated KMC Teaching Hospital have been operated by Kathmandu Medical College Pvt. Ltd., a coalition of doctors, business people and charitable organizations.

  Kathmandu Medical College
  Sinamangal
  GPO Box 21226
  Kathmandu
  Tel: +977 1 4469064, Fax: +977 1 4477920
  Nepal Medical College, KTM P. O. Box 23
  Bharatpur, Chitwan
  Tel: +977 56 21861, Fax: +977 56 21527
  kmc.edu.np

Nepal Medical College

• Nepal Medical College is in a bucolic environment about a half-mile from the Gokarna Safari Park on the other side of the Bagmati River. The campus is home to the medical school and the Nepal Medical College Teaching Hospital. The college's stated purpose is "to sow the seed of self-reliance by the Nepalese professionals."

  Nepal Medical College
  Jorpati, P.O. Box 13344, Kathmandu
  Tel: +977 1 471 875, Fax: +977 1 473 118
  nmcth.edu/