The Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) degree of the BPKIHS consists of 5½ academic years including 1-year Community Oriented Compulsory Residential Rotatory Internship.
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BDS course at BPKIHS is a landmark for Dental Education in Nepal and is the first course in Nepal. The Dental Education at BPKIHS started in August 1999 with the intake of the first batch of 40 BDS students.
The Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) curriculum at BPKIHS is designed to produce health professionals suited for the twenty-first century. This integrated curriculum employs an organ-system and need-based approach, strongly emphasizing community orientation and problem-based learning.
- Phase-I, spanning the first two years, focuses on applied basic sciences, community medicine, and professional skills.
- Phase-II, covering the next two and a half years, emphasizes clinical sciences, integrating clinical and community medicine with applied basic sciences.
Early patient contact and the study of community medicine and behavioral sciences are prioritized from the start. The curriculum limits traditional lectures in favor of problem-based and unconventional learning experiences. Students must attend at least 80% of classes to be eligible for the Annual Examinations.
The objective of the BDS Program
On completion of the four and a half year of BDS program, the Dental Graduate should be able to:
- Demonstrate the understanding of principles and practice of modem dentistry with an in-depth knowledge of structure and functions of the human body, normal and in diseases.
- Develop a holistic approach to the practice of modem dentistry
- Advance one's own knowledge and skills through higher education via continuing dental education programs and research.
- Demonstrate an understanding of contemporary knowledge and skills.
- Possess qualities of a compassionate and socially accountable human being.
- Discharge job responsibilities with concern and care.
- Provide immediate management care to life-threatening situations by self.
- Identify common dental health problems, manage them initially, ask opinion from seniors or refer to appropriate health institutions when required.
- Provide education to people on oral health and health-related matters.
- Participate in immunization and dental health programs and in health camps.
- Communicate well with patient and patient's relatives by explaining matters known and refer them to appropriate persons when matters are not clear to self.
- Provide all information on matters of management of patients to the patient and the relatives.
- Identify medico-legal dental cases and function as required.
- Develop a dental health care team-approach and give respect to all the other members of the team.
- Give due care to children, elder citizens, and women.
- Provide dental health care by becoming aware of the ethos of dental ethics.
Eligibility
- Passed 10+2 Science or equivalent (with Physics, Chemistry, and Biology) with 50% aggregate in total marks or CGPA 2.4 OR
- Secured the Percentage equivalent to the above eligibility in regards to the certificate level programs (A-Level) with different grading system OR
- Applicants who have passed the Health Science Proficiency Certificate Level/Diploma (General Medicine, Medical Lab Technology, Ophthalmic Science, Dental Science, Pharmacy, Ayurveda, Radiography, Physiotherapy) containing Physics, Chemistry, and Biology With Certificate of Equivalence to Grade 12 Science program from National Examination Board AND
- Secured at least 50% aggregate in total marks both in Diploma and the Examination for equivalence AND
- Registered in Nepal Health Professional council or Nepal Pharmacy Council or Nepal Ayurveda Councils per related educational program.
Admission Criteria
Provisions for Admission Process
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In order to pass the integrated admission process, a minimum of 50 percentile should be obtained.
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One mark will be awarded for each correct answer and marks will be deducted at the rate of 0.25 for each wrong answer.
Candidates who have been successfully selected in the admission process will have to submit the following original and 1/1 photocopy of the following documents to the concerned educational institution at the time of admission.
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Certificate of qualification, Transcript and Character Certificate of 10+2 and SLC/SEE or Equivalent.
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Copy of Citizenship / Passport.
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Admit card of the Entrance Examination.
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Documents submitted for reservation.
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Certificate of Equivalence for the students with certificates from foreign institutions.
*Foreign candidates wishing to study in the vacated seat for foreign students must fill in the online application form mentioning the academic program of their choice within the time limit mentioned in this notice.
Provisions for Scholarships
Sub-Sections (4), (6), and (7) of Section 17 of the National Medical Education Act, 2018 and Section 20 of the National Medical Education Regulations 2020 has outlined this process about BDS Scholarships in Nepal. For details visit:
Medical Education Scholarships Provision of the Government of Nepal
BDS Scholarships Seats in Nepal
Entrance Examination Format
The entrance examination format for enrollment in the BDS program at BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS) is MECEE-BL. Read more about MECEE-BL here.
Curricular Structure
Curriculum
The Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) curriculum of BPKIHS is committed to producing health manpower needed and deemed appropriate for the twenty-first century.
The curriculum is an integrated one, incorporating the organ-system and need based approach. It is community oriented and uses problem-based learning (PBL) as a supplementary tool in the teaching-learning process.
During the first two years of the course, designated as Phase-I, the emphasis has been laid on the applied basic sciences along with community medicine and professional skills. In the next two and a half years, designated as Phase-II, the emphasis is on clinical sciences with a high degree of integration between clinical and community medicine and applied basic sciences. The curriculum incorporates early patient contact and emphasizes the importance of study of community medicine and behavioral sciences from the beginning. Teaching through lectures has been restricted to a bare minimum while problem-based learning and other unconventional learning experiences (UNCLE) are encouraged.
In their own interest, students should attend all classes organized for them. Attending at least 80% of the classes is essential for being eligible to take the Annual Examinations conducted during the course.