An undergraduate degree in Public Health is for students who wish to pursue careers that impact populations' health and quality of life and the environments where they live. The course covers multiple aspects of health, including social, physical cultural, and political. The program aims to develop professional skills in obtaining, reviewing, and analyzing health information.
BPH program helps to develop expertise in health care policy, projects, programs, and services.
Salient Features
- Student enrollment: 20 per year
- Funding: 75% of the seats shall be funded by Provincial government of Bagmati Province.
- Tutition fees: NRS 7.5 lakhs total. One third of total fee should be paid at the time of admission.
Eligibility
- Must have studied Physics, Chemistry and Biology from a recognized educational institution and passed with a minimum of 50 percent or 2.4 CGPA in the proficiency certificate level or Grade 12 Science group.
or
- Stude from A-level or other similar programs with different grading systems must have studied physics, chemistry and biology with a minimum of 50 percent or 2.4 CGPA.
or
- Must have obtained at least 50% overall marks in Health Science Proficiency Certificate Level or Diploma (General Medicine or Medical Lab Technology or Ophthalmic Science or Dental Science or Pharmacy or Radiography or Ayurveda or Physiotherapy) and registered with the concerned council.
Admission Criteria
Selection Criteria
- Students will be selected on the basis of the merit list of the common entrance examination of the Medical Education Commission.
- Student enrollment: 20 per year
Provisions for Admission Process
- In order to pass the integrated admission process, a minimum of 50 percentile should be obtained.
- 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.
- Certificate of qualification, Transcript and Character Certificate of 10+2 and SLC/SEE or Equivalent.
- Copy of Citizenship / Passport.
- Admit card of the Entrance Examination.
- Documents submitted for reservation.
- 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
As per Rule 20 of the National Medical Education Rules, 2077, out of the total scholarship seats to be awarded to the Government of Nepal at the undergraduate level, 55 percent of the seats will be distributed through open competition and 45 percent of the seats will be distributed on the basis of the following:
| Female | 33% |
| Dalit | 9% |
| Aadibasi janajati | 15% |
| Khas Aryan | 17% |
| Madhesi | 12% |
| Tharu | 4% |
| Muslim | 2% |
| Candidates from Backward community | 4% |
| Disabled | 2% |
| Families of martyrs, families of disappeared persons, families of injured warriors, and conflict victims | 2% |
Examination Format
Question type: Single best response type of multiple-choice questionsOption: Four options (A,B, C,D)Number of questions: 200Full marks: 200Cognitive ratio: Recall: Understanding: Application- 30:50:20Duration: 3hours
| S.N. | Content/Domain | Question |
| a. | Zoology | 40 |
| 1. | Biology, origin, and evolution of life | 4 |
| 2. | General characteristics and classification of protozoa to Chordata. | 8 |
| 3. | Plasmodium, earthworm, and frog, | 8 |
| 4. | Human biology and human diseases | 14 |
| 5. | Animal tissues | 4 |
| 6. | Environmental pollution, adaptation and animal behavior, application of zoology | 2 |
| b. | Botany | 40 |
| 7. | Basic component of life and biodiversity | 11 |
| 8. | Ecology and environment | 5 |
| 9. | Cell biology and genetics | 12 |
| 10. | Anatomy and physiology | 7 |
| 11. | Developmental and applied botany | 5 |
| c. | Chemistry | 40 |
| 12. | General and physical chemistry | 15 |
| 13. | Inorganic chemistry | 10 |
| 14. | Organic chemistry | 15 |
| d. | Physics | 40 |
| 15. | Mechanics | 9 |
| 16. | Heat and thermodynamics | 5 |
| 17. | Geometrical optics and physical optics | 5 |
| 18. | Current electricity and magnetism | 7 |
| 19. | Soundwaves, electrostatics, and capacitors | 5 |
| 20. | Modern physics and nuclear physics | 5 |
| S.N. | Content/Domain | Question |
| 21. | Solid and semiconductor devices (electronics) | 2 |
| 22. | Particle physics, source of energy, and universe | 2 |
| e. | Pre-requisite Health Knowledge (Basic Concepts) | 20 |
| 23. | Determinants of health and illness | 5 |
| 24. | Communicable diseases including vector-borne diseases and zoonotic diseases | 5 |
| 25. | Non-communicable diseases | 3 |
| 26. | Water, sanitation, and hygiene(WASH) | 2 |
| 27. | The basic concept of biostatistics and epidemiology | 5 |
| f. | Mental Agility Test (MAT) | 20 |
| 28. | Verbal reasoning | 5 |
| 29. | Numerical reasoning | 5 |
| 30. | Logical sequencing | 5 |
| 31. | Spatial relation/Abstract reasoning | 5 |
| Total | 200 |
Downloads
Syllabus for NHPC Licensing Examination of Bachelor of Public Health (BPH).pdf
Curricular Structure
Major subjects covered
Public health, Epidemiology, Health system administration & management, Statistical application, Computer Application, Research in Health, Family health, Health promotion and education, Environmental health