Fee (Tentative)NPR 2,381,760
Entrance Exams
ClosesDecember 29, 2024
ClosesDecember 29, 2024
ClosesDecember 29, 2024
ClosesDecember 29, 2024
ClosesDecember 29, 2024
ClosesDecember 29, 2024
ClosesDecember 29, 2024
ClosesDecember 29, 2024
Offering Colleges (2)
MDS Orthodontics is a 3-year PG program run by Kathmandu University in its constituent and affiliated medical colleges.
The entrance Test for the MDS Orthodontics program is conducted by the Medical Education Commission (MEC), Government of Nepal, and candidate selection is done as per MEC guidelines by MEC.
The total Fee for MDS Orthodontics in 2024 is NRs. 23,81,760 /- for Nepali students. Students of foreign nationality must pay 1.6 times the fee of Nepalese students.
Eligibility
Eligibility
- BDS or equivalent from institutions recognized by the government of Nepal
- Registered in Nepal Medical Council
- Registered in the respective medical council of the applicant's own country for foreign candidates
- One year experience
- Candidate should score a minimum of 50% (Pass Marks) in the Entrance Examinations conducted by Medical Education Commission for being eligible to be on the merit list
Exam Format
- Single best response type with Multiple choice questions
- Four options (A, B, C, D)
- No. of questions - 200
- Recall: Understanding: Application – 30:50:20
- Duration – (3 hours including one-time voluntary toilet break)
Weightage
| S.No. | Subjects | Marks |
| Clinical Dental Sciences Subjects | ||
| 1 | Oral Medicine and Radiology (10+5) | 15 |
| 2 | Oral and Maxillofacial | 15 |
| 3 | Periodontics | 15 |
| 4 | Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics (7+8) | 15 |
| 5 | Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics | 15 |
| 6 | Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry | 15 |
| 7 | Prosthodontics and Maxillofacial Prosthetics (Removable Prostho + Fixed Prosthodontics + Maxillofacial Prosthetics) (8+6+1) | 15 |
| 8 | Public Health Dentistry + Community Medicine and Biostatistics (5+5) | 10 |
| 9 | Oral Pathology and Microbiology | 10 |
| 10 | Dental Implantology | 5 |
| Sub-Total | 130 | |
| Basic Medical Sciences | ||
| 11 | Anatomy | 5 |
| 12 | Physiology | 5 |
| 13 | Pathology | 5 |
| 14 | Pharmacology | 5 |
| 15 | Biochemistry | 5 |
| 16 | Microbiology | 5 |
| Sub-Total | 30 | |
| 17 | Oral Biology | 5 |
| 18 | Dental Materials | 5 |
| 19 | Forensic Odontology | 5 |
| 20 | General Medicine | 5 |
| 21 | General Surgery | 5 |
| 22 | Anesthesia | 5 |
| 23 | NMC CPD Topics (Medical ethics, rational use of drugs, infection prevention, BLS/ACLS, communication skills, medical emergencies in dental practices and practice management in dentistry) | 10 |
| Total | 200 | |