TU Institute of Medicine, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu

TU Institute of Medicine

Maharajgunj, Kathmandu

Profile

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. Within the first decade of its establishment, it developed a total of 12 campuses scattered over the country out of which 3 campuses were in Kathmandu and 9 campuses were outside the Kathmandu Valley.

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In the beginning, the importance was given to training of middle level health workers. The programs for this purpose were:

> ANM

> CMA

> Proficiency Certificate Course in General Medicine

> Pharmacy

> Radiology

> Physiotherapy

> Nursing

> Health Laboratory

> Traditional Medicine

Institute of Medicine is currently conducting more than 63 different academic programmes of PCL, undergraduate, postgraduate, DM/MCH/PhD levels in clinical and non-clinical health sciences in its 7 constituent campuses: Maharajgunj Medical Campus, Maharajgunj Nursing Campus, Ayurved Campus, Kirtipur, Pokhara (Nursing) Campus, Birgunj Nursing Campus, Nepalgunj Nursing Campus, and Biratnagar Nursing Campus. It currently has DM in 6 superspecialty programs, MCh in 5 superspecialty programs and PhD in three programs.

Institute of Medicine of Tribhuvan University (TU) has 15 affiliated health science colleges, which are implementing different undergraduate and post graduate academic programs in clinical and non-clinical health science under IOM. Among them, seven colleges are implementing MBBS program. In seven affiliated medical colleges under TU, every year 700 students are admitted in MBBS. The total intake of MBBS students is 775 including Maharajgunj Medical Campus in the TU system (15 intakes were added from 2013). Out of 8 medical schools in the TU system, three are based in Kathmandu Valley.

Human resource and physical infrastructure profile

Maharajgunj Medical Campus is the largest campus with highest number of academic programs, students and faculties. Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH) has 700 beds capacity teaching hospital with several super specialty services. Among the constituent campuses, Ayurved Campus has received autonomy from IOM. Institute of Medicine looking after teaching learning activities, examinations and services of its constituent campuses and affiliated colleges. Institute of Medicine is the largest institution in Nepal providing health science education and services to the people of Nepal and has enourmous potential for growth and expansion in the future.