Bachelor in Audiology and Speech Language Pathology

• Four-year program under the Institute of Medicine (IOM), Tribhuvan University, training professionals to assess, diagnose, and rehabilitate individuals with speech, language, and hearing disorders.
• Trains students to identify, evaluate, and manage speech-language delays, stuttering, voice disorders, neurogenic communication disorders, hearing impairment, and auditory processing issues.
• Provides competency in audiological testing, aural rehabilitation, hearing-aid fitting, cochlear-implant support, and community-based rehabilitation.
• Integrates medical sciences, acoustics, linguistics, psychology, diagnostics, and rehabilitation practices.
• Includes extensive clinical exposure and a full-year internship.

Curricular structure

Features
• Offered exclusively at Maharajgunj Medical Campus (IOM)
• Four-year academic program with strong clinical exposure
• Covers speech-language pathology, audiology, acoustics, linguistics, and rehabilitation sciences
• Includes specialized training in diagnostics, hearing-aid fitting, cochlear-implant therapy, and community rehabilitation
• One-year clinical internship as part of the curriculum
• Entrance exam: MECEE-BL

Admission process
• +2 Science with minimum 50% or 2.4 GPA in Physics, Chemistry, Biology
• Accepted: A-level/foreign boards with equivalence
• Accepted: PCL/Diploma in health sciences with 50% marks and council registration
• MECEE-BL exam required (1 mark per correct answer, 0.25 negative marking)
• Minimum 50th percentile required
• Required documents: 10+2 certificates, SEE/SLC, citizenship/passport, admit card, reservation/equivalence documents

Job prospects
• Clinical audiologist in hospitals and ENT centers
• Speech-language pathologist in clinical, rehabilitation, and therapy settings
• Pediatric audiology and early-intervention services
• Hearing-aid dispensing, fitting, and auditory-rehabilitation services
• Educational audiology in special/regular schools
• Occupational hearing-conservation roles in industries
• Rehabilitation roles in disability centers and community-based programs
• Opportunities abroad in countries with high demand for audiology and speech-language professionals