Bachelor of Public Health (BPH)

Bachelor of Public Health (BPH) is a four-year undergraduate program focused on population health, community health systems, disease prevention, and public health management.

Description

The Bachelor of Public Health program at Madhesh Institute of Health Sciences is a four-year, eight-semester undergraduate degree designed to develop public health professionals capable of strengthening community and grassroots health systems. The program emphasizes epidemiology, health planning, health promotion, environmental health, and health system support. Graduates are trained to assess population health needs, design and manage health programs, and contribute to policy implementation at local, provincial, and national levels.

Curricular Structure

Features

• Duration: 4 years (8 semesters)
• Focus on community and population health
• Training aligned with national public health needs
• Eligibility for public health licensing pathways
• Government-regulated scholarship provisions

Fee

• Total tuition fee: NPR 777,000

Admission Process (Points)

• Mandatory appearance in MECEE-BL entrance examination
• Minimum 50 percentile required to qualify
• Merit-based selection through Medical Education Commission
• Marking scheme: +1 for correct answer, −0.25 for incorrect answer
• Submission of academic certificates, citizenship/passport, entrance admit card, reservation and equivalence documents if applicable

Job Prospects

• Public Health Officer
• Health Program Officer
• Monitoring and Evaluation Officer
• Epidemiology Assistant
• Health Research Assistant
• NGO/INGO Project Coordinator
• Community Health Supervisor