BSc Nursing

• Four-year Tribhuvan University nursing program producing clinically competent, ethically responsible graduate nurses capable of providing comprehensive patient care, managing clinical units, delivering community-health services, and supporting teaching and research roles.
• Integrates foundational health sciences, medical–surgical nursing, community health, psychiatric nursing, midwifery, and leadership training.
• Blends theory with extensive clinical practice across hospitals and community settings.
• Builds competency in assessment, nursing care planning, patient management, emergency handling, and family/community interventions.
• Prepares graduates for roles in care provision, clinical supervision, teaching, health education, and research.
• Graduates are eligible for the National Licensure Examination for Nurses (NLEN).

Curricular Structure in Table

Features
• Four-year academic and clinical program under Tribhuvan University
• Strong focus on hospital-based and community-based nursing competencies
• Includes midwifery, pediatric, psychiatric, and public-health nursing
• Mandatory practicum and clinical rotations each year
• Eligibility for national nursing licensure
• Scholarship provisions under National Medical Education Act

Admission Process
• Must have studied Physics, Chemistry, Biology in +2 Science with 50% aggregate or 2.4 CGPA
• A-Level or equivalent must meet PCB equivalency requirements
• Health-science diploma holders (with PCB and 50%, plus council registration) are eligible
• Entrance exam: MECEE-BL
• Passing score: minimum 50th percentile
• Negative marking: +1 correct, –0.25 incorrect
• After selection, required documents:
– SEE/SLC certificate
– +2 transcript & certificate
– Citizenship/Passport
– Entrance admit card
– Reservation documents (if applicable)
– Equivalence certificate (foreign boards)
• Scholarship distribution: 55% open, 45% reserved category as per NME Act

Job Prospects
• Staff nurse in hospitals, clinics, and primary health centers
• Community/public-health nurse
• Midwifery and maternal–child health nurse
• Critical-care and emergency nurse
• Operating-room nurse
• School and occupational-health nurse
• Teaching assistant in nursing campuses
• Nursing supervisor or ward in-charge
• Research assistant in health and clinical studies
• NGO/INGO health-service provider