MD Internal Medicine

• A three-year postgraduate residency program focused on diagnosing, managing, and preventing adult medical diseases across all major organ systems.
• MD Internal Medicine under Tribhuvan University provides advanced training in comprehensive adult medicine, including inpatient, outpatient, ICU, emergency, and subspecialty rotations.
• Program builds clinical competence, diagnostic reasoning, procedural proficiency, and evidence-based management skills.
• Residents undergo full-time residential training, community-based learning, and strict non-practicing requirements, with compulsory government service for Nepalese graduates after completion.

Curricular Structure (Condensed Table)

Features
• Full-time residential training with strict adherence to IOM regulations.
• Non-practicing rule throughout the residency.
• Two-week leave per academic year.
• Mandatory one-year government service posting for Nepalese graduates.
• Community-based teaching/learning as required by Nepal Medical Council.
• Evaluation and admission based on MECEE-PG merit performance.

Fee
• Approx. NPR 2,381,760 (tentative).

• MBBS or recognized equivalent degree required.
• Nepal Medical Council registration mandatory; foreign applicants require home-country medical council registration.
• One year post-MBBS experience required (with exceptions for MDGP and certain basic sciences).
• Appear for MECEE-PG entrance exam.
• Must score at least 50% to qualify for the merit list.
• Merit-based open-house counseling determines final seat allocation.

Job prospects
• Consultant physician roles in hospitals, medical colleges, and specialist clinics.
• Subspecialty training pathways (cardiology, nephrology, gastroenterology, pulmonology, endocrinology, neurology, infectious disease, etc.).
• Academic positions in teaching hospitals and medical universities.
• Clinical research roles in drug trials, epidemiology, and non-communicable disease research.
• Leadership roles in hospital administration, critical care units, and internal medicine departments.
• Government service postings and public-health/clinical governance responsibilities.