MD Microbiology

• Two-year TU postgraduate programme producing microbiology specialists for hospital laboratories, medical colleges, infection-control systems, and research environments.
• Training spans bacteriology, virology, mycology, parasitology, immunology, and molecular diagnostics.
• Structure includes full-time residency, supervised diagnostic reporting, academic sessions, seminars, and community-based components aligned with national requirements.
• Programme responds to faculty shortages in medical colleges and strengthens laboratory-based infectious-disease capacity.
• Evaluation relies on formative assessments, practical proficiency, viva, and summative examinations.

Curricular structure (table only)
(Microbiology curriculum is not fully detailed in the provided text; table reflects the standard TU para-clinical MD structure.)

Features
• Full-time residential programme
• Non-practicing rule enforced for all residents
• Two-week annual leave limit
• Community-based teaching mandated by national guidelines
• One-year compulsory government service for Nepalese MD graduates

Fee
• NPR 1,085,870 (tentative)

Admission process
• MBBS from a recognised institution
• NMC registration (home-country council registration for foreign applicants)
• One-year experience where required
• MECEE-PG entrance exam: 200 MCQs; minimum 50% to qualify
• Merit-based placement through open-house counselling for available seats

Job prospects
• Lecturer or faculty in microbiology and immunology
• Specialist in hospital diagnostic laboratories
• Infection-control and antimicrobial-stewardship roles
• Researcher in medical microbiology, molecular diagnostics, immunology
• Laboratory director or quality-assurance lead in public-health labs
• Consultant for outbreak investigation and surveillance programmes