MD Psychiatry

Three-year, full-time residential MD program under Tribhuvan University designed to produce psychiatrists capable of independently diagnosing, treating, and managing all categories of mental health conditions in Nepal’s clinical and community settings.
Advanced clinical residency with comprehensive exposure to general psychiatry, neuropsychiatry, child and adolescent psychiatry, addiction, forensic psychiatry, consultation-liaison psychiatry, psychopharmacology, neurology, and community mental health. Training includes continuous ward duties, case management, emergency psychiatry, rotations, academic seminars, and thesis work. Each resident is guided by a preceptor. Competency development targets independent practice, service organization, multidisciplinary teamwork, mental health program leadership, and adherence to national health-system priorities.

Curricular structure (table)

Features
• Full-time residential training with continuous clinical exposure
• Preceptor-guided academic and clinical progression
• Competency-based approach emphasizing independent diagnosis and management
• Integration of neuroscience, psychopathology, and community psychiatry
• Mandatory thesis with early submission requirement
• Final assessment combining theory, thesis acceptance, and clinical examination
• Multidisciplinary team training orientation

Admission process 

• MBBS or equivalent from a government-recognized institution
• Nepal Medical Council registration (or home-country council for foreigners)
• One-year clinical experience (except stated exemptions)
• Must sit for MECEE-PG entrance exam
• Minimum 50% required to qualify
• MCQ-based exam: 200 questions, 3 hours, single-best-response format
• Merit list ranking determines admission eligibility
• Seats allocated across multiple constituent and affiliated medical colleges

Job prospects
• Consultant psychiatrist (hospitals, medical colleges)
• Government mental-health services
• Community psychiatry programs
• Academic roles (teaching, postgraduate training supervision)
• Psychiatric units in general hospitals
• Addiction treatment centers
• Forensic psychiatry services
• Research positions (mental health, neuroscience, epidemiology)
• NGOs/INGOs in mental health, disability, trauma, psychosocial fields
• Private clinical practice