Government and MEG, 20 percent of the annual intake of 150 students is reserved for full scholarship Nepalese students nominated by the education ministry of Nepal, and another 15 percent is reserved for fee-paying Nepalese nationals. Consequently 65 percent of seats are open to foreign nationals mainly from India and other South Asian Countries. The annual tuition fee for Indian programme spread over four-and half year is Rs.5.5 laks.
To maintain high academic and admin standards MEG has drawn heavily from the large and growing pool of retired personnel from the the highly respected medical crops of the Indian Army.” This is a gurukul for us where faculty members are also mentors. Every student has a mentor, who helps him/ her cope with academic and non-academic issues, “says Lt.Col (Retd.)Dr.Shishir Gokhale, director of basic sciences and the department of microbiology.
MCOMS’ students community comprising several nationalities from America, Africa, SAARC regions, Middle East and ASEAN countries (40 percent of them women students), is housed on the 30-acre Phulbari campus in a six floor residential building which offers high-quality twin occupancy rooms with attached bathrooms. Brodered on one side by the River Seti, a backdrop of forested hills and snow-covered mountains, the Phulbari campus provides a unique environment for learning. Playing fields are available for cricket, football, basketball and volleyball and indoor games facilities include badminton, table tennis, chess and carom. Moreover beyond campus limits, Nepal and Pokhra in particular, offer exciting opportunities for mountaineering ,trekking and river rafting, “To date more than 177 foreign interns have served clinical postings here mainly to study tropical medicine, community health and other health subjects associated with underdeveloped societies, “sats Brig. (Dr.) Prasanta Kumar Chakraborty, director of the Manipal Teaching Hospital.
The College’s academic infrastructure includes several well-equipped lecture halls, laboratories and a library with a collection of 10,000 volumes and over 1,500 journal subscriptions, 1,000 WHO publications, Photocopying machines, computer centers spread over 4, 000 sq. ft premises which can accommodate 350 students.
Now almost two decades after inauguration with its consolidation phase completed and reputation well established, the MCOMS management has drawn up cautious expansion plans. “With our undergraduate MBBS study programme having established a steady flow of 150 students per year from over 15 countries, we plan to expand our postgrad and super specialties programmes from the current 15 to 25 over in the next two years. Simultaneously we wish to increase our B.Sc nursing and M.Sc student intake while upgrading the infrastructure facilities of our teaching hospital,” says Dr.B.M.Nagpal former head of the department of surgery at the Armed Forces MCOMS since 2007
This pioneer medical college established in an environment of great natural beauty seems all set to become a joy forever
Admission &fees
Indian students over 17 years of age who have passed +2 with minimum 50 % marks in physics, Chemistry, biology and English are eligible for admission in MCOMS. Admissions are on the basics of a personal interview on a first-come-first served basis.
Foreign students with two credits and one pass or 50% average in PCB and ‘O’ level in English are eligible for admission following personal interview.
Tuition fee. Rs 27.5 lakh for the entire 54 months study programme
Living expenses. Rs 60, 000 per year.
For further information e-mail mcoms@ manipal.edu.np or visit w w w .manipal.edu/ mcoms
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