institute of medicine, nepal institute of medicine, nepal institute of medicine (iom) is one of the five technical institutes under tribhuvan university, nepal's largest academic institution. institute of medicineचिकित्साशास्त्र अध्ययन संस्थानlogo of tribhuvan universitymottochikitsitat punyatmam na kinchitatypepublicestablished1972parent institutiontribhuvan universitydeanprof. dr. dibya singh shahlocationkathmandu, nepalwebsitehttp://www.iom.edu.np/ iof runs undergraduate, postgraduate and ph.d. programs. the institute has eight constituent campuses and fifteen affiliated colleges in the country. its central campus, mahrajgunj medical campus, mahrajgunj. colleges and campuses constituent campus there are 8 constituent campuses: mahrajgunj medical campus, kathmandu mahrajgunj nursing campus ayurveda campus|ayurveda campus, kirtipur nepalgunj nursing campus birgunj nursing campus biratnagar nursing campus pokhara nursing campus central department of public health affiliated colleges there are 15 affiliated colleges: national medical college, birgunj universal college of medical sciences, bhairahawa janaki medical college, janakpur people’s dental college and hospital, balaju, kathmandu mb kedia dental college, birgunj kist medical college chitwan medical college national model college for advanced learning sunsari technical college metrix college birgunj janamaitri foundation, balaju nepalese army institute of health sciences, sano bharyang, bhadrakhal manmohan institute of health sciences, solteemode, kathmandu, nepal gandaki medical college, pokhara nepal ayurved medical college, birgunj programs today the iom has 29 programs, from proficiency certificate level to the highest postgraduate degree in medicine, public health, paramedical, nursing and traditional ayurveda medicine through its central campus and eight constituent campuses around the country. challenges medical education in nepal is highly competitive as there are limited seats in medical schools. the tuition fees in private schools is very high and often unaffordable to vast majority of families. only the best of the best students can rank high enough for full scholarships in government medical school. recently government has opened a few more medical schools. for many years, institue of medicine was the only government medical school in the country dr. govinda kc is a staunch supporter of medical education reform in nepal and has long advocated to break the education "mafia" present in the private medical education system.