list of medical colleges in nepal list of medical colleges in nepal as of 15 august 2021, there are 20 undergraduate and 21 post-graduate medical institutes in nepal whose qualifications are recognized by the nepal medical council, medical council of india and world directory of medical schools and are regulated under single government body, medical education commission, nepal. background information medical schools in nepal are usually known as medical colleges. the history of modern medical education in nepal is very short. formal medical education started in nepal after the establishment of institute of medicine, nepal in 1972 under tribhuvan university. previously, only few qualified doctors were present in nepal before pre-democracy era in 1951. while few eager nepalese doctors established nepal medical association (nma) on march 4, 1951 to unite all the practicing doctors. they strongly raised voice to have medical council to regulate the medical practice in nepal and nepal medical council (nmc) was established on 28 february 1964. however, nmc started functioning after the "nmc-rules" was approved by his majesty's government on 1 january 1968. at present there are only four government funded medical institutes with both ug and pg while two pg institute combined of six public medical institutions in nepal and a single army funded medical college with both ug and pg. types of medical institutions government funded private army 6 15 1 with ug and pg both with pg only iom nams bpkihs pahs, pokhara pahs, lagankhel kahs all offers ug and pg courses except bmcth. it only offers mbbs. naihs is the only army medical college in nepal which offers both ug and pg courses. operational medical colleges tribhuwan university name established city district province type area(m2) approx. no. of beds remarks ref. institute of medicine(iom) 1972 maharajgunj, kathmandu kathmandu bagmati province public 84,810 700 1st medical college of nepal mbbs started in 1978 md/ms started in 1982 dm/m ch started in 2008 universal college of medical sciences (ucms) 1998 siddharthanagar rupandehi lumbini province private 70,000 790 agreement with 200 bedded lumbini zonal hospital janaki medical college and teaching hospital(jmcth) 1999 janakpur dhanusha province no. 2 private 1,08,000 525 mbbs started in 2003 no. of beds: 160- ramdaiya bhawadi 365- janakpur national medical college (nmcth) 2001 birgunj parsa province no. 2 private 1,30,000 first multi-specialty hospital of province no. 2 kist medical college and teaching hospital (kimcth) 2006 imadol lalitpur bagmati province private 40,000 450 mbbs started in 2008 chitwan medical college (cmc) 2006 bharatpur chitwan bagmati province private 1,49,000 750 mbbs started in 2009 gandaki medical college(gmc) 2007 pokhara kaski gandaki province private 1,04,000 750 mbbs started in 2010 nepalese army institute of health sciences (naihs) 2012 sanobharyang, kathmandu kathmandu bagmati province army 1,25,000 635 kathmandu university name established city district province type area(m2) approx. no. of beds remarks ref. manipal college of medical sciences (mcoms) 1994 lamachaur, pokhara kaski gandaki province private 23,500 750 1st private medical college of nepal foreign investment college of medical sciences(coms) 1995 bharatpur chitwan bagmati province private 45,000 750 2nd private medical college of nepal foreign investment kathmandu medical college (kmc) 1997 sinamangal, kathmandu kathmandu bagmati province private 900 nepalgunj medical college (ngmc) 1997 kohalpur banke lumbini province private 65,000 1000 no. of beds: 750 - kohalpur 250- nepalgunj nepal medical college and teaching hospital (nmc) 1997 jorpati, kathmandu kathmandu bagmati province private 40,000 700 kathmandu university school of medical sciences (kusms) 2001 dhulikhel kavre bagmati province private 1,70,000 475 partnered with dhulikhel hospital for mbbs nobel medical college teaching hospital(nomcth) 2004 biratnagar morang province no. 1 private 1,30,000 1050 mbbs started in 2007 lumbini medical college 2006 tansen palpa lumbini province private 70,000 600 mbbs started in 2009 birat medical college teaching hospital (bmcth) 2012 biratnagar morang province no. 1 private 50,000 700 offers only ug medical courses mbbs started in 2015 autonomous name established city district province type area(m2) approx. no. of beds remarks ref. national academy of medical sciences (nams) 1889 tundikhel, kathmandu kathmandu bagmati province public 22,000 535 1st hospital of nepal md/ms started in 2002 dm/m ch started in 2010 pokhara academy of health science (pahs) 1962 pokhara kaski gandaki province public 1,05,000 350 ug started in 2019 partnered with western regional hospital b.p. koirala institute of health sciences (bpkihs) 1993 dharan sunsari province no. 1 public 16,00,000 700 mbbs started in 1994 patan academy of health sciences (pahs) 2008 lagankhel lalitpur bagmati province public 25,000 450 in 1982, shanta bhawan hospital merged with lalitpur hospital to form patan hospital, which then later changed to pahs in 2008. mbbs started in 2010 karnali academy of health sciences (kahs) 2011 chandannath jumla karnali province public 17,000 265 mbbs started in 2021 terminated medical colleges name established city district province affiliation no. of beds type termination ref. b & c medical college teaching hospital and research center 2015 birtamode jhapa province no. 1 kathmandu university 300 private 2021 proposed and under-construction medical colleges name city district province year affiliation type status ref. geta medical college godawari/geta kailali sudurpashchim province 2016 public under-construction ram raja prasad singh academy of health sciences rajbiraj saptari province no. 2 2016 public under-construction provincial medical college tilottama rupandehi lumbini province 2016 public under-construction bardibas medical college bardibas mahottari province no. 2 2016 public under-construction karnali medical college birendranagar surkhet karnali province 2016 public under-construction