Duration: 4 Years + 6 Month Internship
This is one of the popular medical programs apart from MBBS and BDS. Physiotherapy is the stream of Health care sciences dealing with treatment and cure by applying physical intervention at the sites of the disorder. Physical therapy endeavors to address the ailments or injuries that limit a person’s capabilities to move and perform useful exercises in their everyday lives.
Opportunities
There is a constant demand for physiotherapists as it has become a vital part of diagnosis and treatment, thus increasing the scope of the field. They can work independently as consultants, specialists, administrators, educators and researchers in an extensive range of professional settings.
Admission criteria:
Two year Pre University examination/10+2 or equivalent as recognized by Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences with Physics, Chemistry and Biology as principal subjects of study.
OR
Candidates who have completed Pre-university course with Vocational Physiotherapy as their optional subject are eligible for admission to BPT course.
The selection of students to will be based on merit provided that:
In case of admission on the basis of qualifying examination, a candidate for admission must have passed individually in the subjects of Physics, Chemistry, Biology and English and must have obtained not less than 45% marks taken together in Physics, Chemistry and Biology in the qualifying examination.
In respect of candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes or Category I, the marks obtained in Physics, Chemistry and Biology together in qualifying examination is not less than 40%.
Minimum Age:
A candidate seeking admission to Bachelor of Physiotherapy course should have completed 17 years of age, as on 31st December of the year of admission.
