Please read the joining instructions carefully. If you don't follow anything, do not worry about it. We shall explain everything when you come here. Only if you have to make any important clarification, you can mail us. Please take care of the following when you come here:
REGISTRATION FORMALITIES: When you arrive at the college, you must present the original mark sheets & pass certificates of your qualifying board examinations - 'A' & 'O' levels / Class XII & X, proof of birth, medical fitness certificate, character certificate, migration certificate (Indian / Nepalese students only) and 14 passport size photographs. It is recommended that you always keep few photographs with you as it is needed several times during the course.
Documents needed for Student's File: One set of photocopies of mark sheets transcripts & pass certificates of ‘A’&’O’ level from the board, character certificate, date of birth certificate, certificate of medical fitness, migration certificate and 10 photographs. Medical certificate can be from any doctor and on any format.
Documents needed for Kathmandu University: All students are to fill up the Kathmandu University Registration Form available with Admission-In-Charge. Please fill the form carefully as per the sample shown on the notice board. Special care must be taken while filling up the name. Entries may first be made in pencil, got checked and then made in ink. Please staple one set of photocopies of all documents and 2 photographs to it.
For the ID card: 2 stamp size photographs
BOOKS, DRESS, COMMUNICATION etc: All the books are available in Pokhara. If you want, you can get some books from home - but please don't be in a hurry to buy all the books. The syllabus is available in the MCOMS library. You can buy it when you come here. Bone sets are issued on a refundable deposit of NPRs800 (INR500). If the entire set is returned in good condition, a refund of NPRs700 is made. However, it is recommended that students bring their Bonesets themselves. Textbooks, stationary, photocopy, e-mail, phone and other basic needs are looked after by shops within the college premises. The library is equipped with high speed internet facility. There is a good communication network in existence, through which you can keep in touch. Students can receive letters on the college address and have their letters posted through the college dispatch system. The best courier services are DHL/FedEx and DTDC/First Flight. MCOMS does not have uniform, however, dress code is strictly adhered to which is Shirt/Pant/Shoes for Boys and Shirt/Pant or Salwar/Kameez for Girls. During practicals and dissection you will need to wear a white doctor's coat/apron.
BANKING: Most faculty & students have their account with either the Standard Chartered Bank, New Road, Pokhara or Nepal SBI (State Bank of India), Mahendrapul, Pokhara. Students can open a personal NPRs/US$ bank account with the Standard Chartered Bank from the college itself. Please get a set of forms from the accounts section. Fill it in black ink and submit it in the Accounts section along with a photocopy of your passport / Voter’s ID card and bona fide student certificate. The bank personnel visit the college three times every week. Anyone desirous of withdrawing money can leave a cheque in the MCOMS Accounts Section in the morning and come and collect the money by afternoon. Minimum balance required for a savings account is NPRs100/US$500. If the balance goes below this sum, a ledger fee of NPRs300/US$5 per month is charged. Cheque Book (or ATM which is only for NPRs account) is made available only if there is a minimum balance of NPRs350/US$500.
Mess bills etc can be paid by cheque. Parents desirous of leaving money for the personal use of their son /daughter with the college authorities can do so by depositing the money in the student's mess account. This can be deposited as cash or by draft in the name of 'The Manipal College of Medical Sciences' and payable at Kolkata, India / Kathmandu, Nepal. The student can withdraw money from his / her mess account with the Asst Manager – Administration’s permission.
HOSTELS: Please meet the hostel in charge for hostel room allotment. The hostel rooms are provided with a bed, a dunlop mattress, a pillow, a steel almirah, a wooden study table and chair. The hostel rooms have fan and curtains and the bath-room is fitted with a geyser for hot water. Students have to bring their own bed sheets and pillow covers. During the winters the minimum temperature is around 4 degree Celsius so you will require warm clothing, blankets or quilts. These may be got from home or purchased locally. Room heaters are not allowed. If you wear warm clothes, it is quite comfortable. Sri Lankans should get a good jacket and some sweaters from Sri Lanka, since clothes are the cheapest there. (Cosmetics and toiletries are cheapest in Nepal and students usually take these home from here!) Cooking is not allowed in hostels. Electric hot plates are not allowed. Students may keep an electric kettle.
HOSTEL & OTHER FEES: Hostel and other fees may be sent along with tuition fees or can be paid in the college at the time of admission, either as a DD or as cash. The Demand Draft should be drawn in favour of ‘The Manipal Education & Medical Group (Nepal) Pvt Ltd’ and it must be made payable at Kolkata, India / Kathmandu, Nepal. For hostel and other fees, a single DD is fine. 1 Indian Rupee = 1.6 Nepali Rupees; 1 US$ = Approx 70 Nepali Rupees. Indian Rupees 500 / 1000 notes are not accepted in Nepal. Hostel fees include housecleaning and maintenance charges. Laundry charges will be deducted from the mess account and student shall not pay it directly to the maids.
Since post from and to Nepal takes a long time, we request parents to take the original fee receipts when they come to leave the student, instead of asking for it to be posted to them. Students & parents are requested to take the original receipts of the fees paid and to see that a copy of each receipt is in the student's file.
Campus Discipline: All MBBS students are put into the hostels where they remain in close interaction of the Hostel Committee which includes two Hostel Wardens for each of the Boys hostels and two hostel wardens for each of the Girls hostels. Director Student Affairs, along with the Chairman Hostel Committee, ensure thorough student welfare during and off the working hours. Heads of the Departments and Director Academics ensure all round academic excellence development among groups of students while their primitive focus remain oriented towards robust individual student development.
Forthrightly tests are conducted to measure the performance of the students and Dean’s counseling of each individual student is done at least twice in a semester – reports of which are forwarded to their parents.
Students are required to undergo additional 4 to 6 hours of self study every day, 330 days in a year in the comprehensive multifaceted subjects of medicine in an integrated fashion of learning which calls for a great degree of commitment put forward by each of the students.
Medicare Scheme: Students may opt for Medicare Scheme. Under Medicare, consultations, hospital admissions and investigations are free. (Though some special investigations like CT scan, plastic surgery etc are not totally free.) All medicines have to be paid for. MTH has all basic and some of the super specialities with excellent diagnostic support available.
VISA: Foreign students must take a tourist visa for at least 60 days which will give the college sufficient time to arrange for a study visa. The college assists the students to obtain & renew study visas. For obtaining student visa, the student’s bank account must show a minimum of US$3000. Students should bring at least US$3100, open a bank account, deposit this money in it, and get a bank statement. This money can then be withdrawn to pay for the hostel fees etc. All foreign students must fill a visa application form in black ink, in block letters. Get it checked from the Asst Manager - Administration, make 5 copies of it, stick same picture on all, sign all and submit to visa in charge within one week along with - a copy of passport showing the passport and visa validity date. A statement from the bank to say that the student has $3000 in his / her bank account and the original passport will be required to be sent to the Immigration Office at a later date which would be after about 15 days from the date of submission of completed visa application forms. Presently Sri Lankan students are exempted from study visa fee, however, they need to maintain a bank account with US$3000/-.
TRAVEL INFORMATION: You can come to Pokhara by air or road. Indians do not need a visa to enter Nepal but must have a Passport / Voter's ID card if taking an international flight.
Travel by air: Kathmandu is the entry point when coming in by air. Most flights to Kathmandu reach around mid-day. Flying time between Kathmandu and Pokhara is about 25 minutes, where as by road it takes about 5 to 6 hours. Air tickets for Pokhara are usually available on the spot or can be booked in advance. The airfare from Kathmandu to Pokhara is approximately Nepali Rupees 2500 including airport tax (for foreign nationals it is US$98). The domestic airlines are not giving any student concessions. Airlines plying between Nepal and India do give student concessions. For that the ticket has to be bought with the help of the airline concession form which has to be signed by the Principal. Students also have to show the college ID card. College ID cards are made only after all the students have joined and a roll number is allotted to each. This takes about a month. From your next trip onwards you shall be able to avail airline concessions. On arrival at Pokhara airport, please ask to be taken to the Deep Campus. The airport has a taxi service. It takes about 20 minutes to reach the college.
Travel by road: Gorakhpur is the closest railhead. It takes about 2 Hrs (100 Kms) by road from Gorakhpur to arrive at Sonauli which is a small town at the India Nepal border. You should be able to get a small cab for about NPRs5000 and a van for about NPRs6,000 from Sunauli to Pokhara. The same fare would be applicable for travel by taxi between Kathmandu and Pokhara. If you are traveling in your own vehicle it is recommended that you possess enough petrol/diesel to avoid any need of filling the same in Nepal as it may not be made available to an Indian vehicle by the petrol pumps in Nepal in view of the scarcity.
It is not necessary for parents / guardians to accompany the students at the time of admission. If it is not convenient for anyone to accompany, students can come alone and move in to the hostel rooms allotted to them directly on arrival. We help the students to settle down. We like parents to stay in touch so that we can discuss the students progress / problems with the parents, so they should call up once in a while. We believe in a good academic atmosphere on the campus and we seek the parents' support in helping the students maintain discipline and do well in both academics as well as in their all round development. We have a fresher's day one/ two months after start of classes.
Since most students arrive with their parents at the same time, we are unable to accommodate parents in the college guest rooms in Deep or Phulbari campuses, which are limited. There are a lot of budget hotels available in the range of Nepali Rs500/800 and there is no need for advance booking. The telephone numbers of a few hotels is given below:
Hotel Deepsikha (AC & Non AC Rooms – Nepali Rupees500-800/-), Mahendrapool (closest to the college – approx 3.5 Kms): 522098, 532910. Hotel Deurali (Only Non AC Rooms – Nepali Rupees450/-), Mehndrapool (Opposite to hotel Deepsikha): 521328, 520689. Hotel Anand (AC & Non AC Rooms – Nepali Rupees700-1100/), Prithvi Chowk (close to bus stand and also not very far from the airport – approx 5.5 Kms): 520029. Hotel Meera (AC Rooms – Nepali Rupees 800-1100/-. We accommodate our official guests. Has special rates for Manipal), Lakeside (tourist’s place but farthest from the college): 462031, 463091. A number of other good budget hotels/lodges are available in Lake Side. Hotel Crystal (AC Rooms – Nepali Rs1400/-), Airport: 520035. Hotel Shangri-La Village (5 Star Hotel – Indian Rupess3500/-), Near Airport: 460192, 462222, 460200, 460300, 460221. Hotel Pokhara Grand (Comparable to Shangri-La Village), Near Airport: 461480,460481,460380,460381. Fishtail Lodge (Super Star Resort – AC Rooms – Indian Rupees3000/-), Lake Side: 520071, 522428, 526428.