Nethaji College of Physiotherapy, Mangalore

Nethaji College of Physiotherapy Mangalore is an affiliated college started in the year 2016 at Mangalore, Karnataka. This is a co educational institution that is located on a small piece of land of 3 acres and is specifically focused on physiotherapy .

The college currently offers its only degree programme, the Bachelor of physiotherapy (BPT) with a total capacity of 40 students and a corresponding number of enrolments. The faculty strength of the college is 13 and thus the college has a good teacher student ratio, so there is a provision of quality education in health care stream particularly physiotherapy.

Nethaji College of Physiotherapy, Mangalore is affiliated with the college Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore. Nethaji College of Physiotherapy has the following facilities that provides for improvement of the learning environment as well as the development of students.

As a knowledge base, the library contains over 25,000 books, both texts and references, journals, CDs and computers with Internet access. Incorporated learning comes in well fitted laboratories which consist of various basic tools as well as equipment essential for physiotherapy practice.

The college also provides and accommodate the students separately in the college hostels for boys and girls with qualified residential wardens to provide a conducive environment for serious study. Other facilities include computer with internet connection, games area and track, function room, and dispensary with first aid facilities.

Nethaji College of Physiotherapy offers a single full-time course: The BPT is for the Bachelor of Physiotherapy degree. Bachelor of Science in Physiotherapy/Degree of 5 years - This course is a five-year programme with a view to produce required knowledgeable and skilled human resources for the country’s physiotherapy profession.

It adopted the model of using theory knowledge along with its practical experience of health care organizations for molding the students. Nethaji College of Physiotherapy is likely to follow merit based admission criteria because the programme which the college is offering is quite specialized one.