These days, homeopathy medical studies are being adopted very fast by the young students’ generation among all medical courses. In India, there are numerous colleges and institutions offering the range of academic programmes in the field of homeopathic system. There are diplomas, undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in this field.
Bachelor of Homeopathic Medicine & Surgery (BHMS) is an undergraduate degree course in homeopathic system. This degree is awarded after the completion of 5.5 years academic programme containing the 4 and 1/2 year academic session and one year internship programme with live practical. The undergraduate programme in homeopathic system can be pursued through the distance education system.
In this professional course the students are taught about the following:
- Introduction to herbology
- Fundamentals of Ayurvedic plant healing
- Healing through nutritional therapies
- Essential principles of homeopathy
- Mind and body healing techniques
- Introduction to alternative medicine
- History of holistic health
- Immunology and immune system disorders
- Introduction to traditional Chinese medicine
- Health, wellness and longevity
The basic requirement for the eligibility to get the admission to BHMS programme is qualifying the 10+2 examination with 50% marks. The candidate must have the physics, chemistry and biology in 12th class. The candidate should have to go through the different national and state level entrance examination. The candidate should have minimum 17 years old. Some states conduct the entrance examinations along with the MBBS and BDS test.
Some entrance exams are listed here:
- National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test
- PUCET 2020 – Punjab University Common Entrance Test
- KEAM 2020 – Kerala Engineering, Agriculture and Medical
- IPU CET 2020 Indraprastha University Common Entrance Test
- BVP CET 2020 – Bharati Vidyapeeth Common Entrance Test