SDM College of Physiotherapy, Dharwad

SDM College of Physiotherapy is located in Dharwad which was earlier founded in the year 1996 for the excellence in physiotherapy education. situated in Manjushree Nagar Sattur, Dharwad, Karnataka this constituent college has the advantage of a five acre campus that is well equipped in enhancing learning and research.

The college has a wide variety of offerings in form of 6 courses offered at 2 different levels of study, undergraduate and post graduate. There are 331 students enrolled in total and 14 faculty members in SDM College of Physiotherapy that gives effective faculty student ratio.

Specific specialised courses offered at the institution shows its dynamism in comprehensive physiotherapy training, and they include musculoskeletal, neurology, cardio-respiratory, pediatric and community physiotherapy. Being a college of learning, SDM College of Physiotherapy boasts of equipped features that complement learning within and beyond the class.

Our students get to work in well-equipped laboratory and a state-of-art library stocked with national and imported books and journals, as well computerised IT facilities. The physiotherapy outpatient department; extent of 5000 sq. ft is located in the campus of SDM Medical hospital, which may be used for practical of students using the modern accessories of physiotherapy.

For those who need accommodation they provide separate hostel accommodation for both males and females within college compound and amenities include recreational rooms, provisions for both indoor and outdoor games, and reading spaces. They also have gym facilities sports, canteen halls, and an auditorium for games and other co-curricular activities and occasions.

The programmes of study at SDM College of Physiotherapy, an Constituent College of Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara University, Dharwad , are fully developed to address current and emerging market needs. Indeed, the college offers 6 courses –one bachelor course, Bachelor of Physiotherapy (BPT) that takes four years.

At the postgraduate level, it offers five specific Masters in Physiotherapy known as MPT, which take two years to complete. They are MPT in musculoskeletal disorders and sport, neurological and psychosomatic disorders, cardiorespiratory disorders, community rehabilitation, pediatrics. Each course is a full-time course so that the learning is intensive and uncompromised.

Information regarding specific intake number for certain courses is lacking but the college planned student intake capacity is 331; this infers that the college follows student population admission quotas that favours effective mentorship. Thus, the admission policy of the SDM College of Physiotherapy aims at enrolling disciplined, hardworking and talented students in the programme offered in the college.

SDM College of Physiotherapy, as a constituent college of the University, may also adhere to the Admission procedures of the parent university. The students are advised to seek admission throughout junior year and to prepare for any admission tests that may be required besides presenting good academic performances.

The relative success in the award five star ratings for quality in physiotherapy education makes the college a preferred destination by CHC professionals, thus raising the admission stakes.