B.Sc Allied Health
Undergraduate allied and healthcare degrees
A group of B.Sc degrees that train the technologists who work alongside doctors and nurses: medical laboratory technology, radiology and imaging, optometry, operation theatre and anaesthesia technology, dialysis, cardiac care and others. You choose one specialisation at admission. These professions are regulated under the National Commission for Allied and Healthcare Professions (NCAHP) Act, 2021.
After B.Sc Allied Health, you can
- Central hospital technician posts
- ICMR technical posts
- Railways paramedical
- M.Optom
- M.Sc in your specialisation
- Master's abroad
- Cardiac care technologist
- Dialysis technologist
- Medical lab technologist
How you get in
Class 12 with Physics, Chemistry and Biology; some courses, such as optometry, also accept Mathematics. Admission is through state counselling, university tests, CUET-UG at some universities, or Class 12 merit. AIIMS runs its own B.Sc (Hons) Paramedical entrance for its seats.
At a glance
- The specialisation you pick largely decides the job you do.
- NCAHP is rolling out national curricula and registration rules for these professions (as reported).
- Most work is in hospitals, diagnostic labs, imaging centres and eye-care chains.
In numbers
One allied health degree only (optometry); other allied health programmes are counted separately. AISHE counts only responding institutions, and coverage varies by year.