Madhesh Institute of Health Sciences (MIHS) is a public provincial health-sciences institution in Janakpurdham, Madhesh Province, Nepal. It combines health-sciences education with clinical services associated with the Provincial Hospital in Janakpurdham, along with research-ethics oversight and academic publishing.
MIHS states that it was established in 2077 BS. Madhesh Province's official act register also lists legislation for the institution under 2077 BS. Provincial government information places the Provincial Hospital, Janakpurdham under MIHS, establishing its role within the province's public health and health-education structure.
Academic records associated with MIHS document MBBS, Bachelor of Public Health (BPH), B.Sc. Lab Med, Bachelor in Nursing Science (BNS), BSN/B.Sc. Nursing cohort activity and postgraduate education. The institution also operates an Institutional Review Committee and publishes the Journal of Madhesh Institute of Health Sciences.
| Field | Information |
|---|---|
| Official name | Madhesh Institute of Health Sciences (मधेश स्वास्थ्य विज्ञान प्रतिष्ठान) |
| Abbreviation | MIHS |
| Institution type | Public provincial health-sciences institution |
| Location | Janakpurdham, Dhanusha, Madhesh Province, Nepal |
| Established | 2077 BS (2021 AD) |
| Legal framework | Provincial legislation listed in Madhesh Province's official act register |
| Clinical institution | Provincial Hospital, Janakpurdham / MIHS Provincial Hospital |
| Academic areas documented | MBBS, BPH, B.Sc. Lab Med, BNS, BSN/B.Sc. Nursing cohorts and postgraduate education |
| Research body | MIHS Institutional Review Committee |
| Academic journal | Journal of Madhesh Institute of Health Sciences |
| Official website | https://mihs.edu.np/ |
| Hospital website | https://hospital.mihs.edu.np/ |
Madhesh Institute of Health Sciences identifies its establishment year as 2077 BS. The same Bikram Sambat year appears in the Madhesh Province act register for legislation associated with the health-sciences institution.
Using 2077 BS preserves the wording of the official institutional and provincial sources. A Gregorian year is not substituted because the source record is expressed in Bikram Sambat and the available material does not establish one specific AD establishment date that should replace it.
MIHS is also connected directly with the provincial public health structure. Madhesh Province government information states that the Provincial Hospital in Janakpurdham was placed under the institution. This relationship supports the classification of MIHS as a public provincial health-sciences institution rather than a general university.
MIHS brings health-professions education and hospital-based clinical services within the same provincial institution. Its stated objectives connect health-sciences education with the development of specialized health-care capacity in Madhesh Province.
The Provincial Hospital relationship gives MIHS an institutional clinical setting alongside its academic functions. This structure is particularly relevant to medical and health-professions education, where classroom teaching, laboratory work, clinical exposure, research and professional practice are closely related.
MIHS also identifies postgraduate education as part of its academic development. Rather than functioning only as an undergraduate teaching institution, its documented academic activities extend across different levels of health-sciences education.
The institution's role can therefore be understood through four main areas:
Health-sciences education
Hospital-linked clinical services
Research-ethics oversight
Academic research and publishing
These functions are supported through the institution's academic records, Provincial Hospital relationship, Institutional Review Committee and academic journal.
Academic records reviewed for MIHS document activity in medicine, public health, laboratory sciences, nursing and postgraduate education.
The documented academic areas include:
MBBS
Bachelor of Public Health (BPH)
B.Sc. Lab Med
Bachelor in Nursing Science (BNS)
BSN/B.Sc. Nursing cohort activity
Postgraduate education
The terminology used by MIHS is retained where possible. In particular, institutional notices use the name "B.Sc. Lab Med." It should not automatically be replaced with another laboratory-science program title unless MIHS itself establishes that the names refer to the same academic program.
MBBS education has commenced at Madhesh Institute of Health Sciences. Radio Nepal, reporting information from the National News Agency/RSS, confirmed that MBBS classes began at MIHS in December 2024.
This commencement is a useful institutional milestone because older information about MIHS had described MBBS as a planned academic development. The later commencement of classes establishes that MBBS moved from a proposal into academic operation.
MBBS at MIHS is connected to the institution's wider health-sciences setting in Janakpurdham and its relationship with the Provincial Hospital.
Admission-specific information is published separately through the responsible institutional and medical-education authorities. Academic-cycle details are therefore not included in the institutional description.
MIHS academic records document Bachelor of Public Health activity. BPH focuses on population health and forms part of the institution's broader health-sciences education portfolio.
Institutional examination records provide direct evidence of BPH academic activity alongside nursing and laboratory-science programs.
Collegenp also maintains a program-specific resource:
Bachelors in Public Health (BPH)
The institution-level description and the program-specific resource serve different purposes. The former explains MIHS as an organization, while the latter can be used for program-focused information.
MIHS records also document academic activity under the title B.Sc. Lab Med. Examination records associated with the institution identify students and academic schedules under this program name.
The exact MIHS terminology is important because laboratory-science degree names can differ across institutions. The name "B.Sc. Lab Med" is therefore retained rather than being automatically rewritten as B.Sc. Medical Laboratory Technology or another similar qualification.
Bachelor in Nursing Science is another documented academic area at MIHS. Institutional examination records confirm BNS cohort activity.
The nursing component of MIHS fits within its wider health-professions education structure, which also includes medicine, public health and laboratory sciences.
A separate Collegenp resource is available for the program:
Bachelor in Nursing Science (BNS)
MIHS records also document BSN/B.Sc. Nursing cohort activity. The institutional source material includes examination records involving BSN students, providing evidence of nursing education beyond BNS.
The available institutional evidence is sufficient to establish cohort activity without assigning unsupported details about curriculum structure, program duration or admission conditions.
Postgraduate education forms part of MIHS's documented academic activity and institutional objectives. MIHS records include postgraduate orientation activity, while its institutional information refers to postgraduate education alongside other academic levels.
Individual postgraduate specialties are not listed because the available source base does not support a stable specialty-by-specialty institutional list independent of admission allocations.
This approach keeps the institutional description focused on what is firmly established: MIHS has postgraduate academic activity, while specific specialties belong in program or admission information supported by the relevant official records.
The Provincial Hospital in Janakpurdham is institutionally linked with Madhesh Institute of Health Sciences. Madhesh Province government information states that the hospital was placed under MIHS, and the institution maintains a separate MIHS Provincial Hospital website.
This relationship gives MIHS a hospital setting connected with its health-sciences teaching functions. For medical, nursing and other health-professions programs, a hospital-linked institutional structure provides the setting in which academic education and clinical services can operate within the same organization.
The hospital should be identified through the institutional relationship supported by provincial government records rather than through unsupported capacity claims. The available source material does not provide a suitable basis for publishing a permanent operating bed count.
The official hospital website is: https://hospital.mihs.edu.np/
Madhesh Institute of Health Sciences has a dedicated Institutional Review Committee known as MIHS-IRC.
According to the MIHS-IRC, the committee received approval from the Nepal Health Research Council's Ethical Review Board under reference number 1514 on 19 January 2025. The committee states that it conducts review activities under NHRC guidance and its own standard operating procedures.
An institutional review committee has a distinct role within a health-sciences institution. It reviews research proposals from an ethical perspective and provides institutional oversight for research falling within its remit.
The MIHS-IRC therefore adds a formal research-governance function to the institution's teaching and clinical roles.
Official MIHS-IRC website: https://irc.mihs.edu.np/
MIHS publishes the Journal of Madhesh Institute of Health Sciences (JMIHS), its institutional academic journal.
JMIHS identifies itself as a peer-reviewed, open-access journal covering health-sciences research and related academic work.
The journal provides a publication platform associated with the institute's academic and research activities. Its presence also distinguishes research publishing from the institution's teaching, hospital and research-ethics functions.
Official journal website: https://journal.mihs.edu.np/
The structure of MIHS can be understood by looking at how its main functions relate to one another.
MIHS academic records document education in medicine, public health, laboratory sciences, nursing and postgraduate study. These areas place the institution within Nepal's health-professions education sector.
The Provincial Hospital relationship provides an institutional clinical-service component. This separates MIHS from an academic organization without a directly linked hospital setting.
The Institutional Review Committee provides an ethical-review mechanism for relevant research activity conducted under the institute.
The Journal of Madhesh Institute of Health Sciences provides a separate channel for publishing health-sciences research and scholarly work.
Together, these areas show that MIHS functions across education, clinical service, research oversight and academic publication rather than being limited to classroom instruction alone.
Madhesh Institute of Health Sciences is located in Janakpurdham, Dhanusha, Madhesh Province, Nepal.
Janakpurdham is also the location identified in the provincial government records connected with the Provincial Hospital under MIHS. The institution and its hospital functions are therefore situated within the same provincial context.
Location: Janakpurdham, Dhanusha, Madhesh Province, Nepal
Official MIHS website: https://mihs.edu.np/
MIHS Provincial Hospital: https://hospital.mihs.edu.np/
MIHS is defined less by a single academic program than by the combination of functions placed within the institution.
First, it has a provincial legal and administrative basis. Madhesh Province records connect the institution to provincial legislation and to the Provincial Hospital in Janakpurdham.
Second, its academic records cover several health-professions fields rather than one discipline. Medicine, public health, laboratory science, nursing and postgraduate education are all represented in the institutional evidence.
Third, the Provincial Hospital relationship gives MIHS a clinical-service dimension alongside education.
Fourth, MIHS has a research-ethics structure through the Institutional Review Committee.
Finally, the Journal of Madhesh Institute of Health Sciences provides an academic publishing function.
These characteristics describe the institution more accurately than labels based only on a website category or an individual program.
Institutional information and admission information serve different purposes.
An institution profile can establish where MIHS is located, its legal basis, academic areas, hospital relationship and research functions. Admission conditions, however, are issued through official academic processes and should be read from the responsible authorities.
Students considering MIHS should therefore use the institution's official website for institutional information and the relevant official admission notices for application procedures.
For health-professions programs governed through Nepal's centralized medical-education system, the Medical Education Commission is also an important official source.
Madhesh Institute of Health Sciences is a public provincial health-sciences institution in Janakpurdham, Madhesh Province, Nepal. It combines health-sciences education with a Provincial Hospital relationship, research-ethics oversight and academic publishing.
MIHS is a public provincial institution. Madhesh Province government records provide its provincial legal context and state that the Provincial Hospital in Janakpurdham was placed under the institution.
MIHS is located in Janakpurdham, Dhanusha, Madhesh Province, Nepal.
MIHS states that it was established in 2077 BS. Madhesh Province's act register also lists the relevant institutional legislation under 2077 BS.
Yes. MBBS classes commenced at Madhesh Institute of Health Sciences in December 2024, according to a Radio Nepal report based on RSS information.
MIHS records document academic activity in Bachelor of Public Health, B.Sc. Lab Med, Bachelor in Nursing Science, BSN/B.Sc. Nursing cohorts and postgraduate education in addition to MBBS.
Yes. Madhesh Province government information states that the Provincial Hospital in Janakpurdham was placed under MIHS. The institution also maintains a dedicated MIHS Provincial Hospital website.
Yes. MIHS has an Institutional Review Committee. The MIHS-IRC states that it received approval from the Nepal Health Research Council Ethical Review Board under reference number 1514 on 19 January 2025.
Yes. MIHS publishes the Journal of Madhesh Institute of Health Sciences. The journal identifies itself as a peer-reviewed, open-access publication focused on health-sciences research and related academic work.
