Overview

Key Features

The discipline of Respiratory therapy has contributed substantially to the development of health care by nurturing specialists who can maintain the airway during management of trauma and intensive care. As envisioned, Amrita Center for Allied Health Sciences is dedicated to develop such healthcare professionals who can make a difference in the delivery of high quality healthcare.

Currently this unique programme is offered only in Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences in Kerala state.

The Respiratory Therapy from Amrita University includes compulsory modules in respiratory disease and research methodology as well as a number of optional modules including education, palliative care, global perspectives, non-pharmacological management and psycho-social factors of respiratory care.

The programme is appropriate for practitioners with a special interest in respiratory services and will enable them to provide high quality respiratory care. It will develop leaders in respiratory care, who will be able to influence change and also educate other health care providers to steer the respiratory care forward.

Programme Structure

Apart from the pedagogical approach, the teaching methods place more emphasis on hands on training in AIMS which has excellent faculties and world class hospital facilities.

This will enable the students to develop their innate skills to deal with real life situations. The clinical case studies, simulations, presentations, seminars and projects will be contributory to the classroom discussions and interactive sessions.

Modern teaching tools like audiovisual aids, computer aided teaching, self-learning packages will be extensively utilized in the teaching programmes.

Students will be exposed to modern trends and recent advances in computer informatics. Research project is mandatory for all students and they will have to submit a thesis before the final examination.

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-08-07 00:00:00

Application deadline not specified.

Language

English

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Coimbatore, India

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

Other requirements

General requirements

BSc Respiratory Therapy [3 years + one year Internship (or) 3 years + 6 months internship + one year work experience]

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Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

300000 INR / year

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Citizens or residents

300000 INR / year

≈ 300000 INR / year

Living costs

Coimbatore

India

18295 - 24970 INR / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

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