BAMS — the whole curriculum

Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery. 20 subjects, 34 papers, 192 units — with study notes and practice questions for every one.

20subjects
34papers
192units
1,734practice questions

20 subjects across three professional years, examined in 34 written papers plus practicals and vivas, over 192 units. An earlier version of this map had four professional years and placed Agada Tantra and Swasthavritta in the final year; both are Second Professional, and the degree has three professional years, not four. Universities differ in how they divide papers and order units, and many still call the Samhita Adhyayan papers Charaka Samhita Purvardha and Uttarardha — always check your own university's syllabus for the paper pattern and the marks.

First Professional — Prathama Varsha

Padartha Vigyana evam Ayurveda Itihasa पदार्थ विज्ञान एवं आयुर्वेद इतिहासPhilosophical basis of Ayurveda, and its history · 10 unitsSanskrit evam Ayurveda Paribhasha संस्कृतSanskrit for Ayurvedic study · 6 unitsKriya Sharira क्रिया शरीरAyurvedic physiology · 9 unitsRachana Sharira रचना शरीरAyurvedic anatomy · 8 unitsSamhita Adhyayan — 1 संहिता अध्ययन १Ashtanga Hridaya, and the method of reading a Samhita · 8 units

Second Professional — Dwitiya Varsha

Dravyaguna Vigyana द्रव्यगुण विज्ञानAyurvedic materia medica and pharmacology · 12 unitsRasashastra evam Bhaishajya Kalpana रसशास्त्र एवं भैषज्य कल्पनाAyurvedic pharmaceutics and mineral medicine · 11 unitsRoga Nidana evam Vikriti Vigyana रोग निदान एवं विकृति विज्ञानDiagnosis and pathology · 10 unitsAgada Tantra, Vyavahara Ayurveda evam Vidhi Vaidyaka अगद तन्त्र, व्यवहार आयुर्वेद एवं विधि वैद्यकToxicology, medical jurisprudence and forensic medicine · 12 unitsSwasthavritta evam Yoga स्वस्थवृत्त एवं योगPreventive medicine, public health and yoga · 13 unitsSamhita Adhyayan — 2 संहिता अध्ययन २Study of the classical texts, second part · 5 units

Third (Final) Professional — Tritiya Varsha

Kayachikitsa कायचिकित्साInternal medicine · 13 unitsPanchakarma पञ्चकर्मThe five purificatory procedures · 10 unitsShalya Tantra शल्य तन्त्रSurgery · 10 unitsShalakya Tantra शालाक्य तन्त्रDiseases of the eye, ear, nose, throat, head and teeth · 10 unitsPrasuti Tantra evam Stri Roga प्रसूति तन्त्र एवं स्त्री रोगObstetrics and gynaecology · 12 unitsKaumarabhritya — Balaroga कौमारभृत्य — बालरोगPaediatrics · 12 unitsAtyayika Chikitsa evam Tivra Chikitsa आत्ययिक चिकित्साEmergency medicine and intensive care · 10 unitsResearch Methodology and Medical Statistics अनुसन्धान पद्धति एवं चिकित्सा सांख्यिकीResearch methodology and medical statistics · 8 unitsSamhita Adhyayan — 3 संहिता अध्ययन ३Study of the classical texts, third part · 3 units

Traditional medicine degrees worldwide

Ayurveda came from India. It does not belong only to India. Laisha tracks 22 traditional-medicine programmes across 17 countries.

India — BAMSBachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery
National Commission for Indian System of Medicine (NCISM) · 4.5 years + 1 year internship
India — BUMSBachelor of Unani Medicine and Surgery
NCISM · 4.5 years + 1 year internship
India — BSMSBachelor of Siddha Medicine and Surgery
NCISM · 4.5 years + 1 year internship
India — BNYSBachelor of Naturopathy and Yogic Sciences
State universities / Ministry of Ayush · 4.5 years + 1 year internship
India — BHMSBachelor of Homoeopathic Medicine and Surgery
National Commission for Homoeopathy · 4.5 years + 1 year internship
Sri Lanka — BAMSBachelor of Ayurveda Medicine and Surgery
Ayurvedic Medical Council of Sri Lanka · 5 years
Nepal — BAMSBachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery
Nepal Ayurvedic Medical Council · 5.5 years
Bangladesh — BAMS / BUMSAyurvedic and Unani degrees
Bangladesh Unani and Ayurvedic Board · 5 years
China — TCMBachelor of Medicine in Traditional Chinese Medicine
Ministry of Education / National Administration of TCM · 5 years
South Korea — KMDDoctor of Korean Medicine
Ministry of Health and Welfare · 6 years
Japan — KampoKampo medicine within the medical curriculum
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare · Taught within the 6-year MD
Thailand — B.ATMBachelor of Applied Thai Traditional Medicine
Department of Thai Traditional and Alternative Medicine · 4 years
Vietnam — Traditional MedicineBachelor of Traditional Medicine
Ministry of Health · 6 years
Mongolia — Traditional Mongolian MedicineTraditional Mongolian Medicine degree
Ministry of Health · 5 years
Indonesia — Jamu / Traditional MedicineTraditional medicine and herbal programmes
Ministry of Health / BPOM · varies
United States — AyurvedaAyurvedic Practitioner and Ayurvedic Doctor programmes
National Ayurvedic Medical Association (NAMA) — a professional body, not a licensing authority · varies by level
United States — AOMAcupuncture and Oriental Medicine
ACAHM (formerly ACAOM) · 3–4 years, master's level
Australia — AyurvedaAyurvedic medicine diplomas and degrees
Australasian Association of Ayurveda (professional association) · varies
United Kingdom — AyurvedaAyurvedic medicine programmes
Not a statutorily regulated profession; voluntary self-regulation · varies
Germany — AyurvedaAyurveda training, commonly alongside Heilpraktiker qualification
Heilpraktiker examination is state-administered · varies
Brazil — AyurvedaAyurveda within integrative practices
Ministry of Health — PNPIC (National Policy on Integrative and Complementary Practices) · varies
Nepal, Bhutan — Sowa RigpaTraditional Tibetan / Himalayan medicine
Recognised in India under NCISM; also practised in Bhutan and Nepal · 5+ years

Laisha's grow-guide exam library already covers 195 countries. Traditional medicine is not one curriculum but many, regulated differently in every country, and this registry says plainly which entries are detailed and which are only located. Where a syllabus has not been verified against the regulator's own published document, this file says so rather than inventing units. A student should always check their own institution's syllabus.

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