Your route, step by step
- 1Class 11–12: take PCBSome institutes also accept PCM.
- 2Write the common entranceNational institutes admit to BPO through a common entrance test; check the yearly notice.
- 3BPO · 4.5 yearsBachelor in Prosthetics & Orthotics, including internship.
- 4Register with RCI and workRCI registration is needed to practise; M.P.O. for specialisation.
What an orthotist / prosthetist does
- Assess patients after amputation, polio, stroke or injury
- Measure, design and build artificial limbs and braces
- Fit, adjust and train patients to use them
- Work with doctors and physiotherapists in rehabilitation
Entrance exams & admission
- National institutes’ common entranceFor BPO at national disability institutes
- University admissionSome private and deemed universities run their own admission
Where you may work
Rehabilitation centres, national disability institutes, hospitals, limb-fitting centres, NGOs and companies making assistive devices.
Well-known colleges in and near Tamil Nadu
- NIEPMD, Muttukadu, Chennai
Official links
Links checked: Oct 2026. Always confirm dates and rules on the official site.
Outlook
Road accidents and diabetes-related amputations mean steady demand, and 3D printing is changing how limbs are made.
Specialise later
- Lower-limb prosthetics
- Upper-limb prosthetics
- Spinal orthotics
- Paediatric orthotics
- Sports prosthetics
