All countries in the South-East Asia Region offer a nursing training programme. Programmes offered include Auxiliary Nurse Midwife Programme, General Nursing or General Nursing and Midwifery or Diploma in Nursing and/or Midwifery Programme, Bachelor of Nursing, Post-based Bachelor’s in Nursing, Masters Programme in Nursing (Nursing Science) and PhD or Doctoral Programme in Nursing Science. The table below shows programme title, entry requirement and duration.
Table : Nursing programmes offered in South-East Asia Region
Country Programme Entry
requirement Bangladesh Diploma in Nursing
Science and Midwifery
12th grade direct entry
36
Nurse-midwife
NM integrated Started 2008 Bachelor of Nursing
Science and Midwifery
12th grade direct entry
48
Nurse-midwife
NM integrated Started 2008 Bhutan Diploma in Nursing
and Midwifery
12th grade in science Direct entry
42
Post basic Bachelor Degree in Nursing
Diploma in Nursing
24
Nurse-midwife DPR Korea Diploma in Nursing 11th grade
Direct entry
24 Nurse
India Diploma in Nursing and Midwifery
12th grade Direct entry
36 General
Nurse-midwife Bachelor of Science in
Nursing and Midwifery
12th grade Direct entry
48
Nurse-midwife Indonesia Diploma in Nursing 12th grade
Direct entry
36 Nurse Midwifery course included Bachelor of Science in
Nursing
12th grade Direct entry
48 Nurse Midwifery course included Maldives Diploma in Nursing 10th grade
Direct entry
36 Nurse Institute of Health Science Myanmar Diploma in Nursing
and Midwifery
11th grade Direct entry
36
Nurse-midwife
NM integrated Bachelor of Science in
Nursing
12th grade Direct entry
48
Nurse-midwife
NM integrated Nepal Certificate in Nursing 10th grade
Direct entry
36
Nurse-midwife
NM integrated Post basic Bachelor
Programme in Nursing (BN)
Certificate in Nursing and at least 3 years experience
24
Nurse-midwife
NM integrated
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
12th grade Direct entry
48
Nurse-midwife
Sri Lanka Diploma in Nursing 12th grade Direct entry
36
Nurse-midwife Bachelor of Science in
Nursing
12th grade GCE passed direct entry
48
Nurse-midwife Sri
Jayawardepura Thailand Post basic in Nursing Technical
nurse
24
Nurse-midwife Bachelor of nursing
Science or equivalent
12th grade 48 Nurse-midwife
NM integrated
Timor-Leste
Diploma in Nursing 12th grade 36 Nurse Institute of Health Science Bachelor of Science in
Nursing
12th grade 48 Nurse National university of Timor Leste
Note :
Auxiliary Nurses Midwifery programmes are available in India and Nepal.
