Nitte Institute of Speech and Hearing, Mangaluru: Admission, Courses, Fees, Placements

Nitte Institute of Speech and Hearing (NISH), was established in the year 2007, Mangaluru, Karnataka is a specialized institution. As an affiliated college nestled in a 25 acre main academic complex, the college focuses on training qualified professionals in speech and hearing sciences. NISH has a total student enrolment of 115 students and has a total of 8 faculties members which enhances focused learning. Currently IU offers three firm-based programs for the degree, at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels with major focus on Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology.

NISH has developed several functional facilities that has made a tremendous impact on the structured learning institutions by improving the learning facilities of the students. Apart from these, the institute has acquired well-facilitated laboratories where skills in speech and hearing sciences are practiced. A well-equipped library with good number of books, journals and periodicals are available to both students and faculties. 

The facilities include an event center for seminars and congregational meetings that enhances the academic culture on the campus. NISH being a student friendly institute also provides separate hostels for boys and girls to make students living safer and comforting. The hostels have all the essentials of the modern world from a smart App based mess ‘Paaka-shale’ that enables the students to pre-order their meal. Other amenities available within the hostels include provision for indoor and outdoor games thus embracing a health broke for the residents.

The institute currently provides a total of three credit courses and all of them are full time programmes. These include one undergraduate course (BASLP – Bachelor of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology) and two post graduate courses (MASLP – Master of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology, M.Sc. Audiology). Total number of students that can be admitted in all courses are fifty four, BASLP has thirty seats, whilst MASLP and M.Sc Audiology each have twelve seats. This limited intake makes it possible for a teacher to concentrate in teaching and also to attend individually to every child.

In its admittance criteria, NISH majorly depends on the performance of the students in their qualifying examinations. In the case of the undergraduate BASLP program, the candidates are selected strictly on merit that has been obtained in the qualifying examination. Likewise, the entry of postgraduate programs including MASLP and M.Sc. Audiology, is offered on merit. There is no precise requirement for an entrance examination for these courses, but rather it focuses on the scores of the exams of the candidates.