Bachelors of Physiotherapy is a Bachelor's degree which aims to provide knowledge in the areas of Rehabilitation and post operative surgical cases. It is a course of study which uses various means of treatments like Electrotherapy, Exercise Therapy, Massage therapy and tries to restore and maintain the physical activity of a Patient after neurological, cardiological, orthopedic, geriatric conditions. for studying BPT you should have completed your 12th with Physics, Chemistry and Biology as your core subjects. It is a 4 year theory and 6 months mandatory internship process. Admission to BPT in Maharashtra is through NEET and in other States, it is either based on State Level Entrance examination or based on merit scored in your 12th. Once you complete your BPT,you can take up MPT in various streams like Orthopedics, Cardiology, Neurology and Sports Sciences. In India these are the 4 major specialisations. But if  you go abroad, they ave a combination of specialisations that you can choose from. If you want to work study anything apart from Physiotherapy, you can take up Masters in Anatomy, Physiology, English, Psychology, Sociology, etc. These can get you opportunities as Junior Lecturers or Assistant Professors if you appear for UGC-NET. Then you can work as a Physiotherapist in your own clinic or work with Super Specialty or Multi Specialty hospitals as their Physiotherapy consultant. You can work in Rehabilitation centres as well. Apart from this, you can appear for Government jobs like SBI PO, IBPS, UPSC and your State Civil Service Examinations as well. In India we have a scarcity of Physiotherapists in the field of Sports and so that is one area that you can explore.

Few top Colleges are:

KJ Somaiya Physiotherapy College

NIMS, Telangana

ISIC Institute of Rehabilitation Services

Apollo Physiotherapy College

SDM College of Physiotherapy

St. John's National Academy of Health Sciences

Dayananda Sagar College of Physiotherapy

Guwahati College of Physiotherapy and Medical Sciences

MGM College of Physiotherapy

Terna Physiotherapy College.