Paramedical sciences programme area
General nursing
Professionals able to deliver quality care and support patients, from prevention to health education.
- Bachelor’s degree in health sciences
- 3
- Common first year (PACES), then a competitive entrance exam for the second year.
- Dr ANDRIANAMPY Hoby Anjarasoa
- Pr RAMAMONJINIRINA Tahina Prudence
Overview
The General Nursing pathway trains health professionals able to deliver quality care and support patients in every aspect of their health. Combining theory and practice, the programme prepares students to assess, plan and deliver care while promoting prevention and health education. General nurses thus become key players in the health system: autonomous, competent and committed to patients and the community.
The graduate’s roles
- Help establish the diagnosis
- Carry out specific and hygiene care
- Handle administrative tasks
- Link the patient and the hospital
Required qualities
- Good powers of observation
- Interpersonal skills and empathy
- Good organisation and resilience under stress
At a glance
- Entry
- Common first year (PACES), then a competitive entrance exam for the second year.
- Degree
- Bachelor’s degree
- Duration
- 3 years
- System
- LMD
Pathway
1. PACES
Common first year of health studies.
2. Entrance exam, then L2
Entry into the second year; first practical placements, progression exam.
3. L3
Final-year dissertation.
✓. Bachelor’s degree
Bachelor’s degree in health sciences.
Curriculum
Organisation of studies by semester: teaching units (UE), constituent elements (EC), credits and teaching hours.
Semester 130 credits
Structure and function of biomolecules
- Organic chemistry
- Lipids
- Carbohydrates
- Amino acids and proteins
- Nucleic acids
- Enzymes and coenzymes
10 credits
Physiology
- Neurological physiology
- Fluid compartment
- Integrative physiology
- Respiratory physiology
9 credits
Visceral anatomy
- Respiratory system
- Cardiac system
- Peripheral vascular system
- Peripheral nervous system
3 credits
Introduction to medicines
- Legal framework
- Medicine life cycle
- General pharmacology
4 credits
Specific units
- Osteology
4 credits
Semester total30 credits
Semester 230 credits
Cell biology and tissues
- Cell biology
- Tissues
8 credits
Physiology
- Digestive
- Cardiac
- Renal
- Of the blood
7 credits
Mathematics, biophysics, statistics
- Mathematics
- Biophysics
- Statistics
4 credits
Visceral anatomy
- Urinary system
- Digestive system
- Male genital system
3 credits
Medical French
- Workplace communication
- Medical consultation
- Data transmission and correspondence
4 credits
Specific units
- Embryology
- Introduction to imaging
4 credits
Semester total30 credits
Placement sites
- University hospital centres
- Rural and urban community health centres
Skills laboratories
- Multipurpose clinical biology laboratory at CHU Tambohobe and CHU Andrainjato
- Pathological anatomy laboratory at CHU Andrainjato
Careers
- Work in the public or private health sector
- Continue with a research or professional master’s
Programme heads
Dr ANDRIANAMPY Hoby Anjarasoa
Pr RAMAMONJINIRINA Tahina Prudence
Admission
Admission requirements
Baccalaureate in series C, D or S, obtained in 2025 or 2026.
Pre-registration for PACES (common first year of health studies) is online, at inscription.facmedfianar.mg, from 7 September to 20 November 2026 at 11:59 pm (Madagascar time). Entry into the second year is then by competitive exam.
Application documents
- Baccalaureate transcript
- Recent birth certificate
- ID photo
- Receipt for payment of the pre-registration fee
Admission
Fees
- National student
- 50,000 Ar
- International student
- 100,000 Ar