# Master of Occupational Therapy – Hand Rehabilitation at Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences

> Master of Occupational Therapy – Hand Rehabilitation (Master's Occupational Therapy) at Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Chennai, India.

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- Last reviewed: 2026-10-25
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## Key facts

- University: [Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences](https://www.studentstraffic.com/university/saveetha-institute-of-medical-and-technical-sciences) (Private, Chennai, [India](https://www.studentstraffic.com/countries/india))
- Course family: [Master's in Occupational Therapy](https://www.studentstraffic.com/courses/master-occupational-therapy)
- Duration: 2 years
- Teaching language: English
- Language note: The college-linked MOT regulations, applicable from 2023–24, explicitly state English as the medium of instruction and evaluation for all MOT courses.
- Tuition per year: Fee plan on request
- Fee verified: 2026-10-25
- Intake: August
- Official programme page: https://scot.saveetha.com/admissions

Fee notes: Request a fee quotation for the intended cohort. The undated central public table lists annual tuition INR 65,000 plus lab fee INR 100,000 for Indian/SAARC applicants (INR 165,000 combined). Its NRI/foreign column lists tuition USD 1,000 plus lab fee USD 1,500 (USD 2,500 combined) for the named overseas categories. These are undated reference figures, not confirmed rates for a named academic year; hostel and personal living costs are separate.

## Who can apply

- Availability: restricted
- Eligible: Applicants holding the documented BOT/equivalent qualification assessed by SIMATS
- Restriction: A degree from another university requires a SIMATS eligibility certificate.
- Restriction: The regulations allow equivalent BOT qualifications from India or abroad; recognition, internship and current marks requirements still apply.
- Restriction: A foreign-currency fee column does not by itself establish visa eligibility or automatic acceptance of an overseas degree.

Foreign qualification equivalence is subject to university assessment. Request the applicable nationality/category fee and joining arrangements before making travel plans.

## Admissions

Master of Occupational Therapy – Hand Rehabilitation is a two-year full-time postgraduate degree at Saveetha College of Occupational Therapy, SIMATS, Thandalam. The specialty develops occupational therapy assessment and rehabilitation of hand function, alongside research, supervised clinical work and a dissertation.

The current college admission threshold applies alongside the qualifying-degree, internship and external-university certificate requirements in its linked MOT regulations.

- Hold a Bachelor of Occupational Therapy degree or equivalent from a recognised university. The current college admissions page specifies at least 60% aggregate for MOT admission.
- The linked MOT regulations require a full-time qualifying BOT programme and completion of six months of compulsory rotatory internship.
- Graduates of another university must obtain SIMATS’s eligibility certificate before the admission deadline, with their degree, marksheets, internship completion and migration certificates.

Steps:

1. Select the occupational therapy postgraduate specialty and submit the institutional application with your qualifying BOT records.
2. Complete the university’s degree-equivalence and eligibility-certificate assessment where required; obtain the written admission and specialty offer.
3. Confirm the cohort’s fees, joining date, accommodation and document-verification requirements before accepting and reporting.

- Document: BOT degree or provisional certificate and all qualifying university marksheets
- Document: Compulsory internship completion certificate
- Document: Migration certificate and SIMATS eligibility certificate for external-university graduates
- Application document: Completed admission application and identity documents
- Application document: Written programme/specialty offer and any applicable fee-category documents
The verified historical BOT/MOT new-batch induction was 7 August 2024. The college currently advertises 2026–27 admissions; it does not publish a current joining date here. Confirm the intended cohort’s reporting notice.


## Teaching phases

- Two-year full-time MOT (English): Year one combines common research methodology, education/management and general occupational therapy study. Year two develops the clinical specialty and dissertation, with supervised clinical postings and recorded case work.

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