Objective: Various factors tend to affect the attitude of students towards their course and future. This study investigated the attitude and perception of physiotherapy students towards their education and profession. The study also explored the limitations in the development of the discipline in India and the suggestions to overcome it. Study design: Cross sectional Methodology: 266 intern and final year students of 5 different physiotherapy colleges of Mangalore were selected by random sampling and their attitude towards their education and profession was assessed using Physiotherapy Student’s Attitude Questionnaire (PSAQ). The self-report questionnaire consisted of 34 items, of which 27 were close ended questions and 7 were open ended questions. Results: All the 4 domains of the questionnaire have poor association according to the chi square test. There was no significant difference in all the four domains between the interns and final years. Gender wise differences were also not significant according to unpaired t test. Many reasons were cited by the participants for stagnation of professional growth and suggestions to overcome were given for the same.
Conclusion: It can be concluded that the students and interns are indecisive with the course and their profession. However there are many untouched long standing problem areas which need to be modified.

Key Words: Students, Attitude, Career, Satisfaction, Physiotherapy profession.