Tribhuvan University

Tribhuvan University

Tribhuvan University (TU) is the first national institution of higher education in Nepal. TU is the oldest of the five universities in Nepal. Enrolment in 2013-2014 was eighth largest in the world. It was established in 1959 A.D.

After the second democratic movement of 2006, the Prime Minister of Nepal is the ceremonial chief, the Chancellor of the University, whereas the Minister of Education is the Pro-Chancellor. The Vice Chancellor is the Chief Executive of the university. He is assisted by the Rector in academic programmes and the Registrar in financial management and general administration.

Tribhuvan University is a non-profit making autonomous institution funded by the Government of Nepal. On January 8, 2013, the government of Nepal has principally agreed to declare Tribhuvan University as the Central University.

Location

Building of Tribhuvan University faculty of Humanities and Human Science

The Central Administrative Office and the Central Campus of the university are located on the north eastern facade of Kirtipur, an ancient and small town located five kilometers away from Kathmandu city centre. There are 38 central departments and 4 research centres in TU, and out of them 31 departments and 3 research centres are located at Kirtipur. The university at Kirtipur is spread over an area of 154.77 hectares (3042-5-2 ropanis).

Faculties and courses

Tribhuvan University Logo

The university provides undergraduate and graduate education. More than 4,400 courses are offered, of which 500 are for intermediate-level courses (equivalent to higher secondary school), 2,079 are for undergraduate and 2,000 are for postgraduate programs. The university has 85 integral colleges and more than 600 affiliated colleges throughout the country. Since it is government financed, it is less expensive than private universities.

There are four Faculties at the University:

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Faculty of Management
Faculty of Education
Faculty of Law

1. Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Central Department of Buddhist Studies
Central Department of Chemistry, TU
Central Department of Culture
Central Department of Economics
Central Department of English
Central Department of Biotechnology
Central Department of Fine Arts
Central Department of Geography
Central Department of Geology
Central Department of Hindi
Central Department of History
Central Department of Home Science
Central Department of Journalism and Mass Communication
Central Department of Library Science
Central Department of Linguistics
Central Department of Maithili
Central Department of Nepali
Central Department of Nepal Bhasha
Central Department of Political Science
Central Department of Population Studies
Central Department of Psychology
Central Department of Rural Development
Central Department of Sanskrit
Central Department of Sociology and Anthropology

2. Faculty of Management

Central Department of Public Administration
Central Department of Management

3. Faculty of Education

Central Department of Education

4. Faculty of Law