Tribhuvan University


Tribhuvan University is a public university for higher education, located in Kirtipur, which is an ancient city in the Kathmandu Valley of Nepal. The university, established in 1959, is the oldest university in Nepal. In terms of enrollment, it is the 12th largest university in the world. The university offers 2,079 undergraduate and 2,000 postgraduate programs across a wide range of disciplines. As of March 2017, the university has 60 constituent campuses and 1,084 affiliated colleges across the country. Since it is government financed, it is less expensive than private universities.

History

Established on 25 June 1959, Tribhuvan University is the oldest and largest university in Nepal. The university was named after the late King Tribhuvan. In its early years, all the postgraduate classes were held at Tripureshwor Campus. The administrative office was also located in Tripureshwor. It was only in 1967, that the university was relocated to its main campus in Kirtipur – an ancient town about 5km south-west of the city of Kathmandu. The university, which spreads over an area of 154.77 hectares, constitutes the Central Administrative Office and the Central Campus.
TU marked its golden jubilee in 2009 organizing programmes.

Academics

Since its inception, the state-owned university has expanded its programmes. There are five technical institutes and four general faculties. The university offers 115 courses for the technical proficiency certificate level. TU offers 1079 courses at Bachelor's level and 1000 courses at Master's level. It offers Ph.D. degrees in the technical institutes and faculties.
TU ran its programmes only through its constituent campuses before 1980. With the increasing number of students wanting higher education, it was not possible to accommodate all the students in the constituent campuses. This situation led to the establishment of colleges in the private sector because the constituent campuses alone could not meet the demand. From 1979–80, TU started providing affiliation to private colleges. As of April 2016, 1,084 private and public colleges were affiliated with TU.
In the 2014–2015 academic session 4,05,341 students were enrolled in TU academic programmes. 1,48,141 students study in its 60 constituent campuses including 38 central departments, while 2,57,200 students study in 1,053 affiliated colleges.
TU has 7,841 teaching faculty and 7,413 non-teaching staff including the support staff in its constituent campuses. The number of total employees is 15,254.

Rankings

Tribhuvan University is ranked as 1001+ universities of the world as per the Times Higher Education World University Rankings in 2020, published by the Times Higher Education magazine. It is ranked among the 251-300 best universities of Asia. It is ranked at 7470 in the world and 3rd in the country as per the 4icu Organisation of Uiversity Ranking.

Technical institutes

The university administers its science and technology programs, such as BSc, BE, MBBS, etc., through its technical institutes. There are five technical institutes at the university, each taking care of a specific domain within the field of science and technology education.
There are four faculties and a total of 38 associated central departments at the university
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The following is a partial list of constituent colleges of the university:

Eastern Development Region

TU is government financed but still an autonomous organization. The head of the government, the prime minister, is its chancellor.
Tribhuvan University has five decision-making bodies:
Tribhuvan University has the following research centers: