Tribhuvan University

Tribhuvan University (TU) is a public university in Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal. Established in 1959, TU is the oldest of the schools in Nepal. Enrolment in 2013-2014 was eighth largest in the world.

The university provides undergraduate and graduate education. More than four,400 courses square measure offered, of which five hundred square measure for intermediate-level courses (equivalent to higher secondary school), 2,079 are for college man and a pair of,000 are for postgraduate programs. The university has 85 integral schools and a lot of than 600 connected schools throughout the country. Since it is government financed, it is more cost-effective than private universities.

TU marked its golden jubilee in 2009 organizing programmes.

In the 52nd year of its establishment, the university family remains committed and dedicated to making it a supply and centre of quality education to line up a culture of learning within the country and to push the notion of national and international peace and harmony.

Since its inception, the state-owned university, has expanded its programmes. There are 5 technical institutes and four general schools. The university offers 115 courses for the technical proficiency certificate level. TU offers 1079 courses at Bachelors 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 education, it was impossible to accommodate all the scholars within the constituent campuses. This situation LED to the institution of schools within the personal sector as a result of the constituent campuses alone couldn't meet the demand. From 1979–80, TU started providing affiliation to private schools to conduct programmes. Across the country, 826 private colleges have received TU affiliations.

In the 2014-2015 academic session 4,05,341 students were enrolled in TU academic programmes. 1,48,141 (36.55%) students study in its 60 constituent campuses including 38 central departments, while 2,57,200 (63.45%) students study in 1053 affiliated colleges.

TU has 7841 teaching faculty and 7413 non-teaching staff including the support staff in its constituent campuses. The number of total employees is 15254
There are four faculties at the university:

    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 Biotechnolog
        Central Department of Fine Arts
        Central Department of Geography
        Central Department Of Hydrology & Meteorology
        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
        Central Department of Anthropology
    Faculty of Management
        Central Department of Public Administration
        Central Department of Management
    Faculty of Education
        Central Department of Education
    Faculty of Lawareness