Tribhuvan University

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

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.
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 source and centre of quality education to set up a culture of learning in the country and to promote the notion of national and global peace and harmony.

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 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 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 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 Biotechnology
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