Tribhuvan University(TU)

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.
Tribhuvan University was named after late King Tribhuvan. Established in 1959 (i.e., 2016 B.S.), it is the oldest and largest university in Nepal and the most promising one.  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.

Faculties and associated central departments

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