Education financing of education and loan system in Nepal (06)

Universities in Nepal where found education as a discipline

Tribhuvan University
Mahendra Sanskrit University
Kathmandu University
Purbanchal University
Pokhara University
Siddhartha University    

Tribhuvan university
Tribhuvan University (TU) is named after the late King Tribhuvan Bir Bikram Shah Dev. It was founded in compliance with the Tribhuvan University Act, 1959. The university stands as a national institute of higher educational degrees. The initial objectives of Tribhuvan University include preservation and development of historical and cultural heritage of Nepal and promotion of research. Tribhuvan University at present offers proficiency certificate, Bachelor's, Master's and Doctoral (Ph.D.) programs. The university runs 61 campuses of its own and has 222 private campuses affiliated to it. Tribhuvan University consists of four faculties, five technical institutes and four research centres as follows:

*It has four faculties:

• Management
• Humanities and Social Science
• Education 
• Law

* It has five Technical Institutes-

• Medicine
• Engineering
• Forestry
• Agriculture and Animal Science
• Science and Technology

* It has four Research Centres-

• Centre for Nepal and Asian Studies (CNAS)
• Centre for Economic Development and Administration (CEDA)
• Research Centre for Educational Innovation and Development (CERID)
• Research Centre for Applied Science and Technology (RECAST)

TU has institutional linkage with more than 113 universities and online university institutes around the world. His Majesty King is the Chancellor of the University. The Pro-Chancellor is the Minister for Education. The Vice-chancellor is the principal administrator of the University. T.U. caters for well over 142,924 (including Ph.D.) students through approximately 5,967 Teaching, 2,189 Administrative, 2153 Technical and 2720 Utility staff. The central office of T.U. is at Kirtipur, Kathmandu.

Tribhuvan University provides a two-year educational degrees proficiency certificate, two-year bachelor's degrees, two-year master's degrees, and doctoral programs in various institutes. Thirty-six privately run liberal arts and commercial colleges offer certificate courses accepted by the university.

1. B Ed
2. I.Ed

Purbanchal University
Purbanchal University has Faculty of Education. The Faculty of Education at Purbanchal University was founded in 1998. The subject taught include Education. The Faculty offers Bachelors & Masters educational Degree programs through its constituent and affiliated colleges. Purbanchal University (PU) was established in 1995 with aims to develop higher educational degrees in the country in a decentralized manner and to expand the opportunities of higher educational degrees. The Prime Minister is the Chancellor of the University and the Pro-Chancellor is the Minister for Education. The Vice Chancellor is the principal administrator of the University. The Central Office of the University is located in Biratnagar, Morang district, Eastern Development Region.

Main objectives >>

* To run educational institutes of higher educational degrees in general, occupational and technical areas.
* To increase the quality of higher educational degrees by creating an environment of competitiveness in the university.
* To develop the university as a healthy educational degree serving institute of the country.
* To develop institutes of higher education by mobilizing local resources particularly the human and educational resources.

Focused Academic Activities >>

Activities Description:
Continuing Education Need based short courses and training from farmer to high professional level.Poly techniques Skill endowment to unemployed educated youth for self employment generation.Undergraduate Educational degrees New and innovative career-oriented academic programmes. Master and Ph.D Research and application based educational degrees to generate knowledge for promotion of the area of academic excellence. Research and studies focused on regional problems and promotion of regional resources for socio-economic development and environment conservation.

List of Faculties and Subject Committees >>

a)    Science and Technology
b)    Management
c)    Humanities
d)    Education and Law

 * Education
o Bachelor of Education, 3 yrs
o Bachelor of Education 1 yrs
o Bachelor of Education, 1 yrs (Distant Learning).

Kathmandu University
The Kathmandu University is an independent, non-profit, non-government public institution. It is an institution of higher learning dedicated to maintain high standards of academic excellence.Kathmandu University was established by an Act of Parliament on November 1991. It started functioning from December 11, 1991.

It provides the degrees is given below-

• Diploma Education
• M phil Education
• Masters in Education
• Phd Education

Mission
The Kathmandu University has the mission to:
* promote all- round development of students' abilities and personalities.
* develop an awareness of the role of science and its application in the understanding of problems of contemporary society.
* extend and disseminate knowledge and encourage its application on educational degrees.
* develop a community of scholars, students and staff in which understanding and wisdom can grow and flourish.
 

Different subject committees under the Faculty Board recommend the curriculum for different programs and review them periodically.

•         School of Science
•         School of Management
•         School of Arts
•         School of Engineering
•         School of Medical Sciences

School of Education:
This School currently offers M.Phil. and Ph.D. programs. The School also offers short-term coursed in teacher educational degrees to prepare teachers and headmasters fro primary educational degrees and secondary level educational degrees. The School is also collaborating in offering Post-graduate Diploma in Educational degree program.

Mahendra Sanskrit University
Mahendra Sanskrit University (MSU) was established in December 1986. The university offers Intermediate (Uttar Madhyama), Bachelor's (Shastri), Bachelor of Education, Master's (Acharya) and Doctoral courses in classical and modern subjects. It also offers intermediate in Ayurveda and condensed courses for Ayurvedacharya. The university has 12 constituent and 13 affiliated Vidhyapithas (campuses) situated in different parts of the country. Inspired by the long unbroken tradition of Sanskrit in Nepal, the university was established for the following purposes:

* To fulfil the need for an autonomous institution for teaching/learning activities and research of        Sanskrit field at various levels of educational degrees.
* To systematize Sanskrit educational degrees up to the highest level in the Kingdom
* To preserve and promote Sanskrit education degrees  in different sectors of the Nepalese society
* To develop the Kingdom of Nepal into a centre for learning through Sanskrit education degrees.

MSU also offers facilities for educational degrees and non educational degree research works based on Sanskrit. It also organizes training programs on Vedic and Buddhist teaching and Yoga training. His Majesty King Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev is the Chancellor of Mahendra Sanskrit University. The Pro-Chancellor is the Minister for Education. The Vice-chancellor is the Chief Administrator of the University. The central office of the university is located at Beljhundi, Dang, Mid-Western Development Region, Nepal.

Pokhara University
Pokhara University was established in 1996 as a fifth University in the country under the government's policy of adopting a multi-university system in the country with aims to expand the access to higher educational degrees. The Prime Minister is the Chancellor of the University and the Pro-Chancellor is the Minister for Education. The Vice Chancellor is the principal administrator of the university. The central office of the university is located in Pokhara, Kaski district, Western Development Region.

Main Objectives >>

* To increase private participation in higher educational degrees
* To increase the quality of educational degrees
* To expand the opportunity of higher educational degrees in the country
* To supply skilled human resources necessary for national development through educational degrees.
* To make the academic environment free in the university.

Faculty >>
Faculty of Management Studies
Faculty of Science & Technology
Faculty of humanities and Social Science

Siddhartha University
Siddhartha University is the first and the only Buddhist University of Nepal. It is supported by Buddhist Bhikkhus and common Nepalese people undertaking the responsibility for the success of this Buddhist University as well as by the people of Nepal. It thus becomes a matter of pride and prestige of this country. Siddhartha University is already founded in Washington D.C., the capital of the United States of America in 1991.It also provides Educational Degrees as a discipline.