Vision
“To become a world-class university devoted to bringing
knowledge and technology to the service of mankind”.
Mission
“To provide quality education for leadership”
A Brief Introduction
Kathmandu University is an autonomous, not-for-profit, non
- government institution dedicated to maintain high standards
of academic excellence. It is committed to develop leaders
in professional areas through quality education.
It is located in a mountainous landscape
in Dhulikhel Municipality about 30 kilometers east of Kathmandu
(KTM) having round-the-year pleasant climate and panoramic
Himalayan Views.
KU had a very modest start from a rented building at Tangal,
Kathmandu. Now, it has been able to create a built up space
of 35518 square meters.
Within a period of 15 years, KU has built
not only reasonable infrastructure, but also established
a track record of academic excellence. At present, the University
offers various undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate
programs in science, engineering, medicine,
management, education, arts, pharmacy, environment, music,
human & natural resources, information technology and
biotechnology through School of Science, School of Management,
School of Engineering, School of Medical Sciences, School
of Education and School of Arts. In addition to 3369 students
studying in its constituent campuses 4897 students are in
its affiliated colleges Annual intake capacity of KU is
1088, out of them 280 intermediate, 510 undergraduate, and
298 graduate students. KU affiliated colleges have an annual
intake capacity of 1194 students.
The academic programs of the University
are based on credit-semester system with continuous internal
evaluations. The University has adopted 1 to 10 teacher–student
ratio. However, KU is very cautious in recruitment of every
single faculty or non-teaching staff. The staff strength
at KU is 344 for teaching and 158 for nonteaching. The academic
calendar of minimum 230 days is strictly adhered to; admission
of students is based on merit, based on their score in the
previous examination and written and oral entrance tests.
Every School has its own Teacher Welfare
Society, Student Welfare Council and Staff Welfare Society.
The Executive Board is composed of members elected by teachers
and students for the welfare of their community. Quality
control is strictly followed in all programs of the university.
In addition, to continually enhance the educational standard,
KU has been successfully collaborating with more than fifty
universities and institutions of international repute for
faculty and students exchange programs, credit transfer
and joint research work and exchange information. This has
helped KU to establish itself well in the world community.
Objectives
and Thrust
Higher education should become a high quality education
resulting in the development of overall personality of the
student. As education shapes human life and the type of
society in which we live, it becomes an investment to improve
the quality of life for everyone in the nation. Therefore,
KU is being developed with objectives to:
- Promote all-round development of the students’
abilities and personalities;
- Develop awareness about the role of science and its
application in understanding problems of the contemporary
society;
- Extend and disseminate knowledge and foster its application;
- Create knowledge industry through accessing the sources
of knowledge at the global level, processing them and
providing access to such knowledge to the people.
- Establish a community of scholars, students, and
staff in which understanding and
wisdom can grow and flourish.
The main thrust of KU is to make it a research-cum-teaching
university in science, management, engineering, medical
sciences, arts, and education.
Strategy
The long-term strategy for its development
are:
- Achieving excellence in teaching;
- Providing strong support to professional courses;
- Strengthening research activities in the fields of
environment, energy, medicinal plants and information
technology
