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
