POKHARA UNIVERSITYDhungepatan, Lekhnath

Kaski, Nepal

July, 2010

IntroductionNepal introduced the multi-university concept in1983. The idea of Pokhara University was conceivedunder in 1986. But it was established only in 1997under Pokhara University Act, 1997 in the secondtourist destination city, Pokhara. Right HonorablePrime Minister of the Federal Democratic RepublicNepal is Chancellor, and Honorable Minister forEducation is the Pro-Chancellor of the University.Vice Chancellor is appointed by Right HonorableChancellor and he is the principle executive officer ofthe University. He is assisted by Registrar in financialmanagement and general administration.

Pokhara University, non-profit autonomousinstitution, is partially financed by the Government ofNepal and partly by the revenue raised from thestudents and affiliated colleges.

Objective of Pokhara University To produce skilled and qualitative human

resource in the areas of science, technology,management, law, humanities, education andother professional areas for nationaldevelopment

To encourage private sector participation in thedevelopment of higher education

To create healthy, respectful and result orientedand disciplined academic environment byimproving quality in higher education

To promote the quality and standard of highereducation through the healthy competition inhigher education

To contribute to the community development byoperating extension programs

Vision and MissionThe Vision of the University is to be a leader in thepromotion of education and health tourism throughquality higher education, health and communityservice in the South Asian Region.

The mission of Pokhara University is to develop as aCenter of Excellence for Higher Education byexcelling in teaching, learning and research activities;contributing to the national development process byproducing job market - oriented, responsible,

productive, service oriented and committed humanresources and link the university system with thecommunity services.

LocationPokhara University is located in LekhnathMunicipality of Kaski district, thirteen kilometer eastto the heart of the Pokhara city. It has already built itsacademic complex in the serene and scenic locationof seven lake city, Lekhnath, in the lap of thebeautiful Himalayan range and peaks such as Mt.Machhapuchre and Mt. Annapurna. In addition,Begnas lake and Rupa lake are walking distance of itsacademic complex and central office. It is planning todevelop the infrastructure for School of EngineeringSciences on the bank of Khudi River and School ofMedical Sciences on the bank of Seti River, fiveminute walking distance from Prithivi High Way.Local community is generous to endow the land inthe scenic and beautiful location for other potentialschools and research center such as School ofEducation and Sports, School of Tourism and HotelManagement, and Herbal Research Center.

Decision Making BodyUniversity Senate: It is the supreme decision makingbody on policies, budget, and rules and regulations.Right Honorable Prime Minister is the ex-officiochairperson of the Senate. Honorable Minister ofEducation chairs the meeting of the Senate in theabsence of Right Honorable Prime Minister, and ViceChancellor chairs the meeting in the absence of bothRight Honorable Prime Minister and HonorableMinister of Education. Senate is composed of therepresentatives from District DevelopmentCommittee, Municipalities, industrialists, farmers,social workers, academicians, donors, Ministry ofEducation, University Grants Commission, HigherSecondary School, Nepal University TeacherAssociation, Pokhara University Teacher Association,Student Union and other universities. The ViceChancellor, Deans, four Campus Chiefs and three

university teachers nominated by Right HonorableChancellor are also the members of the Senate.Registrar is the member secretary of the Senate.Academic Council: It is the academic body of theuniversity and chaired by the Vice Chancellor. TheCouncil consists of the heads of the major academicbodies such as Registrar, Deans of different faculties,Chairmen of different subject committees,educationists, Chief of research center, Controller ofExaminations, Chief of Curriculum DevelopmentCenter; experts and teachers appointed by RightHonorable Chancellor on the recommendation ofVice Chancellor. The Council makes decision onpolicies and practices regarding curricula, teaching,examination, and academic programs of theuniversity.Executive Council: The Vice Chancellor chairs theExecutive Council. The Council executes the policydecisions taken by the University Senate. It iscomposed of seven members—Vice Chancellor, oneperson from amongst Deans, one person fromamongst the Campus Chiefs who are members of theSenate, three persons from amongst members of theSenate including one teacher, and Registrar. TheRegistrar is the ex-officio member secretary of theCouncilOthers: Faculty Boards, Subject Committees, andExamination Committee assist the university indesigning academic programs, conduct examinations,and monitor the academic decisions made by theuniversity. University Service Commissionrecommends manpower to be recruited as per therequirement of the university. Faculties run theprograms under the direct supervision of the Dean.Currently, the University Senate has given approvalto run academic programs under the Faculty ofManagement Studies, Faculty of Science andTechnology, Faculty of Humanities and SocialSciences.

Faculties and Academic ProgramsPokhara University has three faculties—Faculty ofScience and Technology, Faculty of ManagementStudies and Faculty of Humanities and SocialSciences, and is establishing the Faculty of HealthSciences in near future. The university has offeredBachelor and Master programs in various subjects inits 4 constituent schools and 46 affiliated colleges. Atpresent, it has run 18 Bachelor programs—Bachelorof Science in Bio-chemistry, Bachelor ofPharmaceutical Sciences, Bachelor of ComputerApplication, Bachelor of Civil Engineering orDiploma Holders, Bachelor of Science in MedicalLaboratory Technology, Bachelor of Science inMedical Bio-chemistry, Bachelor of Science inMedical Microbiology, Bachelor of Public Health,Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Bachelor ofComputer Engineering, Bachelor of Civil

Engineering, Bachelor of Electronics andCommunication Engineering, Bachelor of Electricaland Electronics Engineering, Bachelor ofEngineering in Information Technology, Bachelor ofSoftware Engineering, Bachelor of Architecture,Bachelor of Civil Engineering (Rural), Bachelor ofScience in Environment Management, and SixMaster programs—Master of Science in NaturalResource Management, Master of ComputerEngineering, Master of Science in EnvironmentManagement, Master of Science in Computer Science,Master in Interdisciplinary Water ResourceManagement and Master of Computer InformationSystem under the Faculty of Science and Technologyin different affiliated colleges and constituent schoolfaculty of Science and Technology.

Similarly, the university has offered 6 Bachelorprograms—Bachelor of Business Administration,Bachelor of Hotel Management, Bachelor ofComputer Information System, Bachelor ofComputer Application, Bachelor of Health CareManagement, Bachelor of Business Administration inBanking and Insurance, four Master programs—Master of Business Administration, Master of HealthCare Management, Master of BusinessAdministration (Executive), Master of ComputerInformation System, and one post graduate diplomaprograms—Postgraduate Diploma in Health CareManagement, under the Faculty of ManagementStudies and three Master programs—Master of Artsin English and Master in Population, Gender andDevelopment, and Master of Philosophy in English(M. Phil) under the Faculty of Humanities and SocialSciences.

Constituent SchoolsPokhara University has four schools: School ofHealth and Allied Sciences, School of Engineering,School of Development and Social Engineering andSchool of Business in its academic complex.School of Health and Allied Sciences has runBachelor in Pharmacy, Medical LaboratoryTechnology, Public Health and Nursing. It isplanning to launch new programs such as Master ofPharmacy, Master of Public Health, and Master ofMedical Laboratory Technology.

School of Health and Allied Sciences

School of Business is running Bachelor in BusinessAdministration, Bachelor in Business Administrationin Banking and Insurance, and Master in BusinessAdministration. It is planning to launch newprograms MBA Finance and MBA Global Business.

School of BusinessAt present, School of Development and SocialEngineering is running Master in Population, Genderand Development and going to launch Bachelor ofArts in Development Studies.

School of Development and Social Engineering

Affiliated CollegesSo far university has granted affiliation to 46 colleges.Of these, 24 colleges- Nepal EngineeringCollege(nec), School of Environment Managementand Sustainable Development(SchEMS), AceInstitute of Management, V.S. Niketan, Apex College,Universal Science College, National Open College,Institute of Advance, Communication, Education andResearch Center (IACER), Nobel College, NepalCollege of Information Technology, Cosmos Collegeof Management and Technology, EverestEngineering and Management College, ExcelInternational College, Atlantic International College,Liberty College, Camad College, Standard CharteredCollege, Citizen College, SIAM College, QuestInternational College, Platinum Management College,Ritz Hospitality Management College, CentralInstitute of Science and Technology(CIST) and SahidRamnath Dahal Smriti College are located inKathmandu Valley. Nepal Engineering College runs

the programs related only to engineering; UniversalCollege focuses only on science program; and AceInstitute of Management, Apex college and newlyaffiliated colleges concentrate their program onmanagement education. SchEMS has concentrated itsprograms in science of environment management andmanagement. It has offered three programs- Bachelorof Science in Environment Management, Master ofScience in Environment Management and Bachelorin Business Administration. IACER runs Master ofArts in English and Master of Philosophy in English(M. Phil) programs and other colleges run differentBachelor, Master and Post Graduate Diplomaprograms.

Pokhara University has provided the affiliation to 5colleges—Gandaki College of Engineering andScience (GCES), Pokhara Engineering College(PEC), Nepal Tourism and Hotel ManagementCollege, Pokhara College of Technology, andPokhara College of Management (PCM) in Pokharavalley; and 17 colleges in Terain region—BrihaspatiCollege, Bhairahawa, Rupandehi, Tillottama Campus,Shankarnagar, Rupandehi, Crimson College ofTechnology (CCT), Tulsi Mehar Memorial College,Shankarnagar, Butwal, Oxford College ofEngineering and Management, Gaidakot,Nawalparasi, Lumbini Engineering, Management andScience College, Bhalbari, Rupandehi and NationalAcademy of Science and Technology(NAST),Dhangadi, Kailali, Bostan International College,Bharatpur, Chitwan, Axis College, Butwal,Rupandehi, Kshitiz International College, Butwal,Rupandehi, Siddhartha College, Butwal, Rupandehi,Victoria International College, Ghorahi, Dang, RaptiEngineering College, Sitalnagar, Dang, AlpineManagement College, Bagiya, Banke, Crescent HotelManagement College, Santoshi Tole, Kailali, BrixtonCollege, Mahendranagar, Kanchanpur and AmityCollege, Bhimdutta Municipality, Kanchanpur.

Academic ScheduleThe academic year of the University consists of twosemesters—Fall semester and Spring semester, of 16weeks each. Normally, Fall semester starts in Augustand Spring in February. New admission in Bachelorprograms is taken only in Fall semester and in Masterprogram admission is taken in both Fall semester andSpring semester.

Evaluation and Credit Transfer SystemPokhara University has two components ofperformance evaluation system: internal and external.The concerned teachers and colleges evaluate theperformance of their students continuously. Theweight of internal evaluation in Bachelor program is50 percent and in Master program it is 60 percent.

Office of the Controller of Examinations conducts thesemester end examination for external evaluation.University has downsizing system to check up theundeserving internal evaluation of the students. It hasfollowed the relative grading system on 4 point ratingscale. Pokhara University has established a system ofcredit transfer. Students of other universities cantransfer the credit to Pokhara University up to 25percent of the total credit hours and students ofPokhara University also can transfer the credit hoursto other universities.

Office of the Controller of Examination

LinkageIt has established the formal relations with thefollowing universities:1. Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Kathmandu

Nepal2. Ball State University, Munice, Indiana, USA3. University of Roorki (now converted into IIT,

Roorki), Roorki, India4. Independent University, Dhaka, Bangladesh5. Showa Pharmaceutical University, Machida-shi,

Tokyo, Japan6. Institute of Oriental Medicine, Dongguk

University, Kyungpook, Korea7. Institute of Natural Medicine, Toyama Medical

and Pharmaceutical University, Toyama, Japan8. National University Corporation Ehime

University, Japan9. Korea Polytechnic College, Korea10. BodQ University College, Norway11. Sun Moon University, Korea and the College of

Law of Sun Moon University, Korea.12. Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand13. Institute of Foreign Trade and Management,

Moradabad, UP, India14. University of Tromso, Norway15. KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, india16. Jilin University, China17. Kathmadu University, Dhulikhel, Nepal18. Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences,

Kumamoto, University, Kumamoto, Japan19. Panjab University, Chandigarh, India20. Graduate School of Business IT, Kookmin

University, Seoul, Korea

21. IUBAT-International University of BusinessAgriculture and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

22. Kingston College of London, the UnitedKingdom

23. Yonsei Biomolecule Research Initiative (BK21),Yonsei University, Korea

24. University of Sains, Penang, Malaysia25. Hanoi University of Science, Hanoi, Vietnam26. Kumamoto University, Japan

Pokhara University is exploring the universities andother academic institutions to work together formutual benefits and interest. It is especially interestedin students and faculty exchange programs, jointacademic and non-academic programs.

Future Programs School of Medical Sciences School of Tourism and Hotel Management School of Education and Sports Herbal Research Centre School of Mountain Environment and

Natural Resource Management. Expansion of its programs in the remote area

of the country

FinancingPokhara University finances its recurrentexpenditures mainly from three sources: NepalGovernment's grants, revenue from students andaffiliation fee. Dependency on government coffer isdecreasing year by year and increasing its financialindependency in its operation and is in the path ofnational policy on higher education: cost sharing withprivate sector. But it fully depends on governmentgrants for financing the capital expenditure especiallyfor infrastructure development. Local community hasendowed land to the university and is committed toprovide the land for School of Engineering, School ofEducation and Sports, and Herbal Research Center.University has policy to mobilize the private sectorand donors to develop the university infrastructuresuch as hostel, school building and residentialfacilities, and credit the infrastructure by the name ofthe concerned donor.Scholarship ProgramPokhara University provides scholarship to 5 percentof approved quota of students in affiliated Collegesand 20 percent in constituent schools to make the

higher education imparted by it accessible to theunderprivileged section of the society. The applicantfor scholarship program should pass S.L.C. from thegovernment school and pass the ScholarshipSelection Examination conducted by the university.

Student Assistantship ProgramStudent assistantship programs such as part timeemployment in clerical works, library works,gardening, transportation, laboratory works andteaching in junior classes will be launched to providethe financial support to the financially weak students.The first priority will be given to the scholarshipstudents for student assistantship program.

Faculty wise and Level wise Distribution of Students(Both Constituent Schools and Affiliated Colleges)

July, 2010 (2066/067)Constituent Schools

Faculty Bachelor Master M. Phil TotalScience and

Technology405 - - 405

Management 280 69 - 349Humanities and

Social Sciences- 34 - 34

Total 685 103 - 788Affiliated Colleges

Science andTechnology

4,383 239 - 4,622

Management 6,817 864 - 7,681Humanities and

Social Sciences- 36 44 80

Total 11,200 1,139 44 12,383Grand Total 11,885 1,242 44 13,171

POKHARA UNIVERSITYDhungepatan, Lekhnath, Kaski, NepalP.O. Box # 427Phone: 977-61-560639, 977-61-561046Fax: 977-61-560392Email: info@pu.edu.npURL: www.pu.edu.np

Purposed site of Herbal Research Centre

site of School of Engineering

Site of School of Medical Sciences