Central Library Introduction introduced the multi-university concept in 1983. The idea of Pokhara University was conceived in 1986. But it was established only in 1997 under Pokhara University Act, 1997 in the second tourist destination city, Pokhara. Right Honorable Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic Nepal is Chancellor, and Honorable Minister for Education is the Pro-Chancellor of the university. Vice Chancellor is appointed by Right Honorable Chancellor and he is the principal executive officer of the university. He is assisted by Registrar in financial management and general administration. Pokhara University, non-profit autonomous institution, is partially financed by the Government of Nepal and partly by the revenue raised from the students and affiliated colleges.

Objective of Pokhara University ♦ To produce skilled and qualitative human resource in the area of science, technology, management, law, humanities, education and other professional areas for national development ♦ To encourage private sector participation in the development of higher education ♦ To create healthy, respectful and result oriented and disciplined academic environment by improving quality in higher education ♦ To promote the quality and standard of higher education through the healthy competition in higher education ♦ To contribute to the community development by POKHARA UNIVERSITY operating extension programs Dhungepatan, Lekhnath Kaski, Nepal Vision and Mission The vision of the university is to be a leader in the promotion of education and health tourism through quality higher education, health and community service in the South July 2009 Asian region. The mission of Pokhara University is to develop as a Center of Excellence for Higher Education by

excelling teaching, learning and research activities; Controller of Examinations, Chief of Curriculum contributing to the national development process by Development Center; experts and teachers appointed producing job market oriented, responsible, by Right Honorable Chancellor on the productive, service oriented and committed human recommendation of Vice Chancellor. The Council resource; and linking the university system with the makes decision on policies and practices regarding community services. curricula, teaching, examination, and academic programs of the university. Location Executive Council: The Vice Chancellor chairs the Pokhara University is located in Lekhnath Executive Council. The Council executes the policy Municipality of Kaski district, thirteen kilometer east decisions taken by the University Council. It is to the heart of the Pokhara city. It has already built its composed of seven members—Vice Chancellor, one academic complex in the serene and scenic location person from amongst Deans, one person from of seven lake city, Lekhnath in the lap of the amongst the Campus Chiefs who are members of the beautiful Himalayan range and peaks such as Mt. Senate, three persons from amongst members of the Machhapuchre and Mt. Annapurna. In addition, Senate including one teacher, and Registrar. The Begnas lake and Rupa lake are walking distance of its Registrar is the ex-officio member secretary of the academic complex and central office. It is planning to Council develop the infrastructure for Pokhara University Others: Faculty Board, Subject Committees, and School of Engineering Sciences on the bank of Khudi Examination Committee assist the university to river and School of Medical Sciences on the bank of design academic programs, conduct examinations, Seti river, five minute walking distance from Prithivi and monitor the academic decisions made by the High Way. Local community is generous to endow university. University Service Commission recruits the land in the scenic and beautiful location for other manpower required for the university. Faculties run potential schools and research center such as School the programs under the direct supervision of the Dean. of Education and Sports, School of Tourism and Currently, the University Senate has given approval Hotel Management, and Herbal Research Center. to run academic programs under the Faculty of Management Studies, Faculty of Science and Technology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Decision Making Body Sciences. University Senate: It is the supreme decision making body on policies, budget, and rules and regulations for running university. Right Honorable Prime Faculties and Academic Programs Minister is the ex-officio chairperson of the Senate. Pokhara University has three faculties—Faculty of Honorable Minister of Education and Sports chairs Science and Technology, Faculty of Management the meeting of the Senate in the absence of Right Studies and Faculty of Humanities and Social Honorable Prime Minister, and Vice Chancellor Sciences, and is establishing the Faculty of Health chairs the meeting in the absence of both Right Sciences in near future. The university has offered Honorable Prime Minister and Honorable Minister of Bachelor and Master programs in various subjects Education. Senate is composed of the representatives in its 3 constituent schools/campus and 23 affiliated from parliaments, District Development Committee, colleges. At present, it has run 16 Bachelor Municipalities, industrialists, farmers, social workers, programs—Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry, academicians, donors, Ministry of Education and Bachelor of Pharmaceutical Science, Bachelor of Sports, University Grants Commission, Higher Science in Medical Laboratory Technology, Secondary School, Nepal University Teacher Bachelor of Science in Medical Biochemistry, Association, Pokhara University Teacher Association, Bachelor of Science in Medical Microbiology, Student Union and other universities. The Vice Bachelor of Public Health, Bachelor of Science in Chancellor, Deans, four Campus Chiefs and three Nursing, Bachelor of Computer Engineering, university teacher nominated by Right Honorable Bachelor of Civil Engineering, Bachelor of Chancellor are also the members of the Senate. Electronics and Communication Engineering, Registrar is the member secretary of the Senate. Bachelor of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Academic Council: It is the educational and Bachelor of Engineering in Information Technology, academic body of the university and chaired by the Bachelor of Software Engineering, Bachelor of Vice Chancellor. The Council is composed of the Architecture, Bachelor of Civil Engineering ( Rural), heads of the major academic bodies such as Deans of Bachelor of Science in Environment different faculties, Chairmen of different subject Management, and six Master programs— Master committees, educationists, Chief of research center, of Science in Construction Management,

Master of Science in Natural Resource , Management, Master of Computer Engineering, Master of Science in Environment Management, Master of Science in Computer Science, Master of Science in Interdisciplinary Water Resource Management and Master of Computer Information System under the Faculty of Science and Technology in different affiliated colleges and constituent school Faculty of Science and Technology. Similarly, university has offered 6 Bachelor programs—Bachelor of Business Administration, School of Business (Under construction) Bachelor of Hotel Management, Bachelor of Computer Information System, Bachelor of Management Campus is running Bachelor in Computer Application, Bachelor of Health Care Business Administration and Master in Business Management, Bachelor of Business Administration in Administration and planning to launch Bachelor of Banking and Insurance, 3 Master programs—Master Business Administration in Banking and Insurance. of Business Administration, Master of Health Care At present, School of Humanities and Social Sciences Management, Master of Business Administration is running Master in Population, Gender and (Executive), and 1 post graduate diploma programs— Development and planning to run Bachelor program Postgraduate Diploma in Health Care Management, in Development and Social Engineering. under the Faculty of Management and 2 Master programs—Master of Arts in English and Master in Affiliated Colleges Population, Gender and Development, and Master of So far 23 colleges have received the affiliation from Philosophy in English (M. Phil) under the Faculty of Pokhara University. Of these, 12 colleges—Nepal Humanities and Social Sciences. Engineering College (nec), School of Environment Management and Sustainable Development Constituent Schools (SchEMS), Ace Institute of Management, V.S. Pokhara University has three schools: School of Niketan, Apex College, Universal Science College, Pharmaceutical and Bio-medical Sciences, School of National Open College, Institute of Advance, Development and Social Engineering, School of Communication, Education and Research Center Business in its academic complex. (IACER), Nobel College, Nepal College of Information Technology, Cosmos College of Management and Technology and Everest Engineering College, are located in Kathmandu valley. Nepal Engineering College and Everest Engineering College run the programs related only to engineering and Universal College focuses only on science program and Ace Institute of Management and Apex College on management education. SchEMS has concentrated its programs in science of School of Pharmaceutical & Biomedical Sciences environment management. It has offered two (Under construction) programs—Bachelor of Science in Environment Management and Master of Science in Environment School of Pharmaceutical and Bio-medical Sciences Management. IACER runs on Master of Arts in has run Bachelor in Pharmacy, Medical Laboratory English and Master of Philosophy in English (M. Phil) Technology, and Public Health. It is planning to programs and other colleges run different Bachelor, launch new programs such as Bachelor of Science in Master programs, Post Graduate Diploma. Nursing, Bachelor of Civil Engineering, and Pokhara University has provided the affiliation to 5 Bachelor of Electrical & Electronics Engineering,. colleges—Gandaki College of Engineering and Science (GCES), Pokhara Engineering College (PEC), Nepal Tourism and Hotel Management College, Pokhara College of Technology, and Pokhara College of Management (PCM) in Pokhara valley; and 6 colleges in Terain region—Brihaspati College, Bhairahawa, Rupandehi, Tillottama Campus,

Shankarnagar, Rupandehi, College of Computer ♦ Institute of Natural Medicine, Toyama Technology (CCT), Butwal, Rupandehi, Nepal Medical and Pharmaceutical University, College of Computer Studeis (NCCS), Gaidakot, Toyama, Japan Nawalparasi, Lumbini Engineering College, Bhalbari, ♦ National University Corporation Ehime Rupandehi, and National Academy of Science and University, Japan Technology (NAST), Dhangadi, Kailali. ♦ Korea Polytechnic College, Korea ♦ Panjab University, Chandigarh, India Academic Schedule The academic year of the University consists of two Pokhara University is exploring the universities and semesters—Fall semester and Spring semester, of 16 other academic institutions to work together for weeks each. Normally, Fall semester starts in August mutual benefits and interest. It is especially interested and Spring does in February. New admission in in students and faculty exchange programs, joint Bachelor programs is taken only in Fall semester and academic and non-academic programs. in Master program admission is taken in both Fall semester and Spring semester. Future Programs ♦ School of Medical Sciences Evaluation and Credit Transfer System ♦ School of Engineering Sciences Pokhara University has two components of ♦ School of Tourism and Hotel Management performance evaluation system: internal and external. ♦ School of Education and Sports The concerned teachers and college evaluate the ♦ Herbal Research Centre performance of their students continuously. The ♦ Expansion of its programs in the remote area weight of internal evaluation in Bachelor program is of the country 50 percent and in Master program it is 60 percent.

Financing Pokhara University finances its recurrent expenditures mainly from three sources: Nepal Office of the Controller of Examinations conducts Government's grants, revenue from students and the semester end examination for external evaluation. affiliation fee. Dependency on government coffer is University has downsizing system to check up the decreasing year by year and increasing its financial undeserving internal evaluation of the students. It has independency in its operation and is in the path of followed the relative grading system on 4 point rating national policy on higher education: cost sharing with scale. Pokhara University has established a system of private sector. But it fully depends on government credit transfer. Students of other universities can grants for financing the capital expenditure especially transfer the credit to Pokhara University up to 25 for infrastructure development. Local community has percent of the total credit hours and students of endowed land to the university and is committed to Pokhara University also can transfer the credit hours provide the land for School of Engineering Sciences, to other universities. School of Education and Sports, and Herbal Research Center. University has policy to mobilize the private sector and donors to develop the university infrastructure such as hostel, school building and Office of the Controller of Examination residential facilities, and credit the infrastructure by Linkage the name of the concerned donor.

It has established the formal relations with the Scholarship Program following universities: Pokhara University provides the scholarship to 5 ♦ , Kirtipur, Kathmandu percent of approved quota of students in affiliated Nepal colleges and 20 percent in constituent schools to ♦ , Munice, Indiana, USA make the higher education imparted by it ♦ University of Roorki (now converted into accessibility to the underprivileged section of the IIT, Roorki), Roorki, India society. The applicant for scholarship program should ♦ Independent University, Dhaka, Bangladesh pass S.L.C. from the government school and pass the ♦ Showa Pharmaceutical University, Machida- Scholarship Selection Examination conducted by the shi, Tokyo, Japan university. ♦ Institute of Oriental Medicine, Dongguk University, Kyungpook, Korea

Student Assistantship Program Student assistantship programs such as part time employment in clerical works, library works, gardening, transportation, laboratory works and teaching in junior classes will be launched to provide the financial support to the financially weak students. The first priority will be given to the scholarship students for student assistantship program.

Faculty wise and Level wise Distribution of Students (Both Constituent Schools/Campus and Affiliated Colleges) July 15, 2009 (2065/66 ) Bachelor Master M. Phil Total Constituent Schools/Campus Science and 216 216 Technology Site of School of Medical Sciences Management 180 180 Humanities and 30 30 Social Sciences Total 396 30 426 Affiliated Colleges Science and 3135 65 3200 Technology Management 3367 580 3947 Humanities and 31 34 65 Social Sciences Total 6502 676 34 7212 Grand Total 6898 706 34 7638

School of Development & Social Engineering (Under construction)

Address Pokhara University Lekhnath-12, Khudi, Dhungepatan, Kaski, Nepal P.O. Box # 427 Phone: 977-61-561046 Fax: 977-61-560392 Site of School of Engineering Email: [email protected] URL: www.pu.edu.np