πŸ‡³πŸ‡΅ 1,513 campuses Β· 721,246 students

Nepal's universities and colleges β€” every campus, with its programmes and students.

Nepal's higher education runs through 25 universities and medical academies and their constituent, community and private campuses, plus 58 colleges teaching foreign universities' programmes. For 2024/25 (2081/82 B.S.), the University Grants Commission lists each campus with its province, programmes and students.

Students, 2024/25

721,246

56.2% women

Campuses

1,513

166 constituent Β· 592 community Β· 755 private

Graduates, 2081/082 B.S.

116,112

reported by 15 universities and academies

Teachers

15,401

at constituent campuses and the foreign-affiliated colleges

What this covers, and what isn't shown

All 1,513 higher-education institutions (campuses) in the University Grants Commission's report for 2024/25 (2081/82 B.S.): 25 universities and medical academies with students, their constituent, community and private campuses, and 58 colleges affiliated with foreign universities. 4 newly established universities had no students in the report and are listed without figures.

Constituent campuses are run by the university itself; community campuses by local community stakeholders; private campuses by private organisations. The report gives the split by type for each university, not for each campus, so campus rows carry no type.

Enrolment is the number of students the universities reported for the academic year. The report says students counted in overlapping academic cycles were left out to avoid counting anyone twice.

Graduates are those of the year 2081/082 B.S. as the report gives them; it says fellowship-programme graduates aren't included.

Teachers are those at the university's constituent campuses only, as the report counts them; teachers at affiliated community and private campuses aren't included. For the foreign-affiliated colleges the report gives one total.

Not in the report: fees, entry requirements or scores, outcomes, websites, or which foreign university each affiliated college works with. The report also gives pass rates per university; they aren't shown here, because a pass rate isn't a measure of how hard a university is to get into.

Students by faculty

Management323,42844.8%
Education158,97622%
Humanities and social sciences76,55210.6%
Science and technology66,2939.2%
Engineering40,6155.6%
Medicine32,4934.5%
Law9,3451.3%
Agriculture8,2141.1%
Sanskrit2,9150.4%
Forestry1,8810.3%
Buddhist studies5340.1%

Faculties as the report groups them; the English labels are ours.

Campuses by province

Koshi217
Madhesh142
Bagmati647
Gandaki157
Lumbini194
Karnali59
Sudurpaschim95

Counted from the 1,511 campuses the report's campus list gives a province for. Its own province table counts a few campuses differently; each university's page says where.

Universities and academies

In Nepal a student enrols at a campus, and each campus belongs to a university or academy. Each university's page lists all its campuses by province.

Federal universities

UniversityEstablishedSeat (district)CampusesStudents 2024/25WomenGraduates
Tribhuvan UniversityTU2016 B.S.Kathmandu1,045531,58159.7%90,618
Nepal Sanskrit UniversityNSU2043 B.S.Dang244,75423.2%921
Kathmandu UniversityKU2048 B.S.Kavrepalanchowk2222,85848.2%3,566
Purbanchal UniversityPU2050 B.S.Morang14146,18450%8,149
Pokhara UniversityPoK.U2055 B.S.Kaski6835,75445%7,880
Lumbini Buddhist UniversityLBU2061 B.S.Rupandehi141,65740.9%273
Agriculture and Forestry UniversityAFU2067 B.S.Chitwan184,01551.4%1,100
Far Western UniversityFWU2067 B.S.Kanchanpur3818,93159.4%1,530
Mid-West UniversityMU2067 B.S.Surkhet2012,19457.7%865
Nepal Open UniversityNOU2073 B.S.Lalitpur11,97021.2%97
Rajarshi Janak UniversityRJU2074 B.S.Dhanusha501,64848.7%66
Madan Bhandari University of Science and TechnologyMBUST2079 B.S.Makawanpur13910.3%β€”
  • Vidushi Yogmaya Himalayan Ayurveda University (VYHAU) β€” established 2079 B.S., Sankhuwasabha; no students in the report for 2024/25.
  • University of Nepal (UoN) β€” established 2081 B.S., Nawalparasi East; no students in the report for 2024/25.
  • Martyr Dashrath Chand University of Health and Science (MDCUHS) β€” established 2082 B.S., Kailali; no students in the report for 2024/25.

Provincial universities

UniversityEstablishedSeat (district)CampusesStudents 2024/25WomenGraduates
Manmohan Technical UniversityMTU2076 B.S.Morang115832.3%β€”
Gandaki UniversityGU2076 B.S.Kaski164345.7%β€”
Madhesh Agriculture UniversityMAU2079 B.S.Saptari110045%β€”
Madhesh UniversityMU2079 B.S.Parsa111040%β€”
Lumbini Technical UniversityLTU2079 B.S.Banke135326.1%β€”
  • Bagmati University (BU) β€” established 2081 B.S., Makawanpur; no students in the report for 2024/25.

Medical academies

UniversityEstablishedSeat (district)CampusesStudents 2024/25WomenGraduates
B.P. Koirala Institute of Health SciencesBPKIHS2049 B.S.Dharan11,80947.2%286
National Academy of Medical SciencesNAMS2059 B.S.Kathmandu155168.8%303
Patan Academy of Health SciencesPAHS2064 B.S.Lalitpur126466.7%226
Karnali Academy of Health SciencesKAHS2068 B.S.Jumla145047.1%232
Rapti Academy of Health SciencesRAHS2074 B.S.Dang117975.4%β€”
Pokhara Academy of Health SciencesPoKAHS2076 B.S.Kaski19062.2%β€”
Madan Bhandari Academy of Health SciencesMBAHS2075 B.S.Makawanpur135757.4%β€”

Provincial medical academy

UniversityEstablishedSeat (district)CampusesStudents 2024/25WomenGraduates
Madhesh Institute of Health SciencesMIHS2078 B.S.Dhanusha113249.2%β€”

Colleges affiliated with foreign universities

Colleges in Nepal that teach programmes of foreign universities. The report lists them with their students and programmes; it doesn't name the foreign university, and listing here isn't a statement about recognition of the degree.

UniversityEstablishedSeat (district)CampusesStudents 2024/25WomenGraduates
Colleges affiliated with foreign universitiesβ€”β€”5834,46533.9%β€”

Years of establishment are in Bikram Sambat (B.S.), Nepal's official calendar, which runs 56–57 years ahead of the Gregorian one.

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Source: University Grants Commission, Nepal β€” Education Management Information System: Report of Higher Education 2024/025 A.D. (2081/082 B.S.) (published July 2026; PDF), read 12 November 2026. Figures re-keyed from the report; sums, shares, English labels and the grouping of campuses by province are ours.

Names are as the report writes them; the report's list of abbreviations gives the universities' full names.