Nepal Open University
Federal university · NOU · established 2073 B.S. · Lalitpur district
Students, 2024/25
1,970
21.2% women
Campuses
1
1 constituent
Graduates, 2081/082 B.S.
97
Teachers, constituent campuses
202
Students by type of campus
| Constituent campuses | 1,970 | 100% |
Students by level
| Bachelor | 834 | 42.3% |
| Master | 831 | 42.2% |
| MPhil | 305 | 15.5% |
Students by faculty
| Education | 355 | 18% |
| Humanities and social sciences | 559 | 28.4% |
| Law | 162 | 8.2% |
| Management | 433 | 22% |
| Science and technology | 461 | 23.4% |
Faculties as the report groups them; the English labels are ours.
Graduates by level
| Bachelor | 42 | 43.3% |
| Master | 26 | 26.8% |
| MPhil | 29 | 29.9% |
Graduates by faculty
| Education | 23 | 23.7% |
| Humanities and social sciences | 12 | 12.4% |
| Law | 16 | 16.5% |
| Management | 30 | 30.9% |
| Science and technology | 16 | 16.5% |
Teachers at constituent campuses, by rank
| Reader / associate professor | 2 | 1% |
| Lecturer | 9 | 4.5% |
| Assistant lecturer / teaching assistant | 5 | 2.5% |
| Instructor | 186 | 92.1% |
Students over time
| 2017/18 | 2018/19 | 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 593 | 955 | 1,164 | 2,926 | 1,533 | 1,634 | 1,970 |
As the report's trend table gives them; it has no column for 2022/23, and gives no reason for year-to-year jumps.
Campus
Bagmati Province · 1
| Campus | Programmes | Students | Women |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nepal Open University | BES, B.A, B.B.S, LL.B, M.Phil, MES, M. e-governance, M. Geoinformatics, MIT, MBA, MSDMG, B,Ed | 1,970 | 21.2% |
About these 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.
Programmes are written as the report gives them, with its own abbreviations (B.B.S, B.Ed, BICTE…).
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Source: University Grants Commission, Nepal — 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.