Kathmandu University (KU) is an autonomous, not-for-profit, self-funding public institution established by an Act of Parliament in December 1991. It is an institution of higher learning dedicated to maintaining the standard of academic excellence in various classical and professional disciplines. Kathmandu University consists of seven schools for different disciplines. The schools are School of Engineering (SoE), School of Science (SoS), School of Management (SoM), School of Medical Science (SoMS), School of Arts (SoA), School of Education (SoEd) and School of Law (SoL). At present, the University offers more than 200 long-term and short-term academic programs and courses from intermediate to Ph.D. levels. As of June 2022, the University has produced 38,339 graduates of which 54.8% were male and 45.2% female.
There are different departments at all the schools which offers undergraduate program and graduate programs in different streams. Some of the Master’s programs are funded by European projects.