Amrit Science Campus

Lainchaur, Kathmandu

ABOUT

Amrit Science Campus (ASCOL), situated in the heart of Kathmandu Valley, is the unique science campus of the country. Some of the finest technical manpower, who are now involved in different development activities both at home and abroad, were students of Amrit Campus.The Campus is a semi-autonomous institution under Institute of Science and Technology with partial decentralization, affiliated to Tribhuvan University.

Amrit Science Campus offers courses in Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Botany, Zoology, Statistics, Computer Science, Environment Science and Microbiology at Bachelor's level. At present, altogether nearly 1900 students are studying at different levels.

Vision:

To develop skilled and highly competent human resources in the field of Science and technology
To improve the existing classroom facilities for quality education
To upgrade the existing infrastructure facilities for implementation of new programs
To enhance scientific research activities for human resource development
To establish research oriented education system upto Ph.D. level and to promote all teh departments as the “Center for Excellence”

Mission:

To introduce Master level courses in some subjects like Botany, Chemistry, Zoology, Microbiology and CSIT.
To construct new infrastructure for introducing the above mentioned Master level programs.
To create healthy teaching/learning environment and develop students who can think critically, communicate effectively and marketable in global market.
To renovate and upgrade the classroom and laboratory facilities with LCD projectors and internet facilities for update knowledge sharing.

Values:

Quality
Creativity and Innovation
Commitment
Teamwork
Compassion
Integrity
Diversity
Professionalism

Salient Features

Amrit Campus library is imagined primarily as a reference library that will serve the needs of students, teachers, science researchers and other professionals. This is the library for students who enroll Amrit Campus. As part of the specialized collection on the science and technology, books and many other types of reference materials (for instance, theses, journals, project reports etc.) needed for research also receive high priority in the library’s holdings.

The library’s current holdings total more than 32,000 books, theses, reports. More than 20 thousand books are wasted. They are from Intermediate level of Tribhuvan University which is phase-out in 2065 B.S. Library plans to wed-out them soon. It holds several contemporary magazines and newspapers. Daily newspapers are collected and open to all for reading. Online resources full text INASP package & Research4life package(AGORA, ARDI, GOALI, Hinari, OARE) can also be accessed for free.