Bachelor of Mountaineering Studies

Teaching Methods

• Lecture and interactions
• Individual and group presentation
• Case studies, text, audio and visual
• Project works and field trips
• Review work, Books/Journals
• Guest lectures
• Practical demonstrations of village studies, rock climbing, trekkings, peak climbing and mountaineering

The candidate applying for admissions to the BMS program must have:

Students who have passed 10+2 or equivalent examinations from recognized academic institute with second division (securing 45% and above) or 1.8 CGPA are eligible to enroll in this program.

OR

Successfully completed +2 or equivalent examination in any academic stream with a minimum of 45% aggregate marks from a Higher Secondary Education Board or any other board recognized by Tribhuvan University with English as a compulsory subject. Also the candidate should be physically sound.

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Candidates seeking admission to the BMS course should apply in the prescribed form for entrance test within the stipulated time.The applicants should enclose with the application form, attested copies of:

• Certificates and testimonials of all examinations passed
• Equivalency,Transfer and Character Certificates
• Two recent passport size photographs
• Must have secured 40% marks in CMAT conducted by T.U.

ADMISSION TEST

The applicants will be required to sit for an admission test designed to judge their ability and aptitude for the program in the following areas:

• I.Q.Test
• Aptitude Test
• General Knowledge
• English Language
• Group Discussion
• Personal Interview

The first semester courses are more concentrated on foundation courses, which will followed by more advanced courses in the second, third and forth semesters. It is an intensive program extending over a period of 4 years consisting of 8 semesters and comprising 129 credit hours, which also offers opportunities to pursue master degree in adventure tourism, management studies, social sciences and tourism and hospitality studies.

This course intends to develop professional human resource of mountain environment, mountain tourism, mountain resource management and mountaineering with a broad range of professional skills of climbing, guiding, safety, security, rescue, and providing quality service. The course also offers areas of specialization that enables student to be more acquainted with the emerging trends of tourism industry.

The students will get theoretical knowledge of European Alps, Rocky Mountains (North America), Andes Mountains (South America), Snowy Mountains (Australia), Atlas Mountains (Africa) and Hindukush Himalayas (Asia), Himalayan heritage, conservation of biodiversity, geology, geography, climate change, Sociology and anthropology of mountain, tourism in Nepal, tourism policy and planning, mountain tourism and environment, mountaineering, international mountains, trekking peak climbing management, safety and security operation, mountaineering planning, sustainable mountain tourism, sustainable mountain development, intercultural adaptation,Nepalese society and culture, cross-cultural tourism behavior, intercultural communication, mountain resource management, human resource management, tourism marketing, account, finance, Business communication, e-tourism, customer service management, operational management, entrepreneurship, economics of tourism, foreign language, research methodology, safety and security, risk, crisis and disaster management, rescue system, conflict management and a detail theoretical, technical and practical knowledge about mountaineering, thesis writing, etc. will be also studied by the students of this stream.