MSc Forestry

Applicant must have cleared Bachelor in Forestry or equivalent. The minimum schooling year required to be eligible is 16 years (10+2+4).

Basis of admission

The merit list for admissions will be published according to the merit list prepared by giving 90% weightage to the entrance exam and 10% weightage to the marks obtained at the graduation level. The pass percentage of the entrance exam will be 40%.

The entrance examination question paper will be prepared with 90 questions in the following subjects from the undergraduate course.  All the questions will be of multiple choice objective type, for which 70 minutes will be given. The subjects and number of questions to be included in the entrance exam will be as follows.

(a) Silviculture - 10
(b) Forest Management - 10
(c) Forest Ecology - 5
(d) Agroforestry-5
(e) Forest Protection - 5
(f) Community Forestry- 10
(g) Soil Conservation - 10
(h) Forest Utilization - 10
(i) Watershed Management - 5
(j) Wildlife and Planning and Management of National Parks and Protected Areas - 10
(k) Forest Mensuration, Biometrics, and Research - 10

View Detailed Syllabus of M.Sc Forestry Entrance Examination 

Admission Quota Details:

Students' enrollment in MSc Forestry will be based on merit

• Subsidized Student: 4
• Full Pay Student: 29
• Ministry of Forestry and Environment (Sponsored Student): 3
• UDF (Merit Student): 8

M.Sc Forestry Fee for the Academic Year (2079-2080)

Competitive subsidized student Fee (NRs):

• Admission Fee: 15000 (one-time payment)
• Semester Fee: 5000/Semester
• Tuition Fee: 1000/credit hr
• Total fee with minimum required credit hours: NRs.84000.00

Competitive full pay student Fee (NRS):

• Admission Fee: 20000 (one-time payment) Semester Fee: 10000/Semester
• Tuition Fee: 2000/credit hr
• Total fee with minimum required credit hours: NRs.158000.00

Ministry of Forest & Environment (Sponsored student Fee)/ UDF (Merit student Fee) (NRS):

• Admission Fee: 25000 (one-time payment)
• Semester Fee: 10000/Semester
• Tuition Fee: 5000/credit hr
• Total fee with minimum required credit hours: NRs.310000.00

Sponsored Foreign student Fee (US $):

• Admission Fee: 500 (one-time payment) Semester Fee: 500/Semester
• Tuition Fee: 100/credit hr
• Total fee with minimum required credit hours: US$7400.00

Others

• Registration Fee: Rs.750.00 (one-time payment)
• Exam Fee: Rs.1100/Semester

Common courses

SN	C Code	Title	Th		Pr	Total	Suggestions
1	BOT601	Advanced Biotechnology	2	+	0	1
2	BOT602	Cell and Molecular Biology	2	+	2	3
3	BOT603	Genetic Engineering	2	+	0	0
4	BOT604	Genomics and Proteomics	1	+	2	1
5	BOT605	Advanced Biochemistry	2	+	1	0
6	BOT606	Research Methodology & Technical Writing	1	+	3	1
7	BOT607	Biodiversity, Biosafety and Bioethics	1	+	1	1
8	BOT608	Biostatistics and Bioinformatics	2	+	2	3
		Total				17

SN	C Code	Title	Th		Pr	Total	Remarks
1	PBT601	Tissue Culture and Molecular Farming	1	+	1	2
2	PBT602	Genetic Variation and Modification	2	+	0	2
3	PBT608	Advances in Forest Biotechnology	2	+	1	3
4	PBT604	Molecular Markers and Resistance Breeding	1	+	1	2
5	PBT605	Applied Plant Molecular Biochemistry	1	+	1	2
6	PBT606	Plant Genetic Resources and Biotechnology	1	+	0	1
7	PBT609	Applied Wildlife Biotechnology	1	+	1	2
8	BOT699	M.Sc. Seminar	0	+	1	1
9	BOT700	M.Sc. Thesis	0	+	15	15
			9	+	21	30