Offered Programs
Salient Features
Schools of Pokhara University
- Pokhara University School of Business
- Pokhara University School of Development and Social Engineering
- Pokhara University School of Engineering
- Pokhara University School of Health and allied Sciences
Student Enrollment (Fiscal Years)
Student enrollment in the various academic programs at Pokhara University has substantially increased over the last 24 years. Beginning with just 71 students in 2055/56, the number has grown to 34,151 in 2078/79.
| Academic Year |
Student Enrollment |
| 2055/56 | 71 |
| 2056/57 | 695 |
| 2057/58 | 1,668 |
| 2058/59 | 2,941 |
| 2059/60 | 4,133 |
| 2060/61 | 4,614 |
| 2061/62 | 4,666 |
| 2062/63 | 5,615 |
| 2063/64 | 5,143 |
| 2064/65 | 5,569 |
| 2065/66 | 7,638 |
| 2066/67 | 13,171 |
| 2067/68 | 16,666 |
| 2068/69 | 20,229 |
| 2069/70 | 25,282 |
| 2070/71 | 25,290 |
| 2071/72 | 25,531 |
| 2072/73 | 26,034 |
| 2073/74 | 29,425 |
| 2074/75 | 26,717 |
| 2075/76 | 30,749 |
| 2076/77 | 32,584 |
| 2077/78 | 32,484 |
| 2078/79 | 34,151 |
Girls' Hostel
Pokhara university provides accommodation for female students enrolled in various programs at the constituent schools. The hostel, equipped with modern facilities, is located adjacent to the academic complex and is operated under the close supervision of the hostel warden.
The Hostel Management Committee is responsible for policy formulation and overall management, while the hostel warden is tasked with overseeing the students.
SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION
As a nonprofit and public institution, Pokhara University offers full scholarships to over a thousand students each year. The university annually provides free scholarships to poor and talented students and those from reserved quotas who wish to study in its constituent, joint constituent, and affiliated colleges. The scholarship is provided through an open competition across the county.
The university offers 10% scholarships in its affiliated colleges and 20% in its constituent colleges from the approved quotas.
Out of the scholarship quotas allocated to the university, 60% are Open scholarships (excluding local scholarships and scholarships for children of teachers and staff) and 40% are reserved for students with disabilities, martyrs and people injured in public movements, remote areas, Dalits, Janajatis, and Madhesi communities. In both open and reserved scholarship quotas, 50/50 percent of the scholarship quotas are reserved for women.
The free scholarship quotas allocated to the university are eligible to those candidates who have studied in public schools from at least class 6-10 and passed SEE or SLC, and also have passed the Scholarship Selection Entrance Examination. If quotas remain vacant even after the distribution of the third phase of scholarships (Scholarship Awarded List-III), the free scholarship will be provided based on merit.
However, under the Faculty of Health Sciences, from the academic year 2077/078, a person who wishes to enroll in higher education must pass with a minimum score in the entrance examination conducted by the Nepal Medical Education Commission and they are admitted by the university according to the matching system. The commission has been providing a lump sum grant to the university through the government of Nepal under which 75 % seat will be arranged in bachelor program and 100 % seats in master degree.
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Documents
- Application form for Scholarship
- Feasibility Study Form Anusuchi 2
- Application Form for Affiliation
- Application form for SEE Recommendation
- Student Registration Form
- Application Form for Admission in Doctoral Studies
- Application Form for Entrance Examination (Engineering Programs)
- Application Form for Entrance Examination (Humanities Programs)
- Application Form for Entrance Examination (Health Programs)
- Application Form for Entrance Examination (Management Programs)
- Re-totaling/Re-checking Application Form
- Transcript-Application Form
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About
Pokhara University was established in 1997 under Pokhara University Act. Pokhara University, a non-profit autonomous institution, is partially financed by the Government of Nepal and partly by the revenue from the students and affiliated colleges. The Incumbent Honorable Prime Minister and the Honorable Minister for Education of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal are the Chancellor and the Pro-Chancellor of the University, respectively.
Pokhara University follows the semester system. The university adopts the practice of continuous evaluation of a student's performance. It allows the student, subject to the regulation of credit requirements, to progress at a pace suited to his /her individual ability and convenience.
Pokhara University is located in Lekhnath Municipality of Kaski district, thirteen kilometers east of the city center. It has already built its academic complex in the serene and scenic Seven Lake City, Lekhnath, in the lap of the beautiful Himalayan range and peaks such as Mt. Machhapuchre and Mt. Annapurna.
In addition, Begnas lake and Rupa lake are walking distance of its academic complex and central office. It is planning to develop the infrastructure for Pokhara University School of Engineering Sciences on the bank of Khudi river and School of Medical Sciences on the bank of Seti river, five minute walking distance from Prithivi High Way. Local community is generous to endow the land in the scenic and beautiful location for other potential schools and research center such as School of Education and Sports, School of Tourism and Hotel Management, and Herbal Research Center.
