_{Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences}

The main objective of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (FoHSS) is to produce trained and specialized manpower in both basic and applied areas of humanities, social sciences, and fine arts. At present, there are 30 constituent and 207 affiliated campuses under this Faculty. The number of affiliated colleges is increasing steadily. Office of the Dean offers educational and academic cooperation to these campuses. There are twenty central departments with specialized study area. These are: Buddhist Studies, Culture, Economics, English, Geography, Hindi, History, Home Science, Journalism and Mass Communication, Library Science, Linguistics, Maithili, Nepali, Nepal Bhasha, Political Science, Population Studies, Psychology, Rural Development, Sanskrit, and Sociology/Anthropology. Master level programs are conducted under all central departments. Besides, M.A. in two subjects has begun recently: Strategic Studies from 2005 and Conflict, Peace and Development from2007.Nine other subjects are taught at Bachelor's level only. These include Dance, Film Studies, International Languages, Music, Painting, Philosophy, Sculpture, Social Work, and Urdu. In addition, Statistics and Mathematics are also taught at the Bachelor's level in the Institute of Science and Technology. The Faculty offers Certificate, Bachelor's, and Master's level courses in most of the areas mentioned above. The Faculty also conducts research methodology courses and provides supervision for full-time study leading to the Ph.D. degree. Kirtipur

This Faculty also offers special one-year postgraduate courses such as Postgraduate Diploma in Women's Studies, Postgraduate Diploma in Library Science, Postgraduate Diploma in Buddhist Studies, Postgraduate Diploma in Population Studies, Postgraduate Diploma in Counseling Psychology, and Nepal American Studies (under the Central Department of English).

Other details regarding the Faculty include:

· Office of the Dean offers educational and academic cooperation to these central departments as well as to other subjects that are introduced at Bachelor's Level only in accordance with TU regulations.

· Office of the Dean is also proactive in creation of the Faculty Board, and Standing Committees and Subject Committees for different disciplines.

· When constituent or affiliated colleges propose to add new subject(s) and/or upgrade the levels and programs, the Office of the Dean takes necessary steps and procedures to evaluate the capacity, capability, and other requirements.

· Office of the Dean has also introduced M.Phil. programs in Economics, English, and Population Studies since 2007.

· It conducts Ph.D. programs in coordination with the central departments and concerned with the help of specialists.

Prof. Dr. Nav Raj Kanel

Dean

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Tribhuvan University Central Administrative Building

P.O. Box 8212, Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal

Tel.: 977 (1) 433-0358 / 433-3980 Fax: 977 (1) 433-5104