Institute of Science and Technology (IOST)

Institute of Science and Technology (IOST) is one of the main technical institutes. It is also one of the oldest and largest in terms of the intake of students, the number of campuses with programs in science. Teaching/learning program in science at the level of higher education has the national history of more than eight and half decades. Several schemes of improvement, plan and policy and implementation in entire functions of science education have been experiment. IOST in the present form has been the result of taking challenges to prepare scientific manpower at all levels to meet the requirements of the nation. Its curricula are at par with other universities at regional and global levels. A large number of students also work on scientific research projects of varied nature and at the postgraduate (M.Sc.) level. The number of Ph.D. awards in different fields of science and technology has been on the rise. Collaborative and exchange programs in science have a priority. Every central department has linkage with national as well as international organizations, academic institutions and ministries. Intake of students at different levels of undergraduate and post-graduate education at PCL, B.Sc, B.Tech, M.Sc, M.Tech is 15000 per year. IOST has 13 central departments to improve academic and research programs.

Vision and Objectives

IOST intends to create scientific culture to improve the quality of life by promoting its departments as the centers of excellence by setting up well equipped laboratories, skilled manpower, advisory services in science and technology in close collaboration with national and international agencies.

IOST promotes science education with the following objectives:

· to enhance moral values;

· to provide higher education;

· to create facilities for research in science and technology in priority areas;

· to implement and introduce new subjects of science and technology in different appropriate departments;

· to develop highly skilled manpower and to enhance the strength of national human resources;

· to mobilize resources for development;

· to enhance programs of international linkage for training, research and development, improving the status of poverty by using indigenous and local technology, etc.;

· to organize seminars, workshops, conferences at all levels, and

· To publish the findings of research in Journal of Science and Technology, (JIST) of IOST.

Prof. Dr. Mukunda Prasad Gajurel

Dean

Institute of Science and Technology

Tribhuvan University,

Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal

Phone: (977-1) 4330844, Fax: (977-1) 4331755

Email: deaniost@wlink.com.np