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Universities in Nepal

Nepal has 25 universities on the map. The oldest dates to 1959. Most were founded in the modern era. Below: how they spread across the centuries, and the country’s oldest institutions. From Wikidata, snapshot 2026-06-22.

UNIVERSITIES25

OLDEST1959

FOUNDED 1900+22

By founding era

Before 12000 · 0%

1200–15990 · 0%

1600–18990 · 0%

1900 or later22 · 88%

Date unknown3 · 12%

Oldest universities in Nepal

The country’s earliest institutions — the deepest roots of higher education here.

1959Tribhuvan University

1960Prithvi Narayan Campus

1973Siddhartha Vanasthali Institute

1986Nepalese Military Academy

1986Nepal Sanskrit University

1988St. Xavier's College, Kathmandu

1991Khwopa Engineering College

1991Kathmandu University

1993Purbanchal University

1993National School of Sciences

1995Shree Radha Damodar Sanskrit Vidhyapith

1996Pokhara University

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