Dhankuta Multiple Campus ( ne, धनकुटा बहुमुखी क्याम्पस) is one of the constituent campuses of

Tribhuvan University Tribhuvan University (TU; ne, त्रिभुवन विश्वविद्यालय) is a public university located in Kirtipur, Kathmandu. Established in 1959, TU is the oldest university in Nepal. In terms of enrollment, it is ...

located in

Dhankuta district Dhankuta District ( ne, धनकुटा जिल्ला) () is one of 14 districts of Province No. 1 of eastern Nepal. The district covers an area of and has a population (2011) of 163,412. Dhankuta is the district headquarters of Dha ...

of eastern

Nepal Nepal (; ne, :ne:नेपाल, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in S ...

. The campus was established in 1955/56. It is recognized by

University Grants Commission (Nepal) University Grants Commission (विश्वविद्यालय अनुदान आयोग) is an autonomous government body of Nepal formed under the jurisdiction of UGC Act approved by the parliament of Nepal on 2 November 1993. UGC b ...

History

The campus was inaugurated by

King Mahendra Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev ( ne, श्री ५ महाराजाधिराज महेन्द्र वीर विक्रम शाह देव; 11 June 1920 – 31 January 1972) was the King of Nepal from 13 March 1955 until ...

in May 1956. When the campus started, there were only six students and it was called a degree college. It offered degrees on intermediate and bachelor level in humanities and social sciences. In 1973, the campus was converted to a multiple campus based on the National Education System Plan of 1971. Faculty of Education was added on the same year.

Infrastructure

The campus has 100 acres of land that was donated by Bhakta Bahadur Basnet. It is run by 61 professors and 42 administrative staff.

References

{{coord missing, Nepal Tribhuvan University 1955 establishments in Nepal Buildings and structures in Dhankuta District