Tri-Chandra Multiple Campus, more colloquially known as Tri-Chandra College, is a constituent campus 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 Ghantaghar,

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. Found in 1918 by Chandra Shumsher, it is the oldest institute of higher learning in

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Etymology

The current name ''Tri-Chandra'' is a truncated combination of two words: ''Tribhuvan'' for Mahārājādhirāja Tribhuwan Bir Bikram Shah and ''Chandra'' for Rana

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Chandra Shumsher. The college was originally named Tribhuvan Chandra Intermediate Campus but later renamed and shortened to its current name.

History

Nepal's first institution of higher education, Tri-Chandra College, was established in 1918 by

Chandra Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana Field-Marshal Maharaja Sri Teen Chandra Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana (8 July 1863 – 26 November 1929) was the Prime Minister of Nepal from the Rana dynasty. He served in this capacity from 27 June 1901 to his death in 1929, after he successfully ...

. The college introduced science at the Intermediate level a year later, marking the genesis of formal

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in the country. In 1924, it became a full four year institution with an enrollment of just 30. However, up until the advent of democracy in 1951, the college was not accessible to the general public, but only to a handful of "noble" members of

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. The main purpose of imparting science at that time was to prepare the students for further studies in technical subjects, such as

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, etc., in

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. The science teaching at Tri-Chandra was upgraded to the Bachelor level (

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) in 1945. Tri-Chandra was originally affiliated to the

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, then to

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before finally being constituted into

since 1959.

Academics

The college offers numerous programs across science and humanities. In science, it runs BSc and MSc programs; while in humanities, it offers BA and MA programs.

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

* Department of Nepali * Department of philosophy and Psychology * Department of Economics

Faculty of Sciences

* Department of Geology * Department of Meteorology * Department of Physics * Department of Mathematics * Department of Statistics * Department of Chemistry * Department of Environmental Science * Department of Zoology * Department of Botany * Department of Microbiology * Department of Sociology

Notable alumni

References

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