Institute of Science and Technology (IoST) is one of the oldest and the largest technical institutes in TU with 13 Central Departments,1 School, 24 constituent campuses and 89 affiliated campuses. Nepal has a history of nine decades of science teaching/learning at the higher level. Several schemes, plans, policies and implementation strategies have been experimented in science education. This institute has come to the present form after facing many challenges and preparing scientifically oriented technical manpower of different levels to meet the requirements of the nation. It is capable to compete with universities at regional and global levels in terms of curriculum and pedagogic standards. A large number of students work on scientific research projects of varied nature at the postgraduate (M.Sc.) level. The number of scholars doing Ph.D. in different areas is also increasing every year. Collaborative exchange programmes in science have been given a priority. IoST and the Central Departments have linkages and coordination with different ministries and national/ international organizations and academic institutions. Students’ enrollment at B.Sc, B.Tech, M.Sc, M. Tech. levels is increasing annually.
The office of the Dean, Institute of Science and Technology (IOST), Tribhuvan University
seeks
to facilitate the integration of the academic experience of the faculties and students and
to
provide updates to the plans and strategies to research and teaching methods.
The Dean's office coordinates with Heads of the Central Departments and Campus Chiefs of the
related campuses to prepare and execute strategies for enhancement of the academic
activities,
to implement curriculum effectively and to ensure its standards. It always tries to create
better environment for standardizing teaching learning activities and qualitative
improvement of
research activities.
The office aims to design local communication programs and other partnership agreements and
make
relations to the companies, organizations and institutions which can provide services for
the
graduates from this institute. It also tries to make friendly relations to the different
Institutes and Faculties of Tribhuvan University as well as that of the other universities.
The office is committed to improve the evaluation system and manage well over the
examination
conducted by IOST. It makes arrangement of various site visits for monitoring affiliated
academic programs, examinations, internship programs and other relevant activities
coordinating
with Heads of the subject committees, subject experts, and staff members. The office is
dedicated to build strong relationships with fellow workers and team members. It tries to
administer and ensure smooth working of staff and training activities.
As Dean, I express my commitment for the highest quality in the Bachelor, Master, M. Phil.
and
Ph.D. programs and promise that these programs will be further improved on a foundation of
excellence and innovation.
Thank You.
