Pokhara Campus

Pokhara Campus offers a four year Bachelor of Science Forestry program of Tribhuvan University. This program provides knowledge in conservation and management of forest resources and meets societal needs for a healthy environment, commodities and services. It provides scientific knowledge of forestry studies from environmental chemistry, ornithology and mammalogy, mountain environment and development, silviculture, range management, forest engineering, soil and water conservation engineering, Geographic Information System application and remote sensing, computer information systems, forest mensuration, silviculture and legal aspect of forest management in the full-time studies. This program will allow them to gain skills of forest ecology, conservation, sustainable management practices, timber harvesting, wildlife habitat management.

Pokhara Campus offers a two year Master of Science in Watershed Management program of Tribhuvan University. This program will produce human resources capable of leading integrated watershed management initiatives by analyzing, planning and implementing different approaches to watershed management intervention, land productivity, climate change adaptation and sustained water supply. It also will provide scientific research to address water conservation measures and build a landscape ecosystem resilient to disasters. Students have to write their own thesis work and participate in thesis defense seminars for study completions.

Pokhara Campus offers two years Master of Science in Natural resource management and rural development of Tribhuvan University. This program provides theory and practical knowledge between conservation and development. This program helps to analyze and define problems of rural development and natural resource management, understand livelihood of rural regions, governance, food system and power inequalities. It also covers topics of conflict management, climate change, forest governance, eco-tourism planning and management, natural resource economics, forest-based enterprise development, watershed management, disaster risk management, project management, forest resource planning and assessment in study outcomes. This program will also allow us to gain perspective on natural resources and globalization.

Pokhara Campus offers a two year Master of Science Forestry program of Tribhuvan University. This program aims to prepare well trained and skilled human resources to cater global needs in protecting, conserving and managing forest and other natural resources of the country. It allows companies to plan, develop and initiate forest-based enterprises and offer consultancy services to organizations. It brings crucial area of knowledge on the drawing room such as climate change, human wildlife interface management, urban forestry and landscaping, watershed management, remote sensing and Geographic Information System, biometrics, forest protection, statistical analysis and data management, eco-tourism planning and management, forest governance, silviculture and advanced forest ecology.

Pokhara Campus offers a three years Doctorate in Forestry program of Tribhuvan University. This program is regulated by the Institute of Forestry research committee which provides academic excellence in teaching and research in forestry, community forestry, watershed management, natural resource management and rural development and wildlife and biodiversity conservation. It includes thesis work and publishing two paper articles based in peer reviewed indexed journals before submission of the thesis showing discovery of new facts, findings.

Pokhara Campus offers two years Master of Science in Community forestry of Tribhuvan University. This program provides knowledge in the area of community-based forest management. It allows learning of forestry at national, regional and global levels. It also contributes to sustainable development and climate change solutions. It helps to understand relations between people and forests, models of community forestry and factors that make them successful, increase local people’s engagement in governing and managing forests and identify community forestry challenges and work towards solutions in the long term. It also allows advanced knowledge and skills for scientific research in community forestry addressing existing and potential gaps and problems.