Nepal Starts World’s First Academic Mountaineering Course

October 31: Tribhuvan University (TU) is starting mountaineering course as academic programme from this year.

Currently, mountain climbing courses worldwide are provided only as training but not as academic subject.

The courses will start from November this year.

Nepal Mountain College (NMC) affiliated to TU is starting Bachelors of Mountaineering Study (BMS). According to Krishna Kumar Niraula, director of NMC, the college is taking interview of students who passed the central management admission test (CMAT).

NMC which was trying to get affiliation since two years got affiliation in January/February this year.

Started as an academic course for the first time in the world, international students have also shown interest in the course. However, due to different provision such as entrance exam, international students are not being able to join the course.

“Fulfill all the criteria set by TU and visa problems are the reason due to which international students are not being able to get admission,” Niraula said. He further said that the college will be making provision for admission of international students from next year in coordination with TU.

Students securing more than 45 percent in intermediate level in any faculty are eligible to join the course. The four year course is divided into eight semesters. Currently, the college has fixed the cost of course at Rs 600,000.