Tribhuvan University (TU) is the primary national foundation of advanced education in Nepal. It was built up in 1959 A.D. The Central Administrative Office and the Central Campus of the college are situated on the north eastern veneer of Kirtipur, an antiquated and residential area found five kilometers far from Kathmandu downtown area. There are 38 focal divisions and 4 research focuses in TU, and out of them 31 offices and 3 research focuses are situated at Kirtipur. The college at Kirtipur is spread over a territory of 154.77 hectares (3042-5-2 ropanis).

After the second just development of 2006, the Prime Minister of Nepal is the stately boss, the Chancellor of the University, while the Minister of Education is the Pro-Chancellor. The Vice Chancellor is the Chief Executive of the college. He is helped by the Rector in scholarly projects and the Registrar in budgetary administration and general organization.

Tribhuvan University is a non-benefit making self-sufficient foundation financed by the Government of Nepal. On January 8, 2013, the legislature of Nepal has essentially consented to announce Tribhuvan University as the Central University.
Primary goals of TU
The college was built up with the accompanying goals:
To get ready able HR required for the general improvement of Nepal
To give standard advanced education
To secure and create national society and convention
To include in broad, exact and convenient making of learning and research in the fields of expressions, science, innovation and job
TU Senate
It is the incomparable basic leadership body on approaches, spending plan, and standards and directions for running the college. It comprises of 52 individuals.
Gatherings of TU
There are 4 gatherings constituted as significant basic leadership assemblages of the college.
Official Council
Executing the choices of the University Assembly, settling on choices on gifts, offering connection to private grounds, and selecting the college authorities are its significant capacities. It comprises of 7 individuals.
Scholarly Council
The scholarly board settles on choices on instructive approaches and works on with respect to educational program, instructing, examinations and research and involves 50 individuals.
Research Coordination Council
It details strategies on TU research exercises, affirms rules for specialists and directions the elements of college level exploration associations. The Research Division is the secretariat of the chamber. The committee comprise of 27 individuals.
Arranging Council
The arranging gathering plays out a counseling part of get ready short and long haul arranges, creating yearly projects and assessing execution programs. It comprises of 29 individuals.
Scholarly Programs
In the 55th year of its foundation, the college family stays conferred and committed to making the college a source and focal point of value instruction, setting up a society of learning in the nation and advancing the idea of national and worldwide peace and agreement. This year, the Tribhuvan college has settled on a choice to begin semester framework at the Central Departments. Every one of the offices, aside from the Central Department of Law, have as of now began first semester classes. This systemic change has been acquainted with authorize a scholarly timetable, to make understudies full time understudies committed to their studies, to decrease budgetary weight on understudies and their folks by making the understudies finish the degree in time, to react to the developing worry of the partners about upgrading the scholastic nature of college instruction through scholarly meticulousness, to revive the notoriety, prevalence, validity and commitment of the college as the most established focus of higher learning and the focal and driving college of Nepal.
From the anticipated scholarly session, the college will expand the semester framework outside the focal divisions. This is truly going to demonstrate an overwhelming errand for such an expansive college spread everywhere throughout the nation. In any case, if the country organizes training and gives alluring money related backing to the college, TU will advance on the way of accomplishing scholarly incredibleness and will have the capacity to supply proficient labor to meet the developing difficulties of the time.
Since its origin, TU, the state claimed college, has extended its programes uninterested orders. There are 5 specialized organizations and 4 general resources. TU offers capability authentication level courses just in nursing. It has an extensive variety obviously offerings in Bachelor's and Master's levels. TU offers M. Phil. furthermore, phd. degree in various orders both at the Technical Institutes and Faculties.

TU ran its programes just through its constituent grounds preceding 1980. As the quantity of the understudies willing to obtain advanced education was expanding step by step, it was unrealistic for the college to suit every one of the understudies in the constituent grounds. This circumstance prompted the foundation of schools in the private division. From 1979 –80, TU began giving connection to private universities to direct different programes at various levels. One thousand fifty three (1053) private universities spread everywhere throughout the nation have so far gotten affiliations
from TU.

In the present scholastic session (2014-2015) through and through 4,05,341 understudies have been enlisted at different levels of TU scholarly Programmers. 1,48,141 (36.55%) understudies study in its 60 constituent grounds including 38 focal offices, while 2,57,200 (63.45%) understudies study in 1053 subsidiary universities. It plainly uncovers that subsidiary schools do have a bigger number of understudies than the constituent grounds.

TU has 7966 showing personnel and 7230 non-showing staff incorporating the bolster staff in its constituent grounds. The aggregate number of representatives is 15196 including 124 new posts of the Manmohan Cardiothorasic Center.