School of Management

School of Management

Premier Position in Business Education

Established in August 1993, the School, popularly known as KU SOM, is the first school to launch graduate program in Kathmandu University and also the first one to initiate Master of Business Administration (MBA) program in Nepal based on internationally- followed design principles and structure. Thirty years on, KU SOM continues to hold the prestigious position of being the leader business school rated as the best business school in all the B-Schools Ratings in Nepal to date and becoming the first choice of aspirants of management education and employers of management graduates alike.

The School is leading the way in management development of the country setting quality standards and innovative trends for other business schools to follow and its graduates providing high quality managerial, entrepreneurial and intellectual resources for the growth and success of a large number of business, development and academic enterprises in the country.

Serving to Professionalize Management

The mission of the School is to provide quality and innovative management education with the objective of developing future business leaders, entrepreneurs, planners and policy makers for the nation. 

The vision of the School is to continue to be the leader in quality management education of the country and continiously strive to be among the best of management institutions in South Asia through state-of-the-art research, pedagogy and innovation.

In pursuing its mission and vision, the School pursues four core businesses

  • Management education
  • Management training and continuing learning
  • Management consulting
  • Management research

Within these areas, the School aims to achieve the following goals:

  • Preparation of professionals for career in management
  • Professional enrichment of change leaders and entrepreneurs
  • Support for organizational change
  • Generation and dissemination of management knowledge
  • Continuous improvement in institutional performance and image.

Program History

Undergraduate Programs

  • Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA)* :- August 1997
  • Bachelor of Business Information System (BBIS) :- August 1999
  • Bachelor of Hospitality and Tourism Management (BHTM)** :- May 2009
  • Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA)(Honors/ Emphasis) :- July 2014
  • Bachelor in Hospitality Management (BHM) :- May 2019
  • Bachelor in Professional Hospitality (BPH) :- May 2019
  • Bachelor of Aviation Management (BAM) :- August 2024

* Delivered through affiliated colleges.
** Phase out

Graduate Programs

  • Master of Business Administration (MBA) :- August 1993
  • Master of Business Administration(Executive) (EMBA) :- February 2001
  • Master in Security Management (MSM)** :- 2009
  • Master of Public Policy and Management (MPPM :- July 2019
  • Master in Business and Economics (MBE) :- February 2022

** Phase out

Research Degree Programs

  • Master of Philosophy (M.Phil) in Management :- September 2009
  • Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Management :- July 2014

Post Graduate Diploma Programs

  • Post Graduate Diploma in Security Management (PGDSM):- 2007
  • Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) :- 2010

Diploma Programs

  • Diploma in Management (DipM) :- 2010