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Established in 1991, Kathmandu University (KU) is an autonomous, not-for-profit, and non-government public institution. KU is an institution of higher learning dedicated to maintaining high standards of academic excellence.

The University has the mission to provide quality education for leadership and leadership in quality education by creating, disseminating and applying knowledge in science, technology, management, social sciences, and liberal arts through cutting-edge education and research programs.

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School of Engineering

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Purpose

The Schools objectives are to prepare competent and committed change leaders, help them transform their organizations for higher achievement, and generate and disseminate management knowledge for practical application while seeking continuous performance improvements and customer satisfaction in the, quality, efficiency and effectiveness in the way its services are delivered. It has the following specific objectives:

Preparationofprofessionalsfor career in management Professionalenrichmentofchange leaders Supportfororganizationalchange Generationanddisseminationof management knowledge Continuousimprovementin institutional performance and image.

KUSOM leads the wayKeeps you ahead in management

Kathmandu University School of Management (KUSOM) is a leader management development institute under Kathmandu University. KUSOM pioneered high quality and market responsive management programs that are widely recognized as a passport to successful professional management career. It has produced over 1200 high quality management graduates who are managing leading organizations across all sectors with passion and professionalism.

Mission Improve the practice and profession of management for development through creating quality and relevant opportunities for learning, knowing, discovering, and applying the best in management. Core Business

Managementeducation, Managementdevelopment

(management training and continuing learning),

Managementconsulting,and Managementresearch.

KUSOM leads the way, as it did in the past, to professionalize management and to build successful management careers. KUSOM is and keeps you - ahead in management.

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KUSOM Academic Programs

Program Year Started

Duration

Diploma in Management (DipM) 2010 4 months

Diploma Program

Program Year Started

Duration

Master of Business Administration (MBA) 1993 2 years

Master of Business Administration (Executive) (EMBA)

2001 2 years

Graduate Management Programs

Program Year Started

Duration

PostGraduateDiplomainManagement(PGDM)

2010 1 year

Post Graduate Diploma Program

Program Year Started

Duration

Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) 1997 4 years

Bachelor of Business Information System (BBIS)*

1999 4 years

Bachelor in Hospitality and Tourism Management (BHTM)*

2010 4 years

* Delivered through affiliated colleges only

Under Graduate Management Programs

Program Year Started

Duration

MasterofPhilosophy(MPhil)inManagement

2008 1 years

ResearchDegreeProgram

KUSOM Academic Program4

KUSOM Academic Programs Kusom aspires to become one of the

top twenty management schools in

South Asia by 2017 while continuing

to be the leader in management

development in the country.

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y Program

GraduateManagement Programs

KUSOM MBA and EMBA

programs are the first

choice of aspiring and

working managers

respectively. They are

designed and delivered to

help student be the best in

management.

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GraduateManagement Programs

mBa and emBa: Best rated graduate management programs in the country

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Master of Business Administration (MBA)a pioneering program for professional career in management

The organizational world is changing like never before. A young person entering

organizational life must possess competency and confidence for facing the resulting

complexity and the challenge while negotiating and coping with them successfully.

The annual cycle of KUSOM MBA program is as follows: Spring Term (February to May); Summer Term (June to September); and Fall Term (October to January).

MBA at Kathmandu University School of Management is a pioneering program in Nepal that responds to this need with the vision and vigor that is unmatched. KUSOM MBA is designed to prepare young individuals for careers as successful managers and entrepreneurs by developing managerial competence and acumen for the changing world.

Young aspirants of managerial career pursuing MBA at KUSOM

Acquire state-of-the-art management knowledge and techniques;

Develop analytical and creative ability; Apply and integrate management concepts and skills; Develop specialization in one or more functional management

disciplines; and Demonstrate professional values, practices and behaviors.

A pioneering program for professional career in management:

Well recognized in the market Supported by a pool of experienced and dedicated

faculty Innovative learning design that blends conceptual rigor

with real world practice.

Now thoroughly restructured and updated incorporating innovative features such as:

Trimesterial delivery with less number of courses per term

One full term management internship in industry Possibility for dual specialization.

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KUSOM that has been revitalizing management education in Nepal since 1993 is an internationally reputed business school for academic excellence and research in management studies. At KUSOM, KUSOMites rediscover themselves, expand their horizon and explore the new ground. Knowledgeable faculties, rigorous curriculum, state of the art facilities and unparalleled learning environment mould the students not only for careers but also for their holistic development. What I have learnt from KUSOM has given wings to my dream.

Bhishma Jung Karki

MBA Spring 2012

Marketing

MarketingResearch Marketing

Communication ConsumerBehavior ServiceMarketing InternetMarketing SalesManagement SocialMarketing ProductandBrand

Management International

Marketing MarketingStrategy IndependentStudy/

ProjectWork

Human Resources

HumanResourceDevelopment

EmployeePerformanceManagement

EmployeeCompensationManagement

HumanResourceSelection

IndustrialRelationsand Employment Laws

TrainingSystemManagement

ManagingQualityofWorkLife

EmployeeRelationsandRewardsManagement

IndependentStudy/ProjectWork

MIS

SystemAnalysisandDesign

DecisionSupportSystem

EnterpriseResourcePlanning

IndependentStudy/ProjectWork

Project Management

ProjectDevelopment/Formulation

ProjectImplementation

ProjectMonitoring,Evaluation and Sustainability

IndependentStudy/ProjectWork

Finance

FinancialMarkets Managementof

Financial Institutions Investment

Management WorkingCapital

Management TaxPlanning InternationalFinancial

Management FinancialPlanningand

Strategy AdvancedFinanceTheory CorporateFinance ProjectFinance Riskmanagement MarketingFinancial

Services IndependentStudy/

ProjectWork

Concentration [9 credits]

The MBA curriculum is designed to enrich both theoretical and practical knowledge in management while helping them to enhance the depth and breadth of their managerial capabilities. It contains the best and the latest in management knowledge and practice to keep students updated with the evolving nature and challenges of management profession.

A student is required to complete altogether 20 courses totaling 67 credit hours to get the MBA degree. Students have the option ofearningmorecreditbytakingadditionalcoursesasextendedconcentrationand/orelective.

Curriculum

Foundation [14 credits] AccountingforManagers[4] BusinessEconomics[4] CommunicationSkillsforManagers[3] QuantitativeTechniquesforManagerial

Decisions[3]

Management Core [24 credits] FinancialManagement[4] MarketingManagement[4] ManagingPeopleandPerformance[4] ManagingOperationsandTechnology

[3] ManagementInformationSystem[3] BusinessEnvironment[3] CorporateLaws[3]

Integrative [17 credits] StrategicManagement[4] EntrepreneurialManagement[4] GlobalBusinessManagement[4] OrganizationalChangeandLeadership[2] ManagementInternship[3]

Electives [3 credits] OrganizationDevelopment TotalQualityManagement BusinessDynamics ProjectAppraisalandFinancing KnowledgeManagement AppliedEconometrics CustomerRelationshipManagement ProjectManagement ResearchMethodology e-Business SupplyChainManagement CorporateGovernanceandControl ThesisWork

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MBA Curriculum

Management

Management + IT

Engineering

Science

Background of MBA participants (Spring 2012)

Admission

KUSOM MBA is open to Nepali and non-Nepali nationals with A Bachelor degree of at least three years duration in any

discipline. Minimumof50percentmarksinaggregateor2.5CGPA

on a scale of 4 .0.

Formal Admission process starts in November for the Spring Term and in May for the Fall Term.

Candidatesareselectedonthebasisof: Scores on the KUMAT (KUSOM Management Admission

Test -verbal comprehension and quantitative aptitude), written English test, and structured interview; and

Academic merit up to the undergraduate level.

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Prashant Lal ShresthaSenior Officer (Market Planning), Deurali-Janta Pharmaceuticals Pvt Ltd

EMBA 2012

Well its a matter of great pride and privilege to be associated with the best management institution in the country. The image that KUSOM has been able to etch in the mind of the youths of the country (including the executives) is there for all to see and to experience for all those who are a part of it. The faculty is very promising and the academic program fantastic. I truly believe it is the best management school in the country and I am sure the coming days hold an even brighter future in terms of progress, prosperity and success.

Program Features:

Comprehensiveandrigorous Oriented to develop analytical, leadership and strategic

abilities Supported by a pool of experienced and dedicated faculty Opportunity for co-learning with senior managers and

professionals from diverse field Thoroughly restructured and updated by consolidating

courses and making it more compatible with working managers needs.

Master of Business Administration (Executive) (EMBA)a leading post-experience program for value addition in career

KUSOM EMBA is a leading post-experience two-year executive education program in Nepal that offers advantage of a comprehensive high quality graduate management program.

Experienced managers pursuing EMBA at KUSOM:

Improveandupdatemanagementknowledgeandtechniques;

Enhanceanalytical,leadershipandstrategicability; Applyandintegratemanagementconceptsandskills; Developspecializationinonefunctionalmanagement

discipline; and Growintheircareerwhiledevelopingorganizations.

Action Aid NepalAgricultural Development BankBuddha Air Pvt. Ltd.Butwol Power CompanyDeurali Janta Pharmaceuticals P. Ltd. Everest Bank Ltd.Helvetas NepalHimalayan Bank Ltd.Himalayan Snax & Noodles Pvt. Ltd.Hotel del AnnapurnaJanta BankKathmandu UniversityLaxmi BankMachhapuchhre Bank Ltd.Mercantile Communications Pvt LtdMinistry of Local DevelopmentNabil Bank Ltd.Nepal Airlines CorporationNepal ArmyNepal Bank Ltd.

Some organizations participating in EMBA Program

NCC Bank Ltd.NCellNepal Electricity AuthorityNepal Investment Bank Ltd.Nepal PoliceNIC Bank Ltd.Plan International NepalRastriya Banijya Bank LimitedRoom to ReadShikhar Insurance Co. Ltd.Siddartha Bank Ltd.Soaltee Crown PlazaSurya Nepal Pvt. Ltd.Syakar Co.TU Teaching HospitalUNDP ProjectsUnited Mission to NepalVerisk Information TechnologiesWinrock InternationalWorld bank

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Weoffervariedrangeofentryrequirementsinordertoprovideopportunitiestopracticingmanagersat various levels.

KUSOM EMBA program is open to Nepali and non-Nepali nationals with at least six years of work experience at the senior managerial and professional level and a Bachelor

degreeofatleasttwoyearsdurationinanydisciplinewith40percentorCGPA2.0onascaleof4.0(inaggregate)orMasterdegreeinanydisciplinewith40percentorCGPA2.0onascaleof4.0(inaggregate)fromuniversitiesrecognizedbyKathmanduUniversityOR

atleastthreeyearsofworkexperienceatthesupervisory/officerleveloraboveandaBachelordegreeofatleasttwoyearsdurationinanydisciplinewith45percentorCGPA2.5onascaleof4.0(inaggregate)orMasterdegreeinanydisciplinewith45percentorCGPA2.5onascaleof4.0(in aggregate) from universities recognized by Kathmandu University

Modular course enrollment: Senior managers and professionals with more than five years of work experience but not meeting the above requirements may enroll into selected courses of the program on non-credit basis.

Formal Admission process starts in November every year.

ITCommunication

Pharmaceuticals

Academics

Banking and Finace

ResearchInstitute

Employers of EMBA Participants (Spring 2012)

Manufacturing

INGO/NGO

Admission

Every class involves active interaction between the faculty and students from diverse backgrounds making the learning experience much more rewarding. The rigor of KUSOM has proved invaluable to me in maintaining discipline in all areas of my life.

Glorina SinghOfficer (Accounts and Budgeting), Bank of Kathmandu

EMBA 2011

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Analytical Base

[16 credits] AccountingforManagers[4] BusinessEconomics[4] ManagementInformation

Systems[3] QuantitativeTechniquesfor

ManagerialDecisions[3] CorporateLaw[2]

Management Core

[19 credits] FinancialManagement[4] MarketingManagement[4] ManagingPeopleand

Performance[4] ManagingOperationsand

Technology[3] GlobalBusinessManagement

[4]

Leader and Strategist

Focus [17 credits] LeadershipandChange

Management[4] StrategicManagement[4] EntrepreneurialManagement

[4] NegotiationStrategiesand

Skills[2] CorporateProject[3]

Electives [3 credits] OrganizationDevelopment TotalQualityManagement BusinessDynamics ProjectAppraisalandFinancing KnowledgeManagement AppliedEconometrics CustomerRelationship

Management ProjectManagement ResearchMethodology e-Business SupplyChainManagement CorporateGovernanceand

Control ThesisWork

Finance

FinancialMarkets FinancialInstitutions

Management Investment

Management WorkingCapital

Management TaxPlanning International

Financial Management

FinancialPlanningand Strategy

AdvancedFinanceTheory

CorporateFinance ProjectFinance RiskManagement IndependentStudy/

ProjectWork

Human Resources

HumanResource Development

EmployeePerformanceManagement

EmployeeCompensationManagement

EmployeeRecruitmentand Selection

IndustrialRelationsand Employment Laws

TrainingSystemManagement

ManagingQualityofWorkLife

EmployeeRelationsandRewardsManagement

IndependentStudy/ProjectWork

MIS

SystemAnalysisandDesign

DecisionSupportSystem

EnterpriseResourcePlanning

IndependentStudy/ProjectWork

Project Management

ProjectFormulationand Development

ProjectImplementation

ProjectMonitoringand Evaluation

IndependentStudy/ProjectWork

Marketing

MarketingResearch Marketing

Communication ConsumerBehavior ServiceMarketing InternetMarketing SalesManagement SocialMarketing ProductandBrand

Management InternationalMarketing MarketingStrategy IndependentStudy/

ProjectWork

Curriculum

The EMBA curriculum is designed to enrich both theoretical and practical knowledge in management while helping them to enhance the depth and breadth of their managerial capabilities. It contains the best and the latest in management knowledge and practice to keep participants updated with the evolving nature and challenges of management profession from the perspective of practitioners.

A participant is required to complete altogether 19 courses totaling 64 credit hours to get the EMBAdegree.Participantshavetheoptionofearningmorecreditbytakingadditionalcoursesasextendedconcentrationand/orelective.

Functional Expertise [9 credits]

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EMBA Curriculum

Sachet ThapaManager (Finance), Laxmi BankEMBA 2010

KUSOM stands for quality and rich culture and is looked upon with grace due to its standards in creating management culture among the students. This has been translated into corporate culture, as students carry the culture and standards to the workplace.So far as EMBA is concerned, KUSOM provides a great platform for fusion of Work experience that we bring in with the latest theory and best management models practiced/ taught.

UndergraduateManagement Program

KUSOM offers BBA as its

constituent program in response

to the huge demand for on-campus

delivery of this enormously popular

under-graduate program.

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BBa@Kusom: a foundation program for management career and

advanced management KnoWledge

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Undergraduate M

anagement Program

Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA)

a foundation program for management career and advanced management KnoWledge

The BBA program of Kathmandu University grooms young people for starting career in management by developing essential qualities and abilities while preparing them for pursuing advanced management knowledge. By blending foundation and core management disciplines with general and social science disciplines, the program offers a broad yet solid professional base for graduates to pursue managerial, entrepreneurial, and leadership roles in business and social enterprises. It also rigorously trains graduates for higher academic pursuit in management and other academic disciplines.

As the world of work turns more competitive and complex, the choice of career becomes

more critical. And being successful in the career becomes even more challenging.

Launched as a pioneer undergraduate management degree program in the country in 1997, the KUs BBA program has earned unmatched credibility and respect in the market as well as in the academic field.

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BBA Adm

ission

Admission

BBA@KUSOM is open to Nepali and non-Nepali nationals who has

1. a 10+2 or Intermediate degree or equivalent of at least two years duration in any discipline with a minimum of 50 percent in aggregate or CGPAof2onthescaleof4 from universities/boardsrecognizedbyKathmanduUniversity

2. passed Kathmandu University Undergraduate Management Admission Test (KUUMAT) conducted by KUSOM in the current year.

Formal admission process starts in June every year.

BBA@ KUSOM: strengths

KUSOMsbrandimage. Poolofexperienced,committed,andcompetentregular

faculty. Acclaimedandprovenpedagogicapproaches-

analyticalrigorandexperientialexposure. Accesstoexcellentlearningresources. Extensiveindustrylinkage. AcademicambienceoftheUniversitysystem. Complementaryandverticalupwardlinkagewiththe

MBAprogram. Integrationoflearningwithco-curricularactivitiesfor

personalityandleadershipdevelopment. Extratutorialclassesforallthecourses. Minimum120hrsofmandatorysocialservicein

betweensemesterbreaks.

How quickly one and half year has passed at KUSOM! From the day I enrolled at KUSOM, I feel development and change. Though food isnt served on our plate, youll find enough warmth and encouraging environment to prepare food on our own. At KUSOM, we prepare, develop and achieve

Udgum Khadka

BBA 2010

BBA Program Structure

Balancing disciplinary rigor With industry relevance

BBA is a four- year full time study program, spread over eight semesters, with the total academic load of 120 credit hours.

The curriculum is built on four targeted learning competencies for starting career in management and pursuing advanced management knowledge: Foundationalcompetencies,perspectives,andunderstandingofbroadsocietalissues,analyticalapproaches,andcreativeabilities; Coremanagementcompetencies,perspectives,andunderstandinginvolvinggeneralandfunctionalmanagementdisciplinesforentry

level career or as foundation for advanced management knowledge; Specializedmanagementcompetencies,perspectives,andunderstandingoffunctionalsub-specialityinmanagementprofessionand

knowledge; and Cognitiveandbehaviouralcompetenciesaswellaspersonalityandleadershipdevelopmentnecessaryformanagementcareerthrough

experiential exposures in projects, internship, and students-managed co-curricular activities.

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Paving the career path in life is the most sensitive decision that determines our future. And I believe I have taken the right path by joining KUSOM. I wont say that this School has just helped me improve my communication and leadership skills; it has given me much more than that. It has helped me groom myself for what Im going to be in future and for what Im going to face in my professional career ahead. That is why I wont hesitate to extend my gratitude to KUSOM that has sheltered and nurtured our professional dynamics.Thank you KUSOM for your immense support and guidance. I am proud to be a KUSOMITE!!!!!!!!

Sagar Subedi

BBA 2010

Foundations [45 credits] EnglishI EnglishII MathematicsI MathematicsII Statistics-I Statistics-II QuantitativeTechniques Microeconomics Macroeconomics EconomicDevelopment Sociology PoliticalScience Psychology Logic InformationSystemsTechnology

BusinessManagement OrganizationalBehavior ManagerialCommunication BusinessLaw FinancialAccounting-I FinancialAccounting-II ManagementAccounting ManagerialFinance-I ManagerialFinance-II

Concentration [12 credits]

Accounting

AdvancedAccounting Advanced

Management Accounting

ManagerialCostAccounting

TaxationinNepal Auditing DirectedStudy

Core Management [48 credits] Electives [12 credits] SmallBusinessManagement ServiceManagement SupplyChainManagement ProductivityandQuality

Management ProjectManagement AdvancedProgramming

Techniques E-commerce

Marketing

MarketingResearch SalesManagement Advertising

andPromotionManagement

ServicesMarketing Marketing

Management GlobalMarketing ConsumerBehavior DirectedStudy

Management Information System

ComputerProgramming

SystemsAnalysisandDesign

DatabaseManagement Systems

BusinessDataCommunications

DecisionSupportandExpert Systems

WebTechnology DirectedStudy

Finance

FinancialMarketsandInstitutions

InvestmentDecisions CorporateFinancing

Decisions CommercialBank

Management RiskManagementand

Insurance FinancialManagement DirectedStudy

Marketing OperationsManagement HumanResourceManagement ManagementInformationSystems InternationalBusiness EntrepreneurshipandNew

Business Formation StrategicManagement

BBA Courses

Human Resource Management

EmployeeTrainingand Development

LaborRelations Employee

RecruitmentandSelection

PersonnelInformation System

ContemporaryIssuesinHR

DirectedStudy

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Research Degree Program

mphil in management: a program that Blends advanced management KnoWledge and research sKills

Using state of the-art research

approaches and tools, MPhil

in Management produces

academics and researchers to

nourish management knowledge

and practices with home-grown

research.

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mphil in management: a program that Blends advanced management KnoWledge and research sKills

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Research D

egree Program

Master of Philosophy (MPhil) in Managementa program that Blends advanced management KnoWledge and research sKills

Management knowledge and its application to address opportunities and challenges facing our organizations might as well determine our competitiveness in the present globalized market. Management research builds and enhances knowledge capital that enriches the practice and profession of management making it possible for individuals and organizations to deliver the results. This is how management

has contributed to the development of organizations and societies in the developed world. Researchasacriticalinputforknowledge generation and application is not a widely practiced function in our society. This is more so in management. Intuition more than empirically validated knowledge often informs management decisions and practices. Similarly, academic side of management is also

Some thesis topics of MPhil graduates

PerceptionsoforganizationalpoliticsandemployeeoutcomesinNepalbankingandfinancialinstitutions. Output, stock returns and political uncertainty: the Nepali evidence Understanding of leadership and factors associated with leadership success from Nepali perspective:

GroundedTheory Firm size, earnings yield, book to market ratio, cash flow yield and stock returns: the Nepali evidence The cross section of expected stock returns: The Nepalese Evidence

not nourished and enriched by rigorous research, developing and disseminating valid knowledge robustly applicable to our situations and productively able to show and suggest better ways of managing in our context.

TheKUSOMMPhilinManagement,aresearch-based Master degree program, is an intensive full time study program spread over five terms of 14 weeks each.

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Enhances competitive edge in conceptual and analytical skills for advanced career in academics or other professions;

Develops research capability for improving knowledge, practice and profession; and

Builds a foundation for pursuing the Doctoral degree

Program Features:

MPhilM Curriculum

TheKUSOMMPhilparticipantsarerequiredtotakea minimum of 35 credit hours courses that include core courses, concentrations, and electives along with an independent empirical thesis (for developing research capabilities).

Core Courses - 17 credits

StatisticsforResearchI[2] StatisticsforResearchII[2] AppliedEconometrics[3] AdvancedResearchMethodology[4] AdvancedManagerialEconomics[3] OrganizationalTheory[3]

Elective Courses - 3 credits

BusinessPolicyandEnvironment[3] BusinessEconomicsinaGlobalEconomy

[3] Negotiation[3] OperationsResearch[3] QualitativeResearchMethods[3] SystemsThinkingandModelingfor

Management[3] InvestmentAnalysisandPortfolio

Management[3]

General Management

Specialization - 7 credits ResearchSeminarinManagement[4] LeadershipTheoryandIssues[3] OrganizationalDevelopmentandChange[3] OrganizationandPeople[3] HumanResourcesStrategies[3] AdvancedTopicsinManagement[3] DirectedReadinginManagement[3]

Finance Specialization - 7 credits

ResearchSeminarinFinance[4] AdvancedFinanceTheory[3] AdvancedInternationalFinance[3] FinancialDerivatives[3] FixedIncomeAnalysis[3] AdvancedTopicsinFinance[3] DirectedReadinginFinance[3]

Master Thesis [8 credits]

Formal Admission process starts in August every year.

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urriculum

specialized management programs: pionerring programs for developing professionals

Pursuingitsstrategyof

expansion and growth, KUSOM

now offers specialized programs

for practicing and specialized

managers for their functional

and professional enrichment.

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specialized management programs: pionerring programs for developing professionals

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Spedialized Managem

ent Programs

DipM/ PGDM are for:

Practicingmanagersatalllevelsandacrossallfunctional categories in business, economic, public, and citizen sectors;

Young aspirants trying to get into management career after earning undergraduate degree in technical and non-management disciplines; and

Entrepreneurs and self-employed people seeking to learn and enrich management for improving their ventures

Diploma in Management (DipM)/ Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM)a pioneering program for developing professionals for management

Diploma in Management (DipM)&PostGraduateDiploma in Management (PGDM) programs are the part of KUSOMs continuing executive education initiatives. The focus of these programs is on developing foundation and core management competencies. They are particularly designed for those practicing managers who have had no formal management education and also for those fresh graduates from non-management and technical disciplines who want to be entrepreneurs or start career in their profession that entails management responsibility.

WHY DipM/ PGDM ?

DipMandPGDMarepractice-orientedandindustry-relevant management education programs of high disciplinary rigor that equip participants with substantial grounding in professional knowledge in management while enriching practical management competence for improved managerial performance. The overall purpose of the two interlinked programs is to enhance professionalism in management of organization by:

Enrichingprofessionalmanagementcompetenceof practicing managers at all levels and across all functional categories as well as fresh graduates from non-management streams aspiring for managerial and entrepreneurial roles;

Providingaplatformforcontinuinglearningofmanagement knowledge, values, and behaviors to help practicing managers update and contemporize their management practices and engage in self-renewal process; and

Facilitatingnetworkingofcommunityofmanagementpractitioners and management knowledge providers.

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DipM/ PGDM Program Structure

The programs are offered as a two tier system of stand-alone as well as integrated package. At the foundation level, Diploma in Management (DipM) is offered, and at the advancedlevel,PostGraduateDiplomainManagement(PGDM) is available. DipM is both a stand-alone and an integrated study program. As a stand alone program, DipM offers participants an option to terminate their study program after its completion in which case they will get a certificate of DipM from the School. As an integrated package, DipM is the foundation for PGDM. Those who meet requirements for post graduate diploma level may continue and after completion of the requirements will get a certificate of PGDM from the University.

Diploma in Management (DipM)

DipM provides a broad-based, practical introduction to the key management ideas, techniques, and overall competencies needed in order to manage effectively and productively in enterprises. It is a one trimester program stretched over 14 weeks (three and a half months). Participantsarerequiredtotakeatotalof10credithourscourse load comprising foundation management courses. Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM)

PGDM is an advance study program that builds on and extends the learning contents and experience of the DipM program. It is an intensive one year study program spread overthreetrimestersof14weekseach.Participantsarerequired to take a total course load of 28 credit hours that includes foundation courses (offered in DipM), core management courses, and an integrative project work. CreditsearnedinthePGDMprogramaretransferabletoExecutive MBA program of the School as decided by the Dean.

Admission

For DipM: Three years of work experience as a practicing

manager or supervisor or an entrepreneur with three years business experience, and

A bachelor degree of at least two years duration in any discipline from universities recognized by Kathmandu University.

For PGDM: Three years of work experience as a practicing

manager or supervisor or an entrepreneur with three years business experience, and

A bachelor degree of at least two years duration in any disciplinewithatleast45percentmarksor2.5CGPAon the scale of 4.0 from universities recognized by KathmanduUniversity.OR

six years of work experience as a practicing manager or supervisor or an entrepreneur with three years business experience, and

A bachelor degree of at least two years duration in any disciplinewithatleast40percentmarksor2.0CGPAon the scale of 4.0 from universities recognized by Kathmandu University.

Note: However, a candidate who meets job experience requirement but has less than 45 percent marks or equivalent may join as an audit candidate. Audit candidates, unlike credit candidates, will not earn academic credits but will get certificate of participation

Core Management Courses

InterpersonalCommunicationSkills[2] ManagingFinanceatWorkplace[2] DevelopmentofMarketingPlan[2] ManagingHumanResourceSystems[2] ManagingInformation[2] ManagingProjects[2] EnterpriseDevelopment[2] ManagingChangeandOrganizationalDevelopment

[2] IntegrativeProjectWork[2]

Foundation courses

CommunicationsatWork[2] ManagingOrganizations[2] ManagingPeople[2] ManagingMarketandCustomers[2] AccountingforManagement[2]

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KUSOM ProgramsBuilt on distinctiveness, Quality and innovation

Recognition of Excellence

ChancellorGoldMedal:Forstudentwhoscoreshighest CGPA in Masters Level.

Vice-ChancellorGoldMedal:Forstudentwhoscores highest CGPA in Bachelors Level.

JuddhaBahadurShresthaGoldMedal:Forstudent who scores highest CGPA in MBA.

RanaBahadurShahGoldMedal:Foroutstandingstudent of MBA.

Blending of Academic Excellence and Practical Experience KUSOM has a pool of core, full-time faculty with long teaching experience and expertise in various fields of management as well as considerable industry experience. The faculty members are regularly involved in research and training, and serve as consultants to organizations in industry, government, and non-government sectors.

KUSOM retains the services of senior visiting faculties from industry to bring in real life and practical experience and perspective in the process of learning. About one-third of the total sessions are handled by visiting management practitioners.

Learners Take Charge of the Learning ProcessThe learning pedagogy at KUSOM is built on student-centered active learning processes: case methods, group discussions, student presentations, and project works in the real organizational setting. Throughout the study program, students are motivated to identify and analyze problems or issues, evaluate options, and make decisions. Students are encouraged to work and learn in a team environment.

The concerned faculties keep track of learning progress through a systemofcontinuousevaluation.Regularfeedbackissharedwithstudents for performance improvement.

Real Business Experience Right into the Class RoomKUSOM regularly invites visiting faculties from reputed academic institutions and business houses. In the past KUSOM invited professorsfromWesternKentuckyUniversity,IndianInstituteofManagementCalcutta,AuburnUniversity,VirginiaStateUniversity,ChapmanUniversity,UniversityofNewMexicoandother universities under its collaborative arrangements with them. UndertheUSGovernmentsFulbrightprogramKUSOMregularlyreceives an American Fulbright scholar for teaching, research and faculty development purpose. It also frequently invites business executives to share their experience with students and provide practical insight into the realities of managerial world.

Financial Assistance

With a view to setting best qualified students, regardless of their financial status, KUSOM provides financial assistance in the form of tuition waiver to needy and deserving students. Students seeking such financial assistance must be accepted for admission into the KUSOM program. KU provides financial aid equivalent to 7% of total number of students.

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Access to Robust Learning ResourcesManagement Library based in KUSOM has a wide collection of valuable books and international journals. It has around 12,000 volumes of books on management and is regular subscriber of various journals and online resources such Jstor, emerald, Cambridgeuniversitypress,Oxforduniversitypress,projectMUSEand more.

Projectreportsandthesisbystudentsaround1600

KUSOM also maintains a computer lab with unlimited access to internetfacilitiesandwirelessconnectivity,WiFiwithinKUSOMpremises.KUSOMhasestablishedonlinecoursesiteVirtualClassroomtoimprovetheteaching-learningprocessbyenhancingthe scope of learning.

Involvement in Co-curricular Activities Students at KUSOM are involved in various co-curricular activities throughout their study period. They participate in sports events, social activities, bring out newsletter and student magazine, and organize various indoor and outdoor events. Such activities prepare students for taking responsibilities, coordinating activities, and working in a team.

Growing Academic Connectivity for Global RecognitionIn order to continually upgrade the educational standard and getting on the global academic map, KUSOM has maintained international academic linkage with a number of universities.

KUSOM is a member of Association of Management Development Institute in South Asia (AMDISA) and the founder member of Association of Management Development Institute in Nepal (AMDIN).

Hostel Facility for Girls Students

Residentialfacilityforgirlstudentsisavailableatsubsidized rate within KUSOM premises.

Placement of MBA graduates MBA graduates of KUSOM have found placements in different organizations like banks, financial institutions, manufacturing enterprises, trading houses, national and international agencies, non-government organizations, and consulting firms.

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Rs5000iscautionmoneyinMBA,EMBAandMPhilprograms,andRs4000inBBAandPGDMprograms.Itwillbereturnedaftercompletionoftheprogram.

Rs40,000istobeaddedforprovidinglunchandsnacksduringtheentireprogram(EMBA only). Theamountispayablein12installmentsforMBAandEMBAprograms,6

installmentsforPGDMprogram,8installmentsforMPhilprogramand16installments for BBA program.

ForstudentsfromSAARCcountries,oneandhalftimesofthenormalfee;forstudents from other countries, double the normal fee.

Theseexpensesdonotincludecostofbooksandstationery,accommodation,orany other personal expenses.

ThefeeschargedbytheSchoolaresubjecttochangewithoutpriornotification. KUprovidesfinancialaidequivalentto7%oftotalnumberofstudents.\

Quality Need not be Expensive

Total Individual Package Total Corporate Sponsorship Package

MBAProgram 350,000 -

EMBAProgram 375,000 400,000

MPhilProgram 200,000 250,000

DipMProgram 50,000 -

PGDMProgram 120,000 160,000

BBAProgram 495,000 -

Banking and Financial Institute

ITCommunication

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NGO/INGO

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Self Employed

Service Sector

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AKA (Association of KUSOM Alumni)AKA is the official alumni association of all KUSOMgraduates(MBA,EMBA,PGDSM,MSM,MPhill,PGD,DipMandBBA)whohavegraduated or shall graduate from KUSOM, established to advance the interests of the KUSOM, its alumni, and current and future students through mutually beneficial and lifelong partnerships. www.aka.org.np

KAF (KUSOM Annual Festival)KAF is a student managed annual festival of KUSOM. Each year the festival is observed with three themes KUSOM Cares,KUSOMCelebratesandKUSOMCollaborates.

Student Support and Welfareof, By and for students

A Little but Lasting Help for Starting CareerPlaCe, KUSOMs placement cell, manages the placement function, including organizing company presentations, preparation of student database, placement counseling and training, organizing events like career fair. EvenT (Event Management Team)EvenT conducts co-curricular activities inside and outside the school premises. The whole idea is to work together to bring about meaningful changes. Besides, EvenT is available for managing other events like Talk-shows,Seminars,andWorkshops.

Entrepreneurs Lab- Business Incubation Center

KUSOM Entrepreneurs Lab stimulates entrepreneurial attitude among KUSOM students providing platform for learning and exercising entrepreneurial experiences and overall business solution to aspiring entrepreneurs. With support from E- lab, KUSOM BBA students are successfully running a coffee stall, De Sweet Bean, within KUSOM premises.

Partnership with Business

KUSOM works with a number of reputed corporate business houses and development organizations on matters of academic research and professional activities, including student internships and projects. Some major companies with whom KUSOM has signed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for this purpose are:

Standard Chartered Bank Nepal Ltd. Khetan Group Nepal Unilever Nepal Buddha Air Surya Nepal Pvt. Ltd. Butwol Power Company Jyapu Samaj

KCcP-KUSOM Co-curricular ProgramKUSOMCocurricularProgramprovidesadditional values, by broadening students horizons and inspiring them to actualize all-round development outside the classroom. Its concerted endeavor is to associate all the students of different programs to work towards a coordinated effort to enhance their skills.There are varied clubs for students to participatein-ConferenceClub,MovieClub,DramaClub,SportsClub,ITClub,ClubCicero,AdventureClub,MusicClub,Elab,SocialClub,LiteraryClub.

Student Welfare Council (SWC) is a pure apolitical body exists to promote student interests and

welfare and provide channels of communication between students and the School.

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Student Support and Welfare

Management Developmentprofessional WorKs for and With industry for improved practices

while generating and testing Nepal-based management knowledge and practice for wider dissemination.The professional services of EMDC are: Enterprise Development; Development of Intermediary

Organizations; and Management Development.

EMDC aims to: Assistinimprovingmanagementskills,

practices and systems Enhancemarketcompetitiveness,

institutional performance and management capacity;

Facilitatetheenterpriseandentrepreneurship development processes;

KUSOM has been utilizing its in-house expertise for management development practices since its establishment. In 2006, KUSOM established a formal center to deliver the professional management services directly to the business and development organizations. The center is named, Enterprise and Management Development Center (EMDC). This is KUSOMs response to the market demands for quality management services.

EMDCbringsacademicknowledgeandprofessional skills of management for the use of Nepali managers and organizations by assisting them to improve organizational effectiveness and capacity

Major Recent Clients

HimalayanDistillaryPvtLtd. NepalRedCrossSocietyDFID DeproseDevelopmentBank ActionAidNepal HimalayanDistillery Mahaguthi AsianDevelopmentBankNepal

Resident YetiAirlines NirdhanUtthanBankLtd. PracticalActionConsulting

Regular Program Series

Theme based talk programs on leadership development

Recent Programs

Consulting SocialMarketing PerformanceManagementSystem OrganizationRe-structuring ManagementforDevelopment

Results HumanResourceDevelopment

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Training ManagementDevelopment Publicsafetyandsecurity Microandsmallenterprise

development Publicprocurementmanagement E-procurement Bridgemanagement Landslidemanagement ProjectManagement

As part of its mission to improve the practice and profession of management for

development through creating quality and relevant opportunities for applying

the best in management, Kathmandu University School of Management has been

delivering management development services.

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ProvideKUSOMfaculties,studentandassociates with real management experiences; and

Generate,testanddisseminateNepal-based management knowledge and best-practice.

Management Research

academic world while supporting them in enhancing the quality of management education.Researchgeneratesknowledgebase that ultimately helps business and managers in improving their practices through its dissemination by educational and consulting processes.

Being part of a university system which has an avowed goal of being a teaching-cum-research university, KUSOM is now endeavoring to promote serious academic research for advancement of knowledge in management.

Researchisacorecomponentofanybusiness school worth its name. In tandem with teaching and consulting programs, research program defines the scope and determines the quality of the operation of a business school. Business schools within the university system anywhere in the world are as much active and recognized for management research as for management teaching and consulting. Researchkeepsbusinessschoolsandtheir faculties at the forefront of the management knowledge and establishes their credibility in the business and

Ongoing Research (initiated by faculty)

EffectofPerceptionofOrganizationalPoliticsonNepaliGovernmentEmployeesPublicServiceMotivation

InfluenceofreligiononNepalicarbuyers

Determinantsofentrepreneurialcareerchoiceofsuccessfulentrepreneurs

ManagersperceptionsofbusinessenvironmentofNepal:Dependency,complexityanduncertainty

Consumerspriceperceptionsacrossbrandedandunbrandedproductandservicecategories

Relationshipbetweenreligiousethicsandchoicefactorsofconsumercarowners

Opportunityrecognitionanditsdeterminantsamongentrepreneur

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Full Time Faculty

Subas KC - Professor and Dean (Human Resource Management/ Development, Organizational Behavior, Organization Development, and Leadership).

Devi Bedari (PhD) - Professor and Coordinator- MPhil Program (Economics, Econometrics, Mathematical economics, International Finance).

Binod K. Shrestha (PhD) - Associate Professor and Coordinator- EMBA Program (Marketing Management, Entrepreneurial Management, Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility).

JyotiRegmiAdhikary - Assistant Professor and Coordinator - BBA Program (Human Resource, Organization Behavior).

Sabin Bikram Panta - Assistant Professor and Coordinator Placement Cell (Finance and Financial Institution Management).

Karan Singh Thagunna (PhD) - Assistant Professor and Coordinator- MBA Program (Financial Mathematics, Derivatives finance, Stochastic Process, Statistics and Econometrics).

Narayan Prasad Paudel (PhD) - Assistant Professor (Financial Management, Portfolio Management, Cost and Management Accounting, Microfinance).

Ram B. Mahato - Assistant Professor and Coordinator-BHTM Program (Marketing Management, Managerial Communication, Global Business, Brand Management, Hospitality Management).

RegularVisitingFaculty

Anand Tuladhar. Area: Marketing, Communication

Anupama Panta. Area: Economics

Ajaya Mishra. Area: General Management

Bhanu Kandel (FCA). Area: Accounting

Bibek Pandeya. Area: Information Technology,

Brijesh Sharma.Area: Enterprise Development, Finance.

DamayanthiJoshi.Area: Human Resource Management, Performance Management

DeepeshVaidya. Area: Finance, Corporate Finance, Banking.

Dhiraj Karki. Area: Global Business, Marketing

Ghanendra Fago. Area: Accounting.

Hari Bahadur Dallakoti. Area: Accounting, Finance

K.B. Manandhar. Area: International Financial Management, Management of Financial Institutions.

Krishna Ram Khadka (PhD): Project Management, Econometrics.

JayakarVaidya.Area: Global Business, Entrepreneurial Management.

JayanNyachhyon. Area: Human Resource Management, Quality Management, Operations Management.

Mahendra Shrestha (PhD). Area: Business Environment, International Business, General Management.

Niranjan Phuyal. Area: Finance

Panna Kaji Amtya (PhD), Professor. Area; Sociology, Political Sciences.

Prajwal Shrestha. Area: Management Information Systems, Finance.

Radhe Shyam Pradhan (PhD), Professor. Area: Financial Management.

KUSOM Family a Blend of academic and industry experience

Seema Singh - Assistant Professor and Coordinator- DipM/ PGDM Program (Human Resource Management, Organization Behavior, Performance Management).

Prabina Rajbhandari - Assistant Professor and Coordinator- Co-curricular Activities. (English, Marketing, Service Markeieing).

Arjun K Shrestha - Assistant Professor (General Management, Operations Management, Organization Behavior).

Ramesh Gyawali - Coordinator- Security&ConflictManagement(US policy towards South Asia, UN & Peace building, Diplomacy, Media)

Bishwo Paudel (PhD) - Assistant Professor and Coordinator Research (Economics, Econometrics, Research methodology)

Composition of KUSOM Faculty Board(Academic policy making body) Prof Subas KC, Dean KUSOM

Prof Pushkar Bajracharya, TU, Central Management

Department

Mr Rameshwor Khanal, Economic Advisor to PM

MrSurajVaidya,President,FNCCI

Mr Binod Chaudhari, President, CNI

MrShashinJoshi,CEO,NICBank

Prof. Devi Bedari, Coordinator, Graduate Subject Committee

Prof. Radheshyam Pradhan, Coordinator, Undergraduate

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Rameshwor Khanal. Area: Accounting

Rupesh Shrestha. Area: Marketing, Marketing Communication.

Ravi Man Shakya. Area: Information System, Finance

Saroj Krishna Ghimire. Area: Corporate Laws.

Sarthak Karki. Area: Finance, Accounting

Sandip Timsina. Area: Information System

Sashi Bhattarai. Area: Management Information Systems.

Rita Shrestha (PhD). Area: Psychology

Sujeev Shakya. Area: Negotiation, Strategic Management

Sujan Raja Shrestha. Area: Marketing, Brand Management

Sujit Mundul. Area: Financial Management, Strategic Management.

Suresh Shrestha. Area: Operaions management, Productivity Management.

VishnuKarki(PhD).Area: Research. General Management.

Yogesh Satyal. Area: International Business.

Yubraj Acharya. Area: Managerial Communication, Economic Development.

Self-Discover Management and Your Future at and with KUSOM

At KUSOM, education is not delivered; it is discovered byeachlearnerforthebenefitofusall.Webelievethat education must be personally meaningful, professionally rewarding, socially contributing, and intellectually stimulating. For last nineteen years, KUSOM in a very humble way has been creating and making available to its community of learners an educational environment and experience for them to aspire for and achieve these purposes.

Education takes place at KUSOM the way it ought to and for the reasons it must. It is the process of self-discovery, active involvement, and purposeful passion for learning that defines our educational approach. And learners pursue education at KUSOM for being better able to lead self and others for enrichment of lifeanditsexperience.WeatKUSOMareproudofthistradition as much as we are thrilled by the potential of future that we have defined for ourselves, i.e. to be one of the top 20 business schools in the South Asia while continuing to be the leader management development institute in the country.

I welcome you to be part of and carry forward this tradition of self-discovering management and future - at and with KUSOM.

Prof. Subas KCDean

We believe that education must be personally meaningful, professionally

rewarding, socially contributing, and intellectually stimulating.

Composition of KUSOM Faculty Board(Academic policy making body) Prof Subas KC, Dean KUSOM

Prof Pushkar Bajracharya, TU, Central Management

Department

Mr Rameshwor Khanal, Economic Advisor to PM

MrSurajVaidya,President,FNCCI

Mr Binod Chaudhari, President, CNI

MrShashinJoshi,CEO,NICBank

Prof. Devi Bedari, Coordinator, Graduate Subject Committee

Prof. Radheshyam Pradhan, Coordinator, Undergraduate

Subject Committee

Academic Committee Chairperson(Team supporting formulation and implementation of academic policies)Research Committee: Prof Subas KC, Dean

Graduate Subject Committee: Prof Devi Bedari

Undergraduate Subject Committee: Prof Radhe Shyam Pradhan

Service Management Team Bhawana Tamrakar - School Management

Megha Raj Shakya - Academic Administration

Prem Raj Adhikari - Library and Information Services

Sanjay Pudasaini - IT

Binayak Chhetri - Examination and Student Affairs

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Note: The information in this prospectus is valid at the time of materials going to the press. KUSOM reserves the right to change any aspects of the programs and their management without prior notice. No part of this publication shall be reproduced without prior written approval of KUSOM.

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