Other Development Efforts
The approximate amount of money that has been generated for the university's development efforts till this date is worth Rs. 155 million. Of this sum, Rs. 70 million is for land, Rs. 60 million is for building construction. The remaining Rs. 25 million is for development of the road, on landscaping and on purchasing equipment. The additional amount of money required to complete the entire construction work, as per the master plan, is Rs. 1.3 billion. This is equivalent to US $25.86 million. Of this the amount Rs. 856.6 million or 67% of the entire cost has to be allocated for civil construction. The remaining allocations are for procuring furniture, equipment vehicles and books and journals.
The university, in partnership with Rangjung Yeshe Institute, runs the Centre for Buddhist Studies. The centre offers undergraduate and graduate programs leading to Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees in Buddhist Studies and Himalayan languages. It also provides research facilities for visiting international scholars of Buddhism for their graduate or post-graduate projects. In the summer, it hosts study-abroad programs and conducts intensive language immersion programs in Tibetan, Nepali, and Sanskrit.
The university owns Kathmandu University High School.
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