<sod>This is a '''list of universities and colleges in Nepal'''. Prior to the establishment of the first college in the country, [[Tri-Chandra College]] in 1918, higher education in [[Nepal]] was nonexistent. Until 1985, [[Tribhuvan University]] had remained the one and the only university in Nepal. In the early 80s, His Majesty's Government developed the concept of a multi-university system for the country. One important assumption behind the concept was that each new university should have a distinctive nature, content and function of its own.<eod>
<sod>This is a '''list of universities and colleges in Nepal'''. Prior to the establishment of the first college in the country, [[Tri-Chandra College]] in 1918, higher education in [[Nepal]] was nonexistent. Until 1985, [[Tribhuvan University]] had remained the one and the only university in Nepal. In the early 1980s, His Majesty's Government developed the concept of a multi-university system for the country. One important assumption behind the concept was that each new university should have a distinctive nature, content and function of its own.<eod>