1,256 students of Kathmandu University were awarded degrees on Saturday. 3 PhD students, 51 PGD students, 33 MPhil students, 385 Masters students and 784 Bachelor students were conferred degrees.

Among those 111 are from the Faculty of Humanities, 253 from Education, 77 from Engineering, 39 from Law, 465 from Management, 181 from Medical Sciences and 130 from Science. similarly there were 75 students from 9 countries including India, China, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, UK, USA, France, Iran and Bhutan.

Kathmandu University has conferred degrees for the first time to 5 students in the Master in Urban Studies, 1 in Master in Media Studies and 21 in Master of Fine Arts. 19 students have also received degrees for the first time in Master in Indigenous Education and Development and 12 students in the Master in Training and Development.

Similarly, 2 students have been awarded degree for the first time in the Master in Health Informatics and 4 students in the M Tech in Energy Systems.

8 students have received degrees for the first time in the ‘ Bachelor of Science in Medical Imaging Technology and 10 students in the Bachelor of Science in Laboratory Medicine. As of Saturday’s 30th convocation (first phase), 46,693 people have graduated from Kathmandu University. Of these, 5,542 are from 57 countries other than Nepal.