TU CSIT Colleges in Nepal. Checklist for selecting your suitable college.

This articles only talk about the CSIT colleges that comes under TU. This article is written in 2083 and if you are reading later some numeral values may have changed a bit. In case of doubts reach out to colleges directly.

Choosing college for your bachelors degree is probably one of the first decision you make yourself for your education. You have already chosen Bsc. CSIT as your choice of degree and have probably completed the entrance exam. There is confusion among student regarding this decision. Subreddits r/csitnepal and r/technepal (and facebook groups similarly) gets flooded with questions. Here is guiding article that informs you about CSIT college structure in Nepal, some common decision dilemmas like choosing college inside valley or outside, public or private and finally a checklist that gives you some bullet points to think about before locking down on a college.

Before starting, you should know that in Tribhuvan University, CSIT Colleges are categorized into:

1. Constituent Colleges (आंगिक): Owned and directly managed by the TU.
2. Affiliated Colleges: Independently owned and managed, but academically linked to the TU.

	Colleges	Seats
Constituent (government)	16	1,224
Private	45	1,884
Total	61	3,108

Note: These numbers shift every year. Cross-check the current year's seat counts, fees, and quotas before you decide.

We have detailed college listing page with seats availability, fee, shift and other information. Check it out.

Public Colleges vs Private Colleges

Generally constituent colleges are public colleges (however some are half-public as well) and provides the same degree in cheaper fee. College fee of constituent colleges don't vary much and in average you can expect the entire fee to between 3 to 4 lakhs. The affiliated colleges have varied range of fee structure: some in 5 lakhs while some in 20 lakhs, but in general most provides the course in 10 lakhs. If you care mainly about the fee then you can focus on getting admission to a constituent colleges.

Still here is a breakdown between Public and Private Colleges

	Public	Private
Number of colleges	16 (4 inside valley)	45 (26 inside valley)
Seats	1,224 (241 seats is for quota)	1,884 (381 seats for quota)
Fee	Around 3 to 4 lakhs. Does not vary much between colleges.	Fee range varies a lot. Some college takes 5 lakhs while some takes from 15-20 lakhs. They do tend to cut 1-2 lakhs based on your grade 12 GPA and entrance rank, but you can estimate the range of scholarship
Cut off	Most of the rankers in entrance goes to public colleges, mainly the trio: Ascol, Patan and Bhakatpur. So cut off is high for these (around 300-400).	You can admission to private college with decent marks. Some popular colleges have bit competition though.
Scholarship	Public colleges does not scholarship on admission rather provides through campaings like "Jehendar Bidhyarthi". Even without scholarship, pubilc college is way cheaper than private	Private college provide scholarship based on your entrance rank and gpa in grade 12. Even with scholarship it wont be cheaper than public college.
Infrastructure	Infrastructure is not good.	It depends. Some provide really good infrastructure while some are just show offs.

In Valley vs Out Valley Colleges

I see many students asking whether they should go out of their hometown and study in colleges inside valley. This is a genuine question. And mainly it boils down to these for the students consideration of in valley colleges :

1. More opportunity for internships and jobs inside valley.
2. Many events like hackathons and conference for building networks
3. Some just want to explore outside their hometown in bachelors

All of these are valid points for preferring colleges inside valley (Kathmandu, Lalitpur and Bhaktapur) because they are right in most sense. Lets add small sense of reality as well:

1. Even though you might get more opportunity for jobs and internships, job market is not really easy currently. Many students have to wait through their final semester to get internship and many don't get at all. For many their first job is after their completion of bachelors degree.
2. If you have never stayed in hostel or shared room with friends, you will have a lot of trouble initially. Finding good rental rooms inside valley is extremely hard so your first feasible option is hostel. Sudden change in lifestyle and food causes many a lot of trouble in their first few months, but eventually it gets better.
3. Daily travel to and from college is common because finding rooms near your college is hard. In your hometown, this issue is slightly lessened since you get your family support in daily chores.
4. Living expense is more.

Don't just jump into peer pressure, carefully think about above before making big decision.

Checklist for choosing a college

• If possible go to college yourself before placing them in priority list. All colleges allow inquiry, you can ask fee structure, shift, lab facility and scholarship. If going by yourself is not feasible, you can call them, it is mostly available in their website or you can check out through easycsit college listing.

• Ask about full break down of the semester fee and scholarship availability

• If you are choosing college outside your home town, look for the availability of hostels while you do your admission.

• Know about shifts. Some college provide morning shift while other provide day shift. Inquire about it if you are doing or plan on doing job/internship.

• Talk with students in reddits or our discord server

Be calm and try to calm your parents. Some colleges and their brokers might try to create FOMO in you and your parents. Take actions in time, but no need to hurry before time.