Royal University of Bhutan

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The Royal University of Bhutan (RUB) (Dzongkha: འབྲུག་ རྒྱལ་ འཛིན་ གཙུག་ ལག་ སློབ་ སྡེ་; Wylie: 'brug rgyal-'dzin gtsug-lag-slob-sde) was founded on June 2, 2003 as an amalgamation of the nine existing universities in Bhutan . These have been established since the major educational reform in the 1960s as a supplement to traditional Buddhist education based on the Western model. The RUB is organized on a decentralized basis. The individual institutes are responsible for the entire training and organization of academic coexistence.

Institutes

As a supplement to the monastic educational tradition, Bhutan has steadily expanded a three-tier educational system based on the Western model since the educational reform . There are a total of eleven institutes at which it is possible to study at the Royal University of Bhutan as a tertiary education area. Since the educational reform, nine higher education institutes have been set up, which were combined in the decentralized Royal University of Bhutan in 2003, followed by two further institutes in 2017.

The academic units ("collages") of the Royal University of Bhutan are:

  • Samtse College of Education , the oldest teacher training institution in the country in the westernmost dzongkhag Samtse , which awards the Bachelor of Education
  • Paro College of Education , the second teacher training institution in the country, also in the west in Dzongkhag Paro , which awards the Bachelor of Education
  • Sherubtse College , Bhutan's only internationally recognized university since 1983, was able to award university degrees in cooperation with Delhi University until 2003 .
  • College of Natural Resources (CNR) in Lobesa, Punakha
  • College of Science and Technology (CST) in Rinchhending, Phuntsholing
  • Gaeddu College of Business Studies (GCBS) in Gedu, Chukha
  • College of Language and Culture Studies (CLCS) in Taktse, Trongsa
  • Jigme Namgyel Engineering College (JNEC) in Dewathang, Samdrup Jongkhar
  • Gyalpozhing College of Information Technology in Gyalpozhing, Mongar

As well as two privately owned institutes, but as associated parts of the RUB:

  • Royal Thimphu College (RTC) in Ngabiphu, Thimphu
  • Norbuling Rigter College, Paro

University self-administration

According to the RUB statutes, the rectors of the individual institutes are on the university's executive board. The Sang Chokhor Buddhist College, which is also state-accredited, is the only monastic institution to be represented on the RUB board by its rector. The management is formally subject to the Druk Gyalpo Namgyel Wangchuck as honorary chancellor of the RBU. The RBU is de facto headed by its Vice Chancellor.

The university self-administration also provides for two student representatives.

International cooperation

The cooperation between Sherubtse College and Delhi University , which has existed since 1983, has been transferred to RUB as its legal successor.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d rub.edu.bt colleges
  2. ^ A b c B. Denman, S. Namgyel: Convergence of Monastic and Modern Education in Bhutan? In: International Review of Education . tape 54 , no. 3-4 , July 2008, ISSN  1573-0638 , pp. 475–491 (English, link.springer.com [accessed November 19, 2019]).
  3. ^ F Rennie, R Mason: The Development of Distributed Learning Techniques in Bhutan and Nepal . In: International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning . tape 8 , no. 1 , March 2007, ISSN  1492-3831 (English, irrodl.org [PDF; accessed November 19, 2019]).
  4. ↑ a b Articles of Association of RUB