National Institute of Science
Lalitpur, Lalitpur Metropolitan City, Balkumari Gwarko
National Institute of Science (NIS), LALITPUR NIST, formerly known as PATAN NIST, is a premier education institution, which was established in 1994. It is situated at Balkumari, strategically important location in the Lalitpur, and is one of the constituent institutions under the NIST Foundation. The school has been conducting Plus 2 programme (Grade 11 – 12), now Upper Secondary school classes, both in Science, and Management for the last three decades. In addition to these streams, the college has successfully conducted the first year for the Law students. The school follows the national curriculum under the National Examination Board (NEB), Nepal. The school management is planning to introduce other courses in Arts and Humanities in Grade 11–12 in the near future while the ultimate goal is to provide the continuum of education from Pre–school to Grade 12 under the National Institute of Science within the next few years. The NIST Foundation was initiated by a group of scientists and academicians.
The NIS has always emphasized the academic excellence of students, and fostered a culture of innovation and collaboration. As a result, our students graduate with outstanding performance in the board examinations every year. Today, many of its alumni are engaged in the highly regarded professions and businesses within the country and abroad. The school provides students with every opportunity to engage in co-curricular and extracurricular activities such as community services and leadership programmes that ensure their holistic development which engages