A comprehensive, traditional, 5.5 year program, equivalent to Sowa Rigpa training in India and Tibet. Courses are based in English medium, incorporating contemporary university teaching methods. Ensuring a future for traditional medicine with students from Nepal and around the world. This college creates a pathway to establish Sowa Rigpa clinics, serving the Himalayan communities in remote regions of Nepal.
Sowa Rigpa International College
༄༅། །རྒྱལ་སྤྱིའི་གསོ་བ་རིག་པའི་གཙུག་ལག་མཐོ་སློབ།
सोवा रिग्पा इन्टरनेशनल कलेज
Sowa Rigpa International College, a constituent program of Lumbini Buddhist University, is Nepal’s only degree-granting institution for Sowa Rigpa (Traditional Tibeto-Himalayan Medicine).
Located in the Boudhanath area of Kathmandu, we are dedicated to sustaining this precious medical heritage through higher education and research.
My wish is that Sowa Rigpa will spread like the infinite expanse of the sky in order to benefit all sentient beings.
– Yuthok Yonten Gonpo –
Academic Program
Authentic traditional education
For the 21st century
Training a new generation of doctors
Health care for all
College Partners
