Established in August 1993, the School, popularly known as KU SOM, is the first school to launch graduate program in Kathmandu University and also the first one to initiate Master of Business Administration (MBA) program in Nepal based on internationally- followed design principles and structure. Thirty years on, KU SOM continues to hold the prestigious position of being the leader business school rated as the best business school in all the B-Schools Ratings in Nepal to date and becoming the first choice of aspirants of management education and employers of management graduates alike.

The School is leading the way in management development of the country setting quality standards and innovative trends for other business schools to follow and its graduates providing high quality managerial, entrepreneurial and intellectual resources for the growth and success of a large number of business, development and academic enterprises in the country.