Admission-to-NNI

Admission to NNI

Eligibility of New Candidates

New candidates must meet the following requirements to join the institute as residential students:

A)  1.  This is a Monastic Institute and therefore all residential members are monks. Every candidate must already be a celibate monk, or must be willing to be ordained.

2.  The candidate must desire and aim to undertake the complete 9-year course and graduate from the Institute.

3.  The candidate must be able to follow all the rules and regulations, and the routine of the Institute. The candidate must be willing to carry out mandatory assignments imposed by the faculty and institute members.

Besides above mentioned criteria, candidate must fulfil any one of the following requirements

B) School certificate testifying that the applicant has studied at least up to 8^th class, if the applicant is coming from a modern school, given that an applicant has undergone studies related to Tibetan tradition.

C) Letter of recommendation from the head of the monastery if the applicant is coming from a monastery.

D) Those who are not included in the two above groups must submit their bio-data with the application for consideration by the faculty.

E) Candidates complying with the above requirements are allowed to sit for both the written and oral entrance examinations.  Admission to the Institute depends primarily on the performance in the entrance examinations and partly upon previous records and behaviour.  The questions posed in the entrance examinations are basically on primary Buddhist teachings, history of Buddhism and Tibetan grammar.  This is a Tibetan medium institution and knowledge of written and spoken Tibetan language is very important. If the applicant has completed eighth standard from the Monastic Jr. High School and accomplished Bum Nga, he can directly get admission in the institute merely by appearing for oral exam without giving written exams.

F) Having enrolled in the Institute, the student must render service and pay full respect to the President and lecturers.  

Growing number of students in NNI

Although the institute was established in 1978 with only 14 students, the number has gradually increased. The high standard of religious education in the institute has enabled to produce many gifted and skilled scholars with adequate capability to uphold the doctrine of Buddha. Through the threefold method of teaching, practice and carrying out the wheel of activities, the name of the institute altered to fame, far and wide, attracting hundreds of students from India, Tibet, Bhutan, Nepal, and other foreign countries.

The following table shows the yearly admissions since the establishment of the institute;