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The Department of Geology at the National Institute of Natural Sciences (NINS) has championed pioneering research and excellent teaching for over a century. This Department is recognized for the quality and breadth of its research and its graduates, and nationally is top-ranked for research amongst earth science departments. Our research is linked strongly to the dynamic geology of Nepal. There are 9.5 equivalent full time teaching positions ranging from lecturer to professor. Teaching and research skills and interests include: sedimentology, marine geology particularly sedimentology and seismology, paleomagnetism, paleoclimatology, paleoceanography, paleontology, stratigraphy, tectonics, structure, environmental geology, economic geology, geochemistry, mineralogy, igneous and metamorphic petrology, geochronology, geophysics, volcanic processes, and regional and Antarctic geology.