Education financing for a brighter Nepal

तपाईंको अध्ययन
र सीप, अब
उन्नतिको बाटोमा।

सपना ठूलो छ भने, आर्थिक अभावले त्यसलाई रोक्न नदिनुहोस्। तपाईंको मेहनत र उन्नतिको साथ, भविष्य अब तपाईंकै हातमा।

Fund Your Future.

Free to check. No effect on your credit score.

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Who we are

Your whole loan, in your pocket

Unnati means progress. We are a digital education-finance platform that takes you from admission offer to a funded seat, with an NRB-licensed lender making every credit decision. Apply, upload, consent and track it all from your phone.

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Aasha

BSc Nursing · Year 1

Rs 3,50,000

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How it works

From admission offer to funded seat

1. Admission offer

You secure a seat and get a fee deadline. That offer letter is your starting point.

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Step 1

Your admission offer

BSc Nursing · Year 1

Rs 3,50,000

First-year fee on your offer letter

Fee deadline in 14 days

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What we offer

Built for the entire education ecosystem

One platform. Everyone moves forward.

For students

  • Mentorship
  • Higher education
  • Skill courses
  • Reskilling and upskilling

For educational institutions

  • Attract more students
  • Improve access to education
  • Grow your impact

For financial institutions

  • Education-focused borrowers
  • College-verified applications
  • A trusted, tech-enabled ecosystem

For development partners

  • Back reskilling and TVET access
  • Reach women and first-time borrowers
  • Outcomes tracked by completion and repayment

Our impact and growth

Built for the learners Nepal's credit leaves out

Women now fill most of Nepal's higher-education classrooms, and returning workers need new skills. Few of either hold the collateral a bank asks for. These are the numbers Unnati is built to move.

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Higher-education enrolments in 2026

Kathmandu Post

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Of higher-education students are women

UGC, 2023/24

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CTEVT diploma seats left empty

Ratopati, 2083 BS

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Of adults hold a loan without collateral

NRB, 2022

Women in higher education

56.6%

women

Women lead Nepal's classrooms. Unnati's route starts from the admission offer, not from property in her name.

  • Women (56.6%)
  • Men (43.4%)

UGC, Higher Education Report 2023/24

The reskilling gap

CTEVT diploma seats32,345
Seats taken24,005
Seats left empty8,340
Outbound workers with skills training2.9%

Skill courses, reskilling and upskilling get the same financed route as a degree.

Ratopati, 2083 BS · DoFE and FEB, 2025

Where household loans come from

42.5%

from relatives

  • Relatives (42.5%)
  • Banks (22.4%)
  • Other (35.1%)

NSO, NLSS IV

Women and inclusion

  • 56.6%

    Higher-education students who are women

    UGC, 2023/24

  • 35.7%

    Bank accounts held by women

    Financial Access in Nepal, 2021

  • 23.8%

    Households with land or a house in a woman's name

    Census, 2021

Reskilling and upskilling

  • 2.9%

    Outbound workers who received skills training

    DoFE and FEB, 2025

  • 39%

    Outbound workers not classed as skilled

    DoFE, 2024/25

  • 25.8%

    CTEVT diploma seats left empty

    Ratopati, 2083 BS

Access to credit

  • 42.5%

    Household loans that come from relatives

    NSO, NLSS IV

  • 17.6%

    Adults who have ever used a bank loan

    NRB, 2022

  • 15.8%

    Remittance now spent repaying loans

    NLSS analysis, 2025

Every path after Grade 12

For learners aged 18+ who have finished Grade 12 or equivalent

Universities

Degree programmes

Health academies

Health science and medicine

CTEVT / TVET

Diploma and pre-diploma

Skilling providers

Job-ready courses

SDG and strategic alignment

Measured by completion and repayment, not loan volume alone.

4Quality Education
5Gender Equality
8Decent Work
10Reduced Inequalities

Partnerships in impact

One route connects everyone who moves a learner forward.

Colleges and universities
CTEVT and skilling providers
Licensed lenders
FamiliesEmployers

Our approach

Finance tied to a real seat

Unnati links your loan to a verified seat at a real institution, so you and your family can borrow with confidence.

9:41

Namaste,

Aasha

BSc Nursing · Year 1

Rs 3,50,000

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Step 3 of 4 · Lender review

Application track

  • Application sent
  • College verified
  • Lender review
  • Fee to college
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The Unnati formula

Learner+Family+College+Licensed lender

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A funded seat
Lower risk for first-time borrowers
Repayment shown before anyone commits
Fees reach the college, not the household
Success measured by completion, not loan count
“तपाईंको अध्ययन र सीप, अब उन्नतिको बाटोमा।”
The Unnati team

The admission race

You got in. Now, how will you pay the fee?

Seat at risk

Most families cannot cover a full year's fee from savings in 14 days. Paying part of it rarely holds the seat.

Your seat is waiting

Fund YourFuture.

Got an admission offer and a fee deadline? Check your eligibility in a few minutes. It is free and does not touch your credit score.

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