摘要
On October 20th, 2011, at the foot of the mountain where Rato Monastery was located in Nyethang Town of Chushur County of Tibet Autonomous Region, the Buddhist College of Tibet was formally established. The president of the college is Drukhang Tupten Khedrup, the president of Tibetan branch of the Chinese Association of Buddhism. The college is 27 kilometers away from Lhasa City and covers an area of 262.48 mu with a total investment of 99.33 million Yuan. The college is divided into three departments： esoteric studies, exoteric studies and Buddhist reincarnation studies. The curriculum contains three major subjects - law and legislation, common subjects and Buddhism. A total of 13 senior monks have been invited from major monasteries in Tibet Autonomous Region to lecture in the college and the first group of students has been enrolled, currently totaling 150 student monks.
