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Best Educational Consultancy in Nepal (2026)

Choosing the best educational consultancy in Nepal is mostly a filtering problem, and the first filter removes most of the market: of roughly 5,000 consultancies operating in Kathmandu Valley, only about 900 hold a Ministry of Education permit. This directory lists real consultancies with their offices, addresses and destinations, names the source for every entry, and shows you how to check a licence yourself before you pay anyone. We are a directory — we do not recruit students and nobody can buy a position here.

Popular: Kathmandu · Japan · IELTS in Kathmandu · Putalisadak · Check a licence

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87consultancy offices listed with a real address
20cities and towns covered
~900of roughly 5,000 Valley consultancies hold a MoEST permit
112,500students left Nepal to study abroad in FY 2080/81

Listing counts are our own. Licensing figures: Department of Commerce via OnlineKhabar, July 2025. Student numbers: Ministry of Education NOC data FY 2080/81.

The list

Top education consultancies in Nepal, and how this list was made

Ordered by the size of the office network in Nepal and by how directly we could source each entry — firms whose addresses come from their own website rank above ones taken from third-party directories. It is not ordered by quality, fees or visa outcomes, because we do not yet hold verified data on any of those and will not pretend otherwise. Treat it as a shortlist to check, not a ranking to trust.

The head office shown is the one the firm names as its head office on its own website. Most national chains are run from Kathmandu, so a Pokhara, Butwal or Bhairahawa address is usually a branch rather than the company's base — though not always: Times Educational, Future Point and G & K are Pokhara firms outright. Logos are each company's own, shown for identification.

1

KIEC — Kathmandu Infosys Education Consultancy

Licence not yet verified19 offices in Nepal
Head office
Putalisadak, Kathmandu
Phone
+977 1 5971526
Destinations
Australia, UK, USA, Canada
Offices listed here
19
+977 1 5971526Check this licenceCompare
2

The Next Education Consultancy

Licence not yet verified18 offices in Nepal
Head office
New Baneshwor, Kathmandu
Phone
015970268
Destinations
Australia, UK, USA, Canada, New Zealand
Offices listed here
18
015970268Check this licenceCompare

All twelve compared

#ConsultancyHead officeDestinationsOfficesLicence
1KIEC — Kathmandu Infosys Education ConsultancyPutalisadak, KathmanduAustralia, UK, USA, Canada19Not verified
2The Next Education ConsultancyNew Baneshwor, KathmanduAustralia, UK, USA, Canada, New Zealand18Not verified
3AECC NepalKamal Pokhari Marg, KathmanduAustralia, UK, Canada, New Zealand4Not verified
4Global ReachPunya Mansion, Dillibazar, KathmanduAustralia, UK, USA, Canada4Not verified
5Landmark EducationIT Plaza, Kamaladi, KathmanduAustralia, UK, USA4Not verified
6Alfa BetaAlfa Beta Complex, New Baneshwor, KathmanduAustralia, UK, test preparation3Not verified
7House of AdmissionsPutalisadak, KathmanduUnited Kingdom2Not verified
8NIEC — Nepal International Education ConsultancyShare Market Complex, Putalisadak, KathmanduAustralia, UK, USA, Canada2Not verified
9AHZ Associates NepalPutalisadak, KathmanduUnited Kingdom1Not verified
10Access Education NetworkPutalisadak, KathmanduMultiple destinations1Not verified
11Dewarshi Education ConsultancyNew Plaza, Putalisadak, KathmanduMultiple destinations1Not verified
12Dolphin Education ConsultancyKathmanduMultiple destinations1Not verified

Licence column reads "Not verified" for every row because we have not yet checked these firms against the Ministry register. That is the honest state, and it is the next thing we are building. Compare all 87 listings →

How to choose a consultancy in Nepal, in five checks

  1. Check the licence firstAsk for the number and the registered legal name, then search the Ministry register. This one check removes most of the market. Check a licence →
  2. Get the fee in writing, itemisedService fee, course fee and the NPR 2,000 government NOC are three separate things. A single bundled number cannot be compared. Fee guide →
  3. Match the destination, not the brandJapan and Korea are served by language schools, not the Australia-Canada firms. Ask how many applications they filed for your country last intake.
  4. Confirm they issue receiptsCash-only operation breaches the 2026 regulations, which require banking channels.
  5. Reject any visa guaranteeGuarantees are barred under the 2026 rules, and nobody controls a visa decision.

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Kathmandu holds the largest cluster, with Putalisadak the densest strip in the country.

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Japan took 34,731 certificates in FY 2080/81 — more than Canada and Australia combined.

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Pearson runs only eleven PTE centres nationally, so location constrains the choice.

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Fewer than one in five consultancies in Kathmandu Valley holds a Ministry of Education permit, and in May 2026 the Kathmandu Valley Crime Investigation Office opened investigations into 69 operators. Checking costs nothing.

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Best educational consultancy in Nepal — questions

Which is the best educational consultancy in Nepal?

There is no single best consultancy, and any page that gives you one name without telling you how it was chosen is selling something. What we can tell you is which firms operate where, how many offices they run, and where each listing came from. The list above is ordered by office network and source quality, not by payment. The decisive filter is one you can apply yourself in ten seconds: is the firm on the Ministry of Education register? Check here.

How do I check if a consultancy is registered?

Ask for the licence number and the registered legal name — signboard names often differ from registered ones — then search the Ministry register. Of roughly 5,000 consultancies in Kathmandu Valley, only about 900 hold a permit, so this single check removes most of the market. A consultancy that will not give you a number has answered your question.

How much do education consultancies charge in Nepal?

A reported range of roughly NPR 15,000 to 45,000 circulates for service fees, but it rests on a single secondary source and we treat it as indicative only. Separately, the government NOC costs NPR 2,000 and no consultancy should mark it up. See our fee guide.

Should I trust a '98% visa success rate' claim?

No. Those figures appear on dozens of Nepali consultancy sites and none is independently verifiable. Under the Educational Consultancy Regulations 2026, visa guarantees are barred outright. For Australia the sourced refusal rate for Nepali higher-education applicants ran at roughly 65 to 69 per cent after Nepal moved to Assessment Level 3 — so a 98 per cent claim describes a market that does not exist.

Which consultancy is best for Japan, Canada or Australia?

It differs by destination, and that matters more than most students expect. Japan took 34,731 certificates in FY 2080/81 and is served mainly by Japanese language schools around Bagbazar, not by the Australia-and-Canada firms. Compare by destination: Japan, Canada, Australia, UK.

Do I need a consultancy at all?

Often not. Most universities accept direct applications and many prefer them. A consultancy earns its fee on complex documentation, multiple simultaneous applications, or financial evidence that needs assembling. Read the comparison — it argues against our own advertisers, and we publish it anyway.

Is this directory paid for by consultancies?

Listings are free and nobody has paid for a position on this page. When we do sell placement it will carry a visible label, sit below the top organic result, and never change a score. Our methodology.