The School of Contemporary Studies of Mid-western University  is committed to excellence in scholarship, expand ‎high quality and innovative teaching and learning, and promote the universal values of ‎human dignity, freedom of expression and pursuit of knowledge, for the ultimate goal of ‎advancing the collective understanding and increase the social good.‎

The School seeks to impart high quality education with a holistic approach in order to ‎enhance the capabilities of the students and contribute to the overarching development ‎and advancement of the nation. It also strives to create an intellectually stimulating and ‎culturally diverse environment that prepares competent professionals and leaders who ‎are able to use a variety of methodologies, skills and strategies necessary to provide ‎effective and creative solutions in Nepal and worldwide. ‎

Mission
The School of Contemporary Studies aims at strengthening the University’s capacities in ‎learning, teaching and research in the field of humanities and social sciences by promoting ‎the development of the students and of their competencies by fostering critical thinking ‎skills, enhancing students’ creativity, preparing them for professional careers and ‎exposing them to an integrated approach of the relevant social, economic, political and ‎cultural components of the human development.‎

The School seeks to implement these purposes by pursuing specific core strengths, which ‎are: scholarship, creativity, academic freedom and accountability, creation and ‎disseminations of new knowledge, social and cultural relevance, diversity and flexibility ‎across the disciplines. These core strengths find full application in an environment which ‎is cultural diverse, respectful of diversity and human dignity and inclusive of all individual ‎and collective effort.‎