Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies, Sarnath

Boys Hostel :The University has a boy’s hostel facility which provides good hostel accommodation for the students.

Girls Hostel :The University has a girl's hostel facility which provides good hostel accommodation for the students.

Wifi :The University has a Wi-Fi facility for the students and staff.

Laboratories :The University has a departmental based laboratories facility for the students.

Library :The Shantarakshita library is the central library system of Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies, Sarnath Varanasi. It is a unique information resources center for scholars of Tibetan and Buddhist studies which came into existence with the inception of the Institute in the year 1967. This library is named after a great Indian Buddhist scholar Acharya Shantarakshita of the Nalanda University, who visited Tibet in the 8th century for the cause of dharma. The library has a special collection of Buddhist canonical works in the Tibetan language translated from Sanskrit and other Indian languages. Contents of Buddhist manuscripts in Sanskrit and Tibetan languages are preserved in different form and formats such as printed, xylographs, digital and microform etc in this library. The library has separate sections for such forms of collection. The library collection in the fields of Buddhism, Tibetan, and Himalayan studies and allied subjects is the point of attraction for scholars at home and abroad. At present, the library holds approximately 87000 printed books & xylographs 2000 bound volumes of journals, 7712 electronic documents and 9742 titles of microfiches and films. The library is well equipped with the latest ICT infrastructure, providing library services based on the multilingual bibliographical database of the library collections. The library is a member of the UGC-INFONET program and has the full-text access to the online journals of Springer and databases of ISID and JCCC via IP authenticated online access. In addition to print and online documents, the library possesses a rich collection of Microfiches, Microfilms and Audio Video documents and xylographies of the concerned subjects. The collections of the Shantarakshita library are developing in accordance with the objectives of CIHTS, which is declared as "University of national importance" by the Government of India.

I.T Infrastructure :Institute is a member of National Knowledge Network (NKN) of National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology (NME-ICT), MHRD, Government of India. Under this program, Institute receives 1 Gbps bandwidth for Internet connectivity through NIC (National Informatics Center). As per the mission statement and also to meet the visions and the objectives of the Institute, a sound IT infrastructure for effective use of the technology has been installed in the Institute campus. It includes fiber optic LAN among different offices of the Institute and Ethernet LAN within buildings. Moreover, to extend the outreach of network connectivity throughout the Institute campus including Residential Blocks, Student’s Hostels, Guest Houses and other areas of the Institute, the wireless LAN (Wi-Fi) has also been installed. Faculty members of the Institute are facilitated with a PC to access the LAN and Internet resources for their academic and Research purposes. The Institute follows the policy of PC/Mac binding to access the LAN and Internet within the campus, any member of Institute can get access to the network, by making a request on the prescribed application format.

Medical/Hospital :Institute has one Allopathic Health Center, situated in the Boys Hostel. It has all the facilities of a primary health care center and a ward of 4 beds. This health center has a physician, dispensary and other supporting staff to provide primary health care services and also to refer the critical patients. Institute also has an independent faculty of Traditional Tibetan Medicinal System named as Sowa Rigpa. The faculty runs a OPD clinic for consultation and a dispensary which provides Tibetan medicines formulated in the pharmacy of the faculty of Sowa Rigpa. The Sowa Rigpa clinic and dispensary is situated in the Sambhot Bhavan (New Academic Block) of the Institute.

Alumni Associations :The University has good networking for alumni association.

Guest Room/Waiting Room :The University has guest house/waiting room facilities for visiting faculty and student family members.

Sports :CIHTS has excellent sports and recreation facilities on campus, with dedicated facilities for football, basketball, badminton and yoga. For students to stay fit and healthy, Yoga sessions are conducted for students to help them maintain both healthy body and mind.

Gym :The University has a equipped with gym and fitness centre facilities.

Cafeteria :The University has a canteen facility for staff and students.

Transport Facility :The University has the transport facility for students and staff.