Fees Due Notice for Returning Students

FEES DUE NOTICE FOR FALL SEMESTER-2025

2nd July, 2025

This is to remind all the students that the fees for Fall Semester 2025 are due and payable with effect from: 

1. All Other Programmes (4th to 10th August 2025)
2. CE Students (4th to 10th August 2025)
3. BSc. Nursing Programme Sem – III, V & VII (4thto 10th August 2025)

• All fees should be deposited through the secure online payment gateway - https://pay.rtc.bt/ which will generate your payment receipt instantly and have it emailed to you. Please be reminded that College does not accept cash/cheque payments.
• All details on how to make the payment are available at the same link https://pay.rtc.bt/
• The payment modes/options and Fee Charts for the respective Semesters’ are given below.
• Please ensure timely payments to avoid penalties for delayed payments. The penalties in case of default will be charged as outlined in the fee chart.

Click here to view the payment mode and fee charts for All Other Programmes (Excluding BSc. Nursing)

Click here to view the payment mode and fee charts for CE Students

Click here to view the payment mode and fee charts for BSc Nursing Programme (Sem – III, V, & VII)

Please contact SSD for further information/ clarifications. 

Registrar 

Call for Registration for IC3 Digital Literacy Training | July 2025

Scan the QR code or Click here to Register

The Royal Thimphu College is pleased to announce that the GovTech Agency in collaboration with Athang Training Academy will be facilitating a training on Digital Literacy. Therefore, HR Office would like to warmly invite faculty, staff and students to take advantage of this excellent opportunity to enhance your digital literacy. Interested individuals are kindly requested to register using the link/QR Code provided latest by 30^th June 2025 (5:00 PM).

CE Representative 2025-2026

Hiring Student Transcriptionists

Click here to view TOR

Congratulations to the Selected Students for Study Abroad Programme 2025-2026!

Contact the counsellors

RTC Erasmus+ International Exchange Programme Selection Results (Spring 2025)

11 December 2024

Thank you all for the applications and interests that we have received for the RTC Erasmus+ International Exchange Programmes for the Spring-2025 round. Based on the selection criteria and evaluation carried out, the HR Office has the pleasure of announcing the results for the exchange programme:

Congratulations to the selected nominees!

Click here for more Information

Meet the Counsellors

Stress Management

Building Resilience and Mental Strength

Ngultrum 1 for Life

 Tarayana RTC Club aims to give value to the often overlooked Ngultrum 1 notes by gathering contributions from all of you and channeling them towards the Bhutan Kidney Foundation. Consequently, the club extends an earnest appeal to each one of you to contribute and effect positive change in the lives of others. For further details, please connect with us via Tarayana RTC on Facebook, _tarayana_rtc on Instagram, or reach out via email at www.tarayanartc@gmail.com.

Nicotine Replacement Therapy

Advocacy on Substance Abuse

No Smoking

Wild Boar Sighting & Notice

Wild Boar Sighting & Notice

 1. Wild Boars have been sighted in and around the RTC campus and on the way to RTC.

2. Avoid going to the forested areas early morning and late evening.

3. Be aware during the night and do not click photos. (Flashlights will alarm the wild animals and they might attack)

4. Inform Authorities in case you see wild animals at 17894357.

How do I? APA Citations & Citation Generators

How do I? APA Citations & Citation Generators (downloadable pdf)

What is a Citation?

“A citation is the way you tell your readers that certain material in your work came from another source and gives your readers the information necessary to find that source again.”

When do I need to cite?

Whenever you borrow words or ideas from another source, you need to acknowledge that source. The following situations almost always require a citation:

• Whenever you use quotes
• Whenever you paraphrase
• Whenever you use an idea that someone else has already expressed
• Whenever you make specific reference to the work of another
• Whenever someone else's work has been critical in developing your own ideas (David, n.d.)

Why?

By giving others proper credit for their ideas, you avoid something called ‘plagiarism’:

“Plagiarism, the presentation of another’s ideas, writing, or other work as one’s own, is a serious kind of cheating. Thus, students unsure of how borrowing from another’s work should be properly acknowledged have the responsibility to consult with relevant faculty regarding acknowledgement procedures appropriate to their discipline.” (Royal Thimphu College, n.d.)

All programs at The Royal Thimphu College use APA – American Psychology Association – 7^th ed (2020) Style Guide.

https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/citations/basic-principles/author-date

APA CITATION – THE BASICS

PURDUE OWL (Online Writing Lab) - APA Formatting and Style Guide 7^th ed

Everything you need to know about APA citation styles in a short, clear blocks of information. Easy look ups for in-text citation styles, reference lists, along with how to cite those difficult resources like personal interviews, unpublished manuscripts, and the like.

APA Style Handouts and Guides – helpful short handouts covering citations, making a reference list, style and writing guidelines, etc. 

APA Style Reference Guide for Journal Articles, Books, and Edited Book Chapters, APA Style 7th Edition (2-page visual handout on citation for each format)

Introduction to Citation Styles: APA 7^th ed. (California State University Dominguez Hills video 3 min.)

CITATION TOOLS

Online Citation Generators are great when you just need a few citations, or are working on shorter papers and assignments.  Just copy and paste the URL for an online resource, ISBN for a book, or DOI for a journal article into the generator (don’t forget to choose APA!).

ZoteroBib : Generates citations and builds a bibliography in most styles, without creating an account or installing any software

MyBib : A free bibliography and citation generator that makes accurate citations for you to copy straight into your academic assignments and papers.

Citation Manager Software is used primarily for more extensive research projects and helps you to collect, organize and format all of your citations.  Citation Managers generally need to be downloaded to your computer, or you need to create an account if using online software.  Some good free programs are (note – the links will take you to Penn State University’s software user guides and download links):

Zotero Quick Start Guide : a free stand-alone program that allows for easy capturing of citation information from web pages.

Mendeley : a free tool for both the desktop and web that integrates with Zotero and easily manages PDFs. (Documentation Support site; How To Use Mendeley Reference Manager (Complete Beginner's Guide) video 17 mins)

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REFERENCES:

Davis, J. (n.d.). Libguides: Citation guide: what is a citation? Retrieved November 22, 2022, from https://libguides.limestone.edu/c.php?g=545011&p=3736369

Royal Thimphu College. MyRTC—Academic regulations. (n.d.). Retrieved November 22, 2022, from https://my.rtc.bt/academics/academic-regulations

Bhutan Narcotics Control Authority

                                                            Photo Courtesy:BNCA 

Intercultural Awareness and Cultural Diversity; Online Certificate Course

   For more details, syllabus and registration, click here:

Graffiti Information

It's alright to be polite

Tobacco Notice

RTC Helpdesk User Guide

Your Health, Your Responsibility

Courtesy, Ministry of Health (MOH).

Additional options for students to access rtcCloud online resources

Additional options for students to access rtcCloud online resources

Google Shared Drive: visit https://drive.google.com/ as usual and be sure you are logged in with your @rtc.bt credentials. Click on Shared Drives. 

Look for this:  

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Microsoft OneDrive is cached around the world but its performance is not as strong as Google Drive within Bhutan. Within Bhutan and especially on campus, https://cloud.rtc.bt would still be the fastest option. However, OneDrive is also a backup option in case cloud.rtc.bt is not working adequately. Moreover, OneDrive presents useful tools particularly for files created by the Office package (Word, Excel, Powerpoint). Since some students may not have compatible software, these web-based apps can do the trick of opening files from the OneDrive cloud mirror in the user's browser, for example to play voice-over powerpoints even without the desktop version of the Powerpoint software and using older operating systems (like Windows 7).

 

For those with Windows 10 but no full version of Office for their computer still wishing to view files on their own computer offline (not in the browser), Powerpoint Mobile is a free tool for this: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/powerpoint-mobile/9wzdncrfjb5q

 

EXAMPLE -- Open Office documents directly to view them in the Office365 Online apps, even play voice-over powerpoints: 

 

Laundry Unit - Operational Timings

Effective immediately, the Admin Office, in conjunction with Estate & SSD offices is pleased to announce that the newly built laundry unit is now fully operational. The new laundry unit is located close to the college dining/mess, roughly about 20m from the RTC-SEISA Fitness Centre.

With this, the existing Laundry Shop located below the dining will be consolidated and relocated at the new unit with immediate effect. The AFD would like to thank the current Laundry Shop which was run and managed by the students.

With an enhanced set up and dedicated staff attached, the new laundry unit is expected to operate for longer hours and provide better services.

Open from 9 AM to 9 PM, including weekends

Contact Person: Kabita Tamang, Mobile: 17395240

Terms and conditions:

1. Please check the pockets before items are sent for laundry.
2. The laundry shall not be responsible for damage due to non-fast colors or garments that cannot withstand normal cleaning process or damages due to inherent defects in weaving and texture of the materials.
3. We will not be responsible for removal of permanent stains.
4. No credits will be allowed – all payments will need to be done on the spot via cash/mobile transfers
5. Unclaimed items: We will not be responsible for items that not collected within fifteen days from the date of delivery. Items not collected beyond 15 days will be disposed.
6. Damage Policy: While every care is taken during the processing of your clothes, in case of any loss or damage to the garment, the unit will not be responsible for a sum not exceeding 5 times of the cleaning value or above charge of the garments / 80% of the actual price of the items?
7. Garment Care: We are not responsible for your items bleeding, shrinking, fading, or otherwise becoming altered or becoming worn out by the normal wash-and-dry laundry process. We are also not responsible for any damage from a garment that bleeds the first time it was washed if we were not informed on that it was new. We are also not responsible for any damage that is done to your laundry during normal washing and drying such as buttons falling off, beads coming loose, seam coming undone, etc. By using our service, you agree that your clothes are suitable to be washed in water, on a normal cycle, and dried using heat in a tumble dryer. We cannot be responsible for any damage to clothing that is not suitable for this standard laundering process.

Do not feed dogs on campus

PLEASE DON’T FEED DOGS ON CAMPUS

In view of the increasing dog population on campus, all students, faculty & staff are requested NOT TO FEED dogs on campus. Also, please DON’T ENTERTAIN or PATRONIZE them at any facility – Apartments, Academic spaces, Canteens, Dining Hall, Residence Halls, etc.

Please beware that these dogs are increasingly becoming menacing and could be dangerous.

Therefore, in the interest of your safety as well as the wellbeing of others, please refrain from feeding or patronizing the dogs on campus.

ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE