The College of Continuing Education of Tibet University is the competent department in charge of centralized management of all kinds of adult higher education, social assistance for higher education self-study exams, all kinds of post qualification training, all kinds of non-academic higher education and all kinds of continuing education, and it is also an independent school-running entity that holds continuing education.

Adult education in Tibet University was marked by the establishment of the Training Department of the Teachers' Office of the Education Department of the Autonomous Region, which began at 1985. According to the development scale of Tibet University and the development of adult education in China,1In July 1997, Tibet University formally established the Adult Education Office of Tibet University, with 2 staff members. In August of the same year, relying on various departments, two types of remedial classes, full-time self-study exam and weekend, were launched for the whole region, and 1 1 undergraduate and specialist majors were offered. 1998 took the lead in holding correspondence education in colleges and universities in the whole region, and enrolled students that year 12 1 person.

According to the demand for talents in Tibet's economic and social development, the department of adult education was formally established in September 1 2002. On September 28th, 2003, the school formally established the College of Continuing Education.