STS Mundgod, Camp 3 is formerly CST Mundgod which was founded in the year 1969 by Mysore Resettlement and Development Agency (MYRADA), Karnataka. It had undertaken the responsibility of rehabilitating Tibetan Refugees in South India. The school was handed over to far sighted and skill management; Central Tibetan Schools Administration (CTSA) New Delhi, an autonomous body under Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), government of India in conjunction with the Department of Education (DOE) CTA, Dharamsala in the year 1970.

Under the blessing of foresighted His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the kind consent of, the then Prime minister of India, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, this school was started with a vision to provide modern education to Tibetan children while preserving & promoting Tibetan culture and identity.

After a span of 50 years of its establishment, this school has been handed over from CTSA, Delhi to STSS, Dharamsala and the name of Central School for Tibetans Mundgod was changed to Sambhota Tibetan School Mundgod on 5th May 2018.
This small middle school in the beginning has emerged today as one of the biggest Senior Secondary Schools in Tibetan Community offering the widest range of course streams. This is the one and only Tibetan school which provide facilities for four streams in classes XIth and XIIth standard : Arts, Commerce, Science and Vocational or also popularly called as Life Skill by Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE).