Institute of Engineering

The Institute of Engineering (IOE) (Nepali: ईन्जिनियरिङ अध्ययन संस्थान) established in 1930, is one of the five technical institutes under Tribhuvan University, Nepal's largest academic institution. The current of IOE is Prof. Dr. Shashidhar Ram Joshi.

IOE runs undergraduate, postgraduate and Ph.D. programs. It previously ran Diploma courses till 2012. The institute has five constituent and ten affiliated campuses in the country. Its constituent campus  are namely Pulchowk Campus, Thapathali Campus, Paschimanchal Campus, Purbanchal Campus and Chitwan Engineering Campus.

History

Formation 
The history of engineering education in Nepal can be traced to 1930, when a Technical Training School was established in Kumari Chowk, Kathmndu. The engineering section of the school offered only trades and civil sub-overseers programs. In 1959, the Nepal Engineering Institute was established with the assistance of the government of India which started offering civil overseer courses leading to a Diploma in Civil Engineering. The Technical Training Institute established in 1965 at Thapathali, with the assistance from the Government of Federal Republic of Germany which offered technician courses in general courses in General Mechanics, Auto Mechanics, Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Drafting.

In 1972, the Nepal Engineering Institute at Pulchowk and the Technical Training Institute at Thapathali were brought together under the umbrella of Tribhuvan University to constitute the Institute of Engineering. The Nepal Engineering Institute and the Technical Training Institute were later renamed as Pulchowk campus and Thapathali Campus respectively.

Establishment of constituent campuses 
Later, Pashchimanchal Campus in Pokhara of IOE became operational from 1987 while Purwanchal Campus in Dharan which began operating from 1984. Recently, Chitwan Engineering Campus was established in Rampur, Chitwan in 2019.

Constituent campuses and affiliated colleges

Constituent campuses (7)

Affiliated colleges (10) 

 Khowpa College of Engineering
 Kathmandu Engineering College
 Kantipur Engineering College
 National College of Engineering
 Advanced College of Engineering and Management
 Himalaya College of Engineering
 Kathford International College of Engineering and Management
 Janakpur Engineering College
 Sagarmatha Engineering College
 Lalitpur Engineering College

Admission

Entrance examinations 
Entrance examinations are conducted by Institute of Engineering yearly for undergraduate and postgraduate intake. The entrance exam for the undergraduate intake is said to be tough where more than 15,000 students from all over Nepal vie for to secure seats. Getting into Pulchowk Engineering College is the toughest followed by Thapathali Campus, as the higher ranked students are more likely to choose them While Pulchowk Campus takes just 480 students from approx. 15,000 candidates, Thapathali Campus takes 336 which roughly estimates the acceptance rate to be 5.44% jointly. The lower ranked students in the pool are likely to choose other affiliated colleges. Getting into constituent campuses of IOE  is by far the toughest engineering entrance in the country.

Reservation policy 
IOE has reservation criterias fulfilling which reservation quota can be claimed.

Programs offered

Bachelor programs

Postgraduate and doctoral program

Master degree courses are running only in central campus Pulchowk as follows

Master degree courses are running only in Thapathali campus are as follows
Ph.D. Research:

Ph.D. Research are undergoing in all departments only at Central Campus, Pulchowk.

See also 

 Purbanchal University School of Engineering
 Pulchowk Campus
 Thapathali Campus
 Institute of Forestry

References

Lalitpur District, Nepal
Engineering universities and colleges in Nepal
Tribhuvan University
Science and technology in Nepal
1972 establishments in Nepal