Nepal engineering admission, answered

Every university that admits to an engineering degree in Nepal publishes the rules that decide it: the exam pattern, the syllabus, the fee tables, the admission timetable and the reservation rules. They publish them in Nepali, in annual PDFs, in legacy fonts that will not copy and paste, on portals that change without notice. So most students never read them and rely on whatever a coaching centre said.

These pages are those documents, read page by page and written out in English with the page reference and the date attached. The library starts with the Tribhuvan University system, which admits through the Institute of Engineering and is the largest. Where we state something about this college, it is marked and it comes last. Where the official document contradicts us, the official document wins, and we say so on the page.

• Every figure comes from the published documentThe IOE booklets and guidelines, each university’s own notices, and the regulator’s register
• Every source carries the date it was readA portal changes without notice, so the claim is what the document said on that day
• One named reviewerRam Raj Thapa, Admissions Officer
• Where the official document disagrees with us, it winsAnd the page says so rather than quietly choosing

The paper, the syllabus, the marks, the centres, and what to carry.

• What are the pass marks in the IOE entrance exam?There is no fixed published pass mark. IOE sets a minimum percentage of the total for each year, and only candidates at or above it are named in the merit list.
• What happens if two candidates get the same IOE entrance score?A three-level tie-break: total marks to three decimal places, then Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and English in that order, then +2 marks followed by SEE marks.
• Do my +2 marks affect my IOE rank?No. The entrance result carries 100% of the weight. Your +2 result decides only whether you are eligible to sit.

Priority order, the merit lists, the windows, and the rules that cost people seats.

• Are IOE seats reserved for foreign nationals, and how do they apply?Yes. A number of seats equal to one twelfth of the full-fee seats at IOE constituent campuses is reserved for foreign nationals, and there are three different entrance routes depending on where you studied and whether your country is in SAARC. The published four-year rate is Rs 14,50,761.
• What is the TU registration step after IOE admission?You submit one copy each of your transcripts, certificates and citizenship with the TU registration form and pay Rs 500 if you passed your qualifying examination in Nepal, or Rs 1,000 if abroad. Then you attend in person on the notified date with four photographs for your campus ID and library card.
• How many IOE seats are reserved for teachers, staff and their children?Four in total across the whole Institute, not per campus. Two are self-advancement seats at BE and B.Arch level for permanent teachers and staff past probation, and two are Regular-side scholarship seats for permanent TU and IOE staff and their children.

What a BE actually costs in the TU system, from IOE’s own published tables.

• When is each IOE fee payment due?Semester by semester. At a constituent campus the first payment is Rs 17,669 on a Regular seat or Rs 2,16,470 on a Full Fee seat, then one semester's charges each semester after that.
• What engineering costs are not covered by the published fee?Nepal Engineering Council registration, field study tours, extra subjects and additional practical classes, hostel charges, and TU registration if you are not already registered.
• Can I lose an IOE scholarship once I have it?Yes. Scholarships are reassessed on each semester's results, none are given to a student who fails a semester examination, and you cannot hold two at once.

Civil, Computer and Electronics: what the four years contain.

• What is the IOE student code of conduct, and what are the penalties?Seventeen rules, covering university rules and dues, honest disclosure, conduct inside and outside the campus, uniform and ID, and examination behaviour. Penalties run from a warning to expulsion from the university, and taking admission counts as accepting all of it.
• What are the penalties for cheating in an IOE examination?Cancellation of that examination plus expulsion from sitting any examination for one to four years, publicised through the media. Impersonation can also be referred for criminal prosecution.
• What attendance do I need to sit IOE semester exams?At least 70%, and you must also pass the Internal Assessment in every subject. Fail the internal assessment and you are barred from that subject’s semester examination.

Who is affiliated to Tribhuvan University, and what affiliation actually means.

• Where is Janakpur Engineering College located?Tathali, Bhaktapur, in Bagmati Province. Not Janakpur, and no longer the Kupondole address that older listings still carry. Both current IOE sources place it in Bhaktapur.
• Why does Janakpur Engineering College appear where Imperial College of Engineering should be?They are the same institution. The college was established in 2058 BS as Janakpur Engineering College and renamed in 2082 BS; IOE’s records still carry the former name, with the current Tathali address beside it.
• What does "TU affiliated" actually mean for my engineering degree?Tribhuvan University awards the degree and sets the curriculum, examinations and calendar. The college supplies the teaching. That distinction decides which questions are worth asking, and it is verifiable from outside in about two minutes.

Getting to an IOE-system campus, living there, and what nobody includes in a fee.

• Is the hostel free at Imperial College of Engineering?Yes, for enrolled students, for all four years, and the daily bus from Koteshwor is free too. Food in the mess is paid separately.
• Do IOE engineering campuses provide a hostel, and what does it cost?IOE publishes no hostel rate. Its 2083 fee schedule carries two hostel lines and leaves both blank, marked "as per the campus decision", so a place is neither priced centrally nor guaranteed. Food does not appear in the schedule at all.
• Does an engineering college in Nepal provide daily transport?IOE’s own booklet states that arranging daily transport to and from campus is the student’s own responsibility. Anything a college provides is above that baseline.

The sections above show what is newest. This is the whole library, grouped the same way, so nothing is more than one tap from here.

Each tile is a figure from the answer it belongs to: a page of the cited document, a capture of the official portal, or a diagram drawn from that answer’s own sourced numbers. Selecting one opens the answer it was made for.