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IOE programmes and seats

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  • August 2026 last updated

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

What do BCE, BCT and BEI mean?

The three BE programme codes are mixed up constantly, including by directory sites: BCE is Civil, BCT is Computer, and BEI is Electronics, Communication and Information Engineering. All three run four years, all three award the same Tribhuvan University degree, and all three are entered on the same IOE entrance rank — so the choice is properly about the work you want to do, not about the fee or the cutoff. What the four years demand is fixed by TU rather than by the college. You need at least 70% attendance to sit a semester examination, and you must pass the Internal Assessment in every subject; failing the internal assessment bars you from that subject’s semester examination outright. A four-year programme must be completed within eight academic years, and there is no provision for re-examination after that. Cheating carries cancellation of that examination plus a one-to-four-year ban, publicised through the media.

9 answers in this section. Every figure is cited to the official document it came from, with the date it was read. Where a document has been superseded, the newer one governs and the page says which.

Which answer you need

This section covers two things students usually research at opposite ends of the process: which programme to enter, and what the programme then demands of you once you are in it. The second half matters more than most applicants expect, because the rules on attendance, internal assessment and time limits are set by Tribhuvan University rather than by the college — which means changing college does not change them.

Because the syllabus, the examinations and the degree are identical across the whole TU system, the programme choice is properly a question about the work you want to do rather than about cost or cutoff. The constraints worth knowing before you enrol are the ones that bite later: at least 70% attendance to sit a semester examination, a pass in the Internal Assessment of every subject before you may sit that subject’s paper at all, and a four-year programme that must be completed within eight academic years with no re-examination provision after that.

All 9 answers

  • What do the BE programme codes BCE, BCT and BEI mean?BCE is Civil, BCT is Computer, and BEI is Electronics, Communication and Information Engineering. All three award the same degree, a Bachelor of Engineering, so the code names the programme rather than the qualification.Updated
  • Which BE programmes does Imperial College of Engineering run, and how many seats?Three programmes and 192 seats: Civil 96, Computer 48, and Electronics, Communication and Information 48. IOE’s own 2083 booklet publishes the same three figures, under the college’s former name.Updated
  • Which BE programmes can you study under Tribhuvan University, and where?Twelve, but only five of them at a private college. Civil, Architecture, Electrical, Electronics/Communication/Information and Computer run at both constituent campuses and affiliated colleges. Mechanical, Aerospace, Agriculture, Industrial, Geomatics, Automobile and Chemical run only at constituent campuses.Updated
  • Should I choose Civil, Computer or Electronics engineering?Decide on the work you want to do rather than on the fee or the cutoff. All three award the same Bachelor of Engineering, all three are entered on the same rank, and every rule about attendance, assessment and time limits is identical across them.Updated
  • Is there a time limit to complete a BE at IOE?Yes. A four-year programme must be completed within eight academic years, and a five-year programme within ten. There is no provision for re-examination after that.Updated
  • What happens if I fail or miss a subject at IOE?If you did not appear in at least one subject of a regular semester exam, you cannot be admitted to a class more than one level above. And if you do not fill the enrolment form for the next part, you are not admitted to it at all.Updated
  • 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.Updated
  • 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.Updated
  • 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.Updated
  • IOE booklet table of admission targets at the ten TU-affiliated engineering colleges
  • IOE booklet table showing which programmes each of the five constituent campuses admits to
  • Two students running a levelling exercise, one at the instrument and one booking readings
  • Bar chart of the IOE completion window: four years of teaching inside an eight-year limit
  • Section 14.17 of the IOE booklet, the four examination conduct rules and their penalties

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Last reviewed by Ram Raj Thapa, Admissions Officer, Imperial College of Engineering. Every figure on this page is cited to the document it came from.