Imperial College of EngineeringTU affiliation and colleges · previously reviewed by Ram Raj Thapa, Admissions Officer, on 31 August 2026

Why does Janakpur Engineering College appear where Imperial College of Engineering should be?

ioe.tu.edu.np/pages/ioe-at-a-glance-2586, captured 31 August 2026. Portals change; the capture date is the claim.

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.

They are the same institution, holding the same Tribhuvan University affiliation continuously since 2058 BS. The name changed in 2082 BS and the campus moved from Kupondole in Lalitpur to a purpose-built campus at Tathali, Bhaktapur; IOE’s records still use the former name. The 2083 B.E./B.Arch booklet lists "Janakpur Engineering College, Bhaktapur" in section 2.6. IOE’s live At a Glance page still lists "Janakpur Engineering College, Tathali, Bhaktapur" as the tenth affiliated college when we checked it on 17 October 2026. The entry gives the current address beside the former name, which is evidence of a records lag rather than two different colleges. The practical consequence is one line long. When you fill in your college priority order, search for Janakpur Engineering College. Searching for Imperial may return nothing at all.

Established: 2058 BS, as Janakpur Engineering College (JEC)
Current name: Imperial College of Engineering (ICE), from 2082 BS
Former campus: Kupondole / Bakhundole, Lalitpur
Current campus: Tathali, Bhaktapur
On the IOE portal: Listed as Janakpur Engineering College

How to verify it independently

Open ioe.tu.edu.np, go to "IOE at a glance" under About IOE, and read the list headed "Affiliated Colleges of IOE". On 17 October 2026 it still named the college as Janakpur Engineering College and gave its address as Tathali, Bhaktapur. IOE’s 2083 booklet, section 2.6 on page 9, carries the former name against Bhaktapur as well. Neither is our page, and both are the affiliating institute’s.

What it means for your priority form

Search for Janakpur Engineering College. Searching for Imperial may return nothing. One further quirk: the portal’s link beside that entry points at the old jec.edu.np address, which forwards to the current website, so you arrive in the right place but on a homepage rather than a form.

And the part that is genuinely confusing

Some map listings under the old name are marked permanently closed. Those are records of an address the college left, not of a college that shut. Directory sites lag further still: several carry the Kupondole address, and one publishes a diploma programme the college does not run. Getting stale listings corrected is slow work and it is the college’s own to do.

IOE at a glance rechecked live on 17 October 2026; the 2083 B.E./B.Arch booklet is section 2.6, page 9. The rename year and campus move are the college’s own record. No directory site is cited here as a source; they are named as the thing that is wrong.

Sources

IOE B.E./B.Arch Booklet 2083published 7 August 2026 · read 31 August 2026
IOE at a glance, Tribhuvan Universityread 17 October 2026
IOE central admission portalread 18 August 2026

Updated 17 October 2026 by Imperial College of Engineering. AI-assisted update after a live IOE source check. Faculty review is pending.

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.
How does the IOE college priority order work?Rank the colleges in the order you genuinely want them. A lower choice cannot pull you out of a higher one your rank already reached, and your IOE rank alone decides where you qualify. You file a separate Admission Priority Application form at each campus, through that campus’s own online portal.