Kathmandu Engineering College is a Tribhuvan University (TU) affiliated, private engineering college located at Kalimati, Kathmandu. The college started in 1998 and is the first ISO: 9001:2008 certified college in Nepal. It is an autonomous college from the perspectives of administration, staff and teacher recruitment as well as college development, and is managed by a team of excellent board members. The college has been growing towards strength since its inception.
Salient Features
Microsoft Students Partners
For the past few years, Microsoft has been involved in various ways with the college and its students. It has been appointing Microsoft Student Partners (MSPs) in the college ever since its fist involvement. MSPs are the bridge between the college and Microsoft. Various trainings are organized on a regular basis, and these have proven beneficial to students.
Job Placement Services
KEC’s job placement service works as a bridge between the world of work and the economic environment. We help students make a successful transition from college to work. The college helps students and graduates obtain positions in line with their specific interests and needs. Over the past two years, we have placed a number of students in reputed organizations and shall continue these efforts in the years to come.
Sports
KEC believes that different types of extracurricular activities help students mentally and physically, and adds to their all-round efficiency. We encourage students to get involved into some kind of sporting activity. We organize sports weeks within the college, and support intra-college competitions.
Internet Facilities
Students get access to online browsing at the college computer laboratories. They may do so during recess or non-class hours.
The college has an e-learning facility from where students download tutorials, notes, and so on. E-Clearance has been facilitated for student clearance. E-Attendance system for students has also been facilitated for minutely monitoring student attendance in class.
Information Center
The KEC information Center has been established for the sole purpose of giving ample information to students, parents, guardians or to anyone who wants to know about KEC. It is an information archive where everyone can be updated on college day-to-day activities.
Survey Camp and Field Visits
Third year civil students carry out a two-week survey camp in accordance with their subjects. This field work simulates the actual field condition for the execution of detailed topographical survey. Students of Architecture, Electronics, and Computer and Electrical department also carry out field visits which help them grasp their subject matter practically.
Transportation
KEC has its own fleet of buses available. They are used on college days and also made available for site visits, survey camps, researches, participation etc.
Spacious Library
KEC’s comprehensive library has separate sections reserved for the various courses offered in engineering. Besides, it has separate spaces for periodicals and other learning resources including newspapers, news magazines and research manuals.
Students can borrow course books and use reference books from the library under library rules. The KEC library accommodates over 50,000 course/ reference books, text books and course manuals. We have e-learning facilities where we host ftp server (file transfer protocol) for online resources in the library.
Cafeteria
The KEC-Cafeteria serves breakfast, lunch, snacks and bakery products at reasonable costs. It serves hygienic food in several tastes.
Guidance and Counseling
This unit looks after the welfare of the students, collective as well as individual. KEC believes that the students at this level go through a lot of stresses, which requires correct and prompt addressing for overall efficiency on the part of the students involved. Thus this unit is established to address such situations and help students concentrate on studies. Moreover, Guidance & Counseling also looks over various aspect of the student through three different sub units.
Admission Guidelines
Admission Prerequisite
The admission procedure consists of an entrance examination conducted by the Institution of Engineering (IOE). To be eligible to appear in the entrance examination the candidates must have a minimum score of 45% or a minimum of 'C' Grade in +2 (Physical or Biological group with two hundred marks math papers) OR a diploma in engineering OR an equivalent course recognized by the TU.
For admission in Architecture, students need to appear in an aptitude test conducted by the college in addition to the regular entrance examination. Students who have passed the entrance examination conducted by the IOE are eligible for admission at KEC on a merit basis.
Application checklist
The applicant must provide the following items:
- Mark-Sheets, Character Certificates and Transcript of S.E.E, / 10+2 / I.E/ A Level
- 2 passport size photos of the student and 1 photo each of parents and guardians.
- A copy of his/her Citizenship
- Migration Certificate
- Original Score Card given by IOE, Pulchowk should be submitted at the time of admission.
It is mandatory that the academic certificates that are submitted to the college at the time of admission are attested copies.
SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION
- 10% of scholarships will be provided according to Tribhuvan University rules.
- Female Quota : Female students are highly encouraged to apply, as an extra 10% reservation is provided for female students besides the merit list.
- Besides, 10% of the sponsorship scheme can be provided in each faculty. For this scheme, the applicants must produce legitimate payment guarantee recommendations from any reputed companies, organizations and institutions but that should be followed under the rules and norms of IOE entrance.
More Information
- Tribhuvan University
- Established 1998 AD
- private Institution
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- info@keckist.edu.np
