Khwopa Engineering College

Khwopa Engineering College (KhEC) is situated in the culturally rich city of Bhaktapur, Nepal. It was established as a community college to provide engineering education by the local government with a motto "Dedicated to country and people".[1] It is Nepal 's first community-based engineering colleges and is undertaken by Bhaktapur Municipality. It is affiliated to Purbanchal University and its sister institution, Khwopa College of Engineering (KhCE) is affiliated to Tribhuvan University. With a distant vision of maintaining Bhaktapur's hard-won glory, these colleges operate with an aim to produce highly skilled engineers/architects that will have blends of both indigenous and modern-day technologies.[2][3]

The bachelor's degree programsin KhEC are:

• Architecture
• Civil Engineering
• Computer Engineering
• Electronics and Communication Engineering

The bachelor's degree programs in KhCE are:

• Electrical Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Computer Engineering

The master's degree programs in KhEC are:

• Masters in Earthquake Engineering
• Masters in Urban Design

On 25–28 April 2016, the college organised International Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Post-disaster Reconstruction Planning (ICEE-PDRP) to mark the April 2015 Nepal earthquake and has successfully organised the second ICEE-PDRP in 2019 April.[4] in Bhaktapur. The college publishes a peer reviewed journal Journal of Science of Engineering to serve the interests of professionals, academics and research organisations working in the field of science and engineering.[5]

Khwopa Engineering College and Khwopa College of Engineering fall among the Khwopa Circle of educational institutions run by Bhaktapur Municipality. Other institutions in the circle are:

• Khwopa Polytechnic Institute affiliated to CTEVT
• Khwopa College affiliated to Tribhuvan University
• Khwopa Secondary School affiliated to Secondary Educational Board Nepal