Pokhara is not only a famous tourism destination but also an academic hub. It has many prestigious educational institutes students from different parts of Nepal have gathered to seek knowledge and learn technology. Scholars from different parts of Nepal as well as overseas are contributing to the academic endeavors of Pokhara. Paschimanchal Campus is one of the leading institutions of this area. It is an institution of national and international renown.
The scenic Paschimanchal Campus, formerly also known as Western Region Campus (WRC), is located in the northern part of mega-scenic city of Pokhara. It enjoys the continuous roaring music of Seti River flowing nearby and the heavenly view of Machhapuchchhre and many other mountains of Annapurna range. Campus is surrounded by many green hills and the greenery inside the campus itself is envy for anyone.
The establishment of Paschimanchal
Campus under the Institute of Engineering, Tribhuvan University can be
considered as a revolutionary step towards meeting the demand of
technical manpower in the field of engineering for the development of
the nation.
Paschimanchal Campus is located about
200km west of Kathmandu. It spreads on 312 ropanis of land in a scenic
section of Pokhara valley in the Western Development Region of Nepal.
Paschimanchal Campus was established with assistance from the World Bank
and UNDP/ILO. It became operational from 1987. Initially, various trade
and technician courses were offered along with diploma (overseer) level
courses. At present, it is offering bachelor level courses in Civil,
Electronics, Electrical, Mechanical, Geomatics, Computer and Automobile
engineering. In the academic year 1999/2000 the first BE program in
Civil Engineering was launched. Later in various time schedule it
extended other bachelors’ program. In the year,2015 Masters program
started. Today we have all together 5 Master’s program in various
department namely M.Sc. in Communication and Knowledge Engineering,
Infrastructure Engineering and Management, Distributed Generation, Rock
and Tunnel Engineering and Geospatial Engineering. We are proud to state
that our students have shown encouraging performances and has achieved
excellent academic records and they have shown their skills in many
extra-curricular activities too.
Paschimanchal Campus is a part of IOE-TU whose products have come out to be the toppers in their graduate studies at different educational institutions. We are proud to say that IOE has placed itself as one of the top technical education institutes in Asia.