Khowpa Engineering College takes its name after the historical name of its location ‘Khowpa’; an ancient town located in the culturally rich city of Bhaktapur Nepal.
KhEC is the first community-based engineering college in Nepal, undertaken by the Bhaktapur Municipality. It is affiliated with the Purbanchal University of Nepal. For those who aspire to become skilled engineers and architects at an affordable fee, Khowpa Engineering College is the best destination in every regard.
With a remote vision of preserving the hard-won glory of Bhaktapur and its tradition and architecture, KhEC aims to produce highly skilled engineers and architects that have the ability to blend both indigenous and modern-day technology.
The primary objective of the college is to provide quality education in the engineering fields, which play a major role in the development of the nation.
Some of the objectives of Khwopa Engineering College are listed below:
- It provides engineering education to the individuals belonging to the society’s economically common strata.
- It aims to conserves and improves indigenous knowledge, material, and traditional technologies.
- It also conducts research works that include traditional architecture, indigenous and archaeological structures of Nepal.
- It aims to produce efficient and competitive engineering manpower.
- It helps to encourage graduates to work for the national institution and serve the nation.
KhEC also has provisions for full and partial scholarships to help diligent and poor students. Some scholarships are awarded on the basis of the academic merit each semester and some are based on financial need.
KhEC also has a wide network of other educational institutions or sister schools that provide quality education on other fields or areas.