Is the hostel free at Imperial College of Engineering?
Yes, for enrolled students, for all four years, and the daily bus from Koteshwor is free too. Food in the mess is paid separately.
Hostel accommodation is free for enrolled students for the full four years, and the daily college bus from Koteshwor to the Tathali campus is free. Both are inside the published fee rather than added to it.
- Hostel
- Free for enrolled students, all four years
- College bus
- Free. Daily route, Koteshwor to the Tathali campus
- Food
- Paid separately. You pay for what you eat in the mess
- University charges
- TU registration and examination charges are billed separately at actual
Why this is worth stating rather than assuming
IOE’s own booklet says daily transport to campus is the student’s responsibility, and at constituent campuses hostel maintenance is charged "as per campus decision", so a place there is neither free nor guaranteed. Those are the baselines these two inclusions sit against.
Two honest caveats
Ask the office for the current bus pickup time and stops rather than relying on a web page, because those change. And if you are coming from the far side of the valley, ride the route once before you plan around it: the bus covers Koteshwor to Tathali, not your journey to Koteshwor.
Published in the 2083/84 fee structure, issued 14 August 2026. Room configuration and mess rates are set by the hostel office and are not published here; ask for them in writing at your visit.
Sources
- ICE published fee structure 2083/84 · published 14 August 2026 · read 18 August 2026
- IOE B.E./B.Arch Booklet 2083 · published 7 August 2026 · read 18 August 2026
Last reviewed by Ram Raj Thapa, Admissions Officer, Imperial College of Engineering. Every figure on this page is cited to the document it came from.