What engineering costs are not covered by the published fee?
Nepal Engineering Council registration, field study tours, extra subjects and additional practical classes, hostel charges, and TU registration if you are not already registered.
The published fee tables are not the whole cost of a degree. The booklet names several charges the student carries directly, and they are worth adding to any comparison you are making.
What the student bears
- Nepal Engineering Council registration and related fees.
- Any academic activity not named in the curriculum: extra subjects, field study tours, additional practical classes.
- Hostel charges, set by the rules of the campus concerned.
- Additional semester fees where a programme runs beyond eight semesters.
TU registration, if you are not already registered
- Passed your qualifying exam within Nepal
- Rs 500
- Passed your qualifying exam abroad
- Rs 1,000
One more that surprises people
Under the sponsored quota, the tuition fee is 30% higher than the individual full-fee programme tuition. A sponsored seat is not a discounted seat.
How to use this when comparing colleges
Ask every college for the total across four years, then ask specifically what sits outside it. NEC registration and field trips apply wherever you study, so they are not a differentiator; hostel and transport very much are, and those are the two that move a family’s answer.
From the notes to section 9 and section 6.4 of the booklet, pages 20 to 21. The booklet also notes that other charges may be added in cases specified by TU.
Sources
- 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.