Why does Janakpur Engineering College appear where Imperial College of Engineering should be?

They are the same institution. The college was established in 2058 BS as Janakpur Engineering College and renamed in 2082 BS; IOE’s records still carry the former name.

Same institution, same Tribhuvan University affiliation held continuously since 2058 BS. The name changed in 2082 BS and the campus moved from Kupondole in Lalitpur to a purpose-built campus at Tathali, Bhaktapur. IOE’s admission records still use the former name.

Established: 2058 BS, as Janakpur Engineering College (JEC)
Current name: Imperial College of Engineering (ICE), from 2082 BS
Former campus: Kupondole / Bakhundole, Lalitpur
Current campus: Tathali, Bhaktapur
On the IOE portal: Listed as Janakpur Engineering College

How to verify it independently

IOE’s own BE/B.Arch Booklet 2083, section 2.6 on page 9, lists the ten TU-affiliated colleges. The entry reads "Janakpur Engineering College, Bhaktapur". Tribhuvan University’s institutional page records the same college as "Janakpur Engineering College, Tathali, Bhaktapur".

What it means for your priority form

Search for Janakpur Engineering College. Searching for Imperial may return nothing. One further quirk: the portal’s link beside that entry points at the old jec.edu.np address, which forwards to the current website, so you arrive in the right place but on a homepage rather than a form.

And the part that is genuinely confusing

Some map listings under the old name are marked permanently closed. Those are records of an address the college left, not of a college that shut. Getting stale listings merged is slow work and it is the college’s own to do.

Sources

IOE B.E./B.Arch Booklet 2083 · published 7 August 2026 · read 18 August 2026
IOE at a glance, Tribhuvan University · read 18 August 2026
IOE central admission portal · read 18 August 2026

Last reviewed 18 August 2026 by Ram Raj Thapa, Admissions Officer, Imperial College of Engineering. Every figure on this page is cited to the document it came from.

Where is Janakpur Engineering College located?
Tathali, Bhaktapur. Not Janakpur, and no longer the Kupondole address that older listings still carry.
Which private engineering colleges are affiliated to Tribhuvan University?
Ten, as listed in IOE’s own 2083 booklet. Seven are in Lalitpur, two in Bhaktapur and one in Kathmandu.
How does the IOE college priority order work?
Put the college you genuinely want first. A lower choice cannot pull you out of a higher one you already qualified for, and your rank alone decides whether you qualify.