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.