| Khwopa Engineering College | |
| Native Name: | ख्वप इन्जिनियरिङ् कलेज |
| Established: | 2001 (AD) |
| Coordinates: | 27.671°N 85.4393°W |
| Type: | Community/Non-profit |
| Principal: | Sujan Maka |
Khwopa Engineering College (KhEC) is a community based engineering college situated in the culturally rich city of Bhaktapur, Nepal. It is named after, Khwopa the pre historic name of Bhaktapur.[1] Khwopa Engineering College is affiliated to Purbanchal University.
It was established as a community college to provide engineering education by the local government with a motto "Dedicated to country and people".[2] It is Nepal 's first community-based engineering colleges and is undertaken by Bhaktapur Municipality.[3]
Khwopa engineering college has various engineering programs at bachelor and masters level.
On 25–28 April 2016, the college organised International Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Post-disaster Reconstruction Planning (ICEE-PDRP) to mark the April 2015 Nepal earthquake and has successfully organised the second ICEE-PDRP in 2019 April.[4] in Bhaktapur. The college publishes a peer-reviewed journal Journal of Science of Engineering to serve the interests of professionals, academics and research organisations working in the field of science and engineering.[5]