Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering at Pashchimanchal Campus, Lamachaur, Pokhara, is a four-year undergraduate engineering program conducted under the Institute of Engineering (IOE), Tribhuvan University. The program is divided into eight semesters and has an intake of 48 students.
The curriculum develops from mathematics, science, mechanics, engineering drawing, programming, electrical and electronics fundamentals, thermodynamics, and workshop practice into mechanical design, manufacturing, materials, fluid systems, instrumentation, computer-aided design, machine dynamics, heat and mass transfer, computational methods, energy technology, project work, electives, and industrial attachment.
| Field | Details |
|---|---|
| Course | Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering |
| Level | Bachelor |
| Duration | 4 years / 8 semesters |
| Institution | Pashchimanchal Campus, Pokhara |
| Academic institute | Institute of Engineering (IOE) |
| University | Tribhuvan University |
| Seats | 48 |
| Admission | IOE entrance and admission system |
| Department | Department of Mechanical and Automobile Engineering |
| Degree authority | Tribhuvan University |
The curriculum, eligibility, entrance process, examinations, practical requirements, project work, and degree award follow the academic rules and regulations of Tribhuvan University and the Institute of Engineering.
Mechanical Engineering deals with the analysis, design, production, operation, measurement, and management of mechanical and energy-related systems.
At undergraduate level, students do not begin with machine design alone. The curriculum first establishes the mathematical, scientific, computing, drawing, electrical, electronics, mechanics, and thermodynamics background needed to understand mechanical systems.
From this foundation, students progress into material science, manufacturing and production processes, metrology, strength of materials, solid mechanics, instrumentation and sensors, computer-aided design, fluid mechanics, control and automation, fluid machines, theory of machines, heat and mass transfer, machine design, finite element methods, computational fluid dynamics, energy resources, project work, and professional practice.
The result is a broad mechanical engineering curriculum rather than a course focused on one type of machine or one industrial process.
The program may suit students who are interested in how machines, components, manufacturing processes, energy systems, fluids, materials, and mechanical designs work.
Mechanical Engineering requires more than practical workshop ability. Students spend substantial time working with mathematics, mechanics, thermodynamics, fluid behavior, material properties, technical drawings, computer-aided design, measurements, machine analysis, and engineering calculations.
Students considering the course should be prepared for:
The program therefore combines theoretical analysis with practical and design-oriented engineering work.
Eligibility: Eligibility for Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering follows the academic requirements prescribed by Tribhuvan University and the Institute of Engineering for bachelor-level engineering admission.
Applicants must satisfy the applicable academic requirements and participate in the IOE engineering entrance system.
Pashchimanchal Campus does not apply a separate independent academic eligibility framework for this degree. Admission remains part of the broader TU/IOE engineering system.
Admission is conducted through the Institute of Engineering entrance and admission framework.
Candidates must meet the applicable academic eligibility and qualify through the prescribed IOE engineering entrance process. After qualifying, admission proceeds through the relevant priority and selection system according to entrance performance, program preference, seat category, available seats, and applicable IOE rules.
The general process includes:
Pashchimanchal Campus has 48 seats for Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering. The institutional seat structure identifies 12 regular and 36 full-fee seats within that intake.
Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering is completed over four academic years divided into eight semesters.
The curriculum combines lectures, tutorials, practical work, workshops, engineering drawing, computer-based work, laboratories, electives, projects, and industrial attachment.
The academic progression is gradual. The first year concentrates on engineering foundations. The second year introduces core mechanical subjects in materials, manufacturing, thermodynamics, measurement, solids, instrumentation, computer-aided design, and fluid mechanics.
The third year moves toward machine systems, control, fluid machinery, industrial engineering, heat transfer, machine design, and project work. The fourth year adds computational and design-oriented study, energy technology, advanced electives, professional practice, major project activity, and industrial attachment.
The first semester introduces the mathematical, scientific, computing, and mechanical foundation of the degree.
| Course | Credits |
|---|---|
| Engineering Mathematics I | 3 |
| Engineering Chemistry | 3 |
| Computer Programming | 3 |
| Fundamental of Electrical and Electronics Engineering | 3 |
| Engineering Drawing | 2 |
| Engineering Mechanics I | 3 |
The semester carries 17 credits. Engineering Drawing and Engineering Mechanics I begin the mechanical sequence, while mathematics, chemistry, programming, and electrical and electronics fundamentals provide supporting knowledge used in later engineering subjects.
The second semester includes:
This stage introduces thermodynamics and workshop practice while continuing mechanics and technical drawing. Machine Drawing develops the representation of machine components and assemblies, while Workshop Technology provides a practical connection to manufacturing and fabrication processes.
The first part of the second year moves into core mechanical engineering areas.
| Course | Credits |
|---|---|
| Engineering Mathematics III | 3 |
| Material Science | 3 |
| Manufacturing and Production Processes | 3 |
| Engineering Thermodynamics II | 3 |
| Metrology | 3 |
| Strength of Materials | 3 |
These subjects connect material behavior, production methods, thermal systems, dimensional measurement, and structural response.
Material Science develops understanding of engineering materials. Manufacturing and Production Processes addresses how components and products are produced. Engineering Thermodynamics II continues the thermal sequence begun in the first year.
Metrology introduces measurement within manufacturing and mechanical engineering, while Strength of Materials deals with the behavior of engineering members under loading.
The second semester of the year contains another set of core mechanical and supporting subjects:
The semester carries 19 credits.
Computer Aided Design brings digital tools into mechanical drawing and design work. Instrumentation and Sensors connects physical systems with measurement, while Fluid Mechanics with Engineering Applications introduces fluid behavior in engineering contexts.
Electrical Machines provides mechanical engineering students with knowledge of machines that convert between electrical and mechanical forms of energy.
By the third year, students begin working with more integrated mechanical systems.
The first semester includes:
Control System and Automation introduces control concepts relevant to mechanical systems. Fluid Machines moves from basic fluid mechanics into machines that interact with fluids.
Theory of Machines and Mechanism deals with the motion and behavior of mechanical mechanisms, while Automotive Technology introduces another applied area of mechanical systems. Numerical Methods supports engineering calculations that require computational approaches.
The second part of the third year includes:
| Course | Credits |
|---|---|
| Professional Engineering Economics | 3 |
| Industrial Engineering and Management | 3 |
| Heat and Mass Transfer | 3 |
| Machine Design I | 3 |
| Machine Dynamics | 3 |
| Minor Project | 1 |
| Elective I | 3 |
The semester carries 19 credits.
This is an important transition point in the curriculum. Heat and Mass Transfer extends thermal study, while Machine Design I moves students into the systematic design of mechanical components and systems.
Machine Dynamics deals with forces and motion in machinery. Industrial Engineering and Management introduces organizational and production-related considerations, and the Minor Project provides a structured project component before the final year.
The first part of the fourth year includes:
Finite Element Method introduces a computational approach for engineering analysis. Applied Computational Fluid Dynamics extends fluid study into numerical analysis of fluid-flow problems.
Energy Resources and Technology continues the energy-related side of mechanical engineering, while Machine Design II advances the design sequence begun in the previous year.
Project I begins the final project sequence and provides a formal setting for integrating knowledge developed across earlier semesters.
The final semester includes Project Management and Professional Practice, Elective III, Project II, and Industrial Attachment.
Project II carries four credits, and Industrial Attachment also carries four credits. The industrial attachment is specified as eight weeks.
This structure makes the end of the degree substantially different from the early semesters. Students move from primarily course-based study toward professional practice, advanced elective work, a major project, and direct industrial exposure.
Workshop Technology appears from the first year, while Manufacturing and Production Processes follows in the second year.
Pashchimanchal Campus has workshop and laboratory infrastructure used by mechanical and related engineering programs. General technical facilities include a machine workshop, welding workshop, sheet-metal workshop, bench-work workshop, and foundry and forging workshop. The Mechanical Engineering program is associated with six laboratories and workshops within the campus infrastructure.
These facilities support the practical side of subjects involving manufacturing, materials, machine components, workshop processes, measurement, and mechanical systems.
Workshop learning is important because mechanical engineering requires students to understand not only how a component is calculated or drawn, but also how materials and manufacturing processes affect its physical production.
Design develops across several stages of the program.
Engineering Drawing introduces basic engineering representation, followed by Machine Drawing and Computer Aided Design. Machine Design I and Machine Design II then move into formal mechanical design.
Final-year subjects such as Finite Element Method and Applied Computational Fluid Dynamics add computational analysis to the design process.
This sequence takes students from representing components to analyzing their behavior and developing engineering designs using both conventional and computational methods.
Thermal engineering is another continuous strand within the course.
Engineering Thermodynamics I begins in the first year and is followed by Engineering Thermodynamics II. Later students study Heat and Mass Transfer and Energy Resources and Technology.
These subjects develop the thermal side of mechanical engineering alongside fluid mechanics and fluid machines.
The progression allows students to work with concepts involving energy, thermal processes, heat transfer, fluid behavior, and engineering applications rather than encountering thermodynamics as a single isolated subject.
Fluid-related study begins with Fluid Mechanics with Engineering Applications.
Students later study Fluid Machines, followed in the fourth year by Applied Computational Fluid Dynamics.
This sequence moves from understanding fluid behavior to studying mechanical equipment that interacts with fluids and then toward computational analysis of fluid-flow problems.
It provides a clear example of how the curriculum develops from foundation to application and then to advanced engineering analysis.
Mechanical systems require measurement as well as design.
Metrology appears in the second year and focuses on measurement within engineering and manufacturing. Instrumentation and Sensors then introduces systems used to observe and measure engineering quantities.
Control System and Automation appears later, connecting measurement with system control.
Together, these courses link mechanical engineering with instrumentation and automated operation rather than treating machinery as purely passive mechanical equipment.
Engineering Mechanics I and II establish the mechanics foundation in the first year.
Students then move through Strength of Materials and Mechanics of Solids before reaching Theory of Machines and Mechanism and Machine Dynamics.
This progression develops from forces and equilibrium into material response, solid behavior, mechanism motion, and dynamic effects within machinery.
Machine Design I and II build on this analytical foundation by applying mechanical principles to design problems.
Project work begins before the final year through the Minor Project.
The fourth year then contains Project I and Project II. The final semester also includes an eight-week Industrial Attachment.
The campus's wider academic framework also includes practical exposure through laboratories, workshops, projects, and industry-related activities connected with the IOE curriculum. Mechanical Engineering is among the disciplines associated with field excursions and industrial tours.
These components allow students to apply technical concepts beyond conventional classroom assessment.
Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering is administered through the Department of Mechanical and Automobile Engineering at Pashchimanchal Campus.
The department also provides the institutional setting for Bachelor in Automobile Engineering. The two programs remain separate degrees but share a departmental structure because several areas—such as mechanics, manufacturing, machines, workshops, materials, thermal engineering, and vehicle-related systems—have academic connections.
Examinations follow the academic rules and regulations of the Institute of Engineering and Tribhuvan University.
The curriculum contains lecture, tutorial, and practical components according to the nature of each subject. Workshop, laboratory, drawing, design, project, and industrial components form part of academic study where prescribed.
Students must complete the required semester examinations, practical components, projects, electives, industrial attachment, and other academic requirements.
After successful completion of the full program, the degree is awarded by Tribhuvan University.
The curriculum gives students opportunities to develop abilities across several areas of mechanical engineering.
These include:
The level of competence developed in these areas depends on academic performance, laboratory participation, project involvement, industrial attachment, and individual practice.
The curriculum provides academic preparation in mechanical design, manufacturing, thermal engineering, fluid systems, materials, industrial engineering, instrumentation, machine systems, energy technology, and computational engineering.
Graduates may explore opportunities connected with areas represented in their academic training. Individual career direction depends on technical skills, project experience, professional requirements, location, further training, and available employment opportunities.
The course can also support further study in mechanical engineering and related specialist disciplines where the student meets the relevant postgraduate eligibility requirements.
No specific employment, salary, or career outcome follows automatically from completing the degree.
The academic degree is awarded by Tribhuvan University after successful completion of the requirements prescribed through the Institute of Engineering.
Engineering practice in Nepal operates within the wider professional framework associated with the Nepal Engineering Council.
The university degree and professional regulatory process are separate stages. Graduates intending to enter regulated engineering practice need to follow the applicable professional requirements after completing their degree.
Mechanical Engineering covers a wider range of subjects than machine repair or workshop practice.
Students study mathematics, computing, mechanics, thermodynamics, materials, manufacturing, measurements, fluids, machine design, automation, numerical methods, computational engineering, management, projects, and industrial practice.
The program may therefore be suitable for students who enjoy understanding how physical systems work and are comfortable moving between calculation, drawing, design, practical work, and technical analysis.
Before choosing the course, students should consider whether they are prepared for four years of semester-based engineering study involving:
The program runs for four years and is divided into eight semesters under the Institute of Engineering, Tribhuvan University.
Pashchimanchal Campus has 48 seats for Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering.
Tribhuvan University awards the degree after students successfully complete the academic requirements prescribed through the Institute of Engineering.
Yes. Admission follows the IOE engineering entrance and admission system. Applicants must meet the applicable academic eligibility and entrance requirements prescribed by TU and IOE.
Eligibility follows the academic requirements prescribed by Tribhuvan University and the Institute of Engineering for bachelor-level engineering admission.
First-year subjects include Engineering Mathematics, Engineering Chemistry, Engineering Physics, Computer Programming, Fundamental of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Engineering Drawing, Machine Drawing, Engineering Mechanics I and II, Engineering Thermodynamics I, and Workshop Technology.
Yes. Workshop Technology is included in the first-year curriculum. Campus facilities supporting engineering practical work include machine, welding, sheet-metal, bench-work, and foundry and forging workshops.
Yes. Computer Aided Design is included in the second-year curriculum. Later study also includes Finite Element Method and Applied Computational Fluid Dynamics.
Yes. Students study Engineering Thermodynamics I and II, followed later by Heat and Mass Transfer and Energy Resources and Technology.
Yes. The curriculum includes Fluid Mechanics with Engineering Applications, Fluid Machines, and Applied Computational Fluid Dynamics.
Yes. Students study Machine Design I in the third year and Machine Design II in the fourth year.
Yes. The curriculum includes a Minor Project, followed by Project I and Project II.
Yes. The final semester includes an eight-week Industrial Attachment carrying four credits.
The program is administered through the Department of Mechanical and Automobile Engineering at Pashchimanchal Campus.
Yes. Workshop Technology and Manufacturing and Production Processes are part of the curriculum, together with related study in materials, metrology, design, and industrial engineering.
Yes. Control System and Automation is included in the third-year curriculum, while Instrumentation and Sensors appears earlier in the program.
