Diploma in Civil Engineering

Course Title: Diploma in Civil Engineering
Duration: 3 Years
Academic Year: Semester System
Affiliated to: CTEVT

Civil Engineering is one of the prominent and popular disciplines within engineering. Many people in the developed countries, developing countries and under developed countries have given emphasis for the broader application of Civil Engineering. This field has been helping the world for the all-round physical infrastructure development and it has been creating wage and self employment opportunities both in public and private sectors. This curriculum is designed with the purpose of producing middle level technical workforce equipped with knowledge and skills related to the field of Civil Engineering so as to meet the demand of such workforce in the country to contribute in the national economic development of Nepal. The knowledge and skills incorporated in this curriculum will be helpful to deliver the individual needs as well national needs in the field of Civil Engineering.

  • Programme objectives
  • Group size
  • Eligibility
  • Entry Criteria & Selection
  • Instructional media and materials
  • Pass Marks & Grading System

Programme objectives:

This curriculum has following objectives to:

  • Prepare technicians who are capable of undertaking works in civil engineering field as Civil
    Engineering Technicians under Road, Irrigation, Water supply, Urban Development and Building
    Construction and other civil infrastructures development related departments and sectors;
  • Produce middle level competent technical workforce/human resources that could provide
    supervisory works of civil engineering;
  • Prepare technical workforce who will demonstrate positive attitude and respect for the profession
    and socio-cultural values;
  • Help in meeting the demand of required Civil Engineering Technicians for the public and private
    infrastructure development sector of Nepal;
  • Reduce the dependence on employing such technicians from foreign countries and
  • Create self employment opportunities.

Group size:

The group size will be maximum of 48 (Forty eight) in a batch.

  • Entry qualification of the applicant for diploma in civil engineering programme should be SLC pass or
    equivalent or Technical SLC (TSLC) in related subject.
  • S/he should have English, Science, and Compulsory Mathematics in SLC or as per provisions mentioned on CTEVT admission guidelines.

Entry Criteria:

  • Should submit SLC or equivalent certificate
  • Should pass entrance examination as administered by CTEVT

Selection:

  • Applicants fulfilling the entry criteria will be selected for admission on the basis of merit.

The following instructional media and materials are suggested for the effective instruction and demonstration.

  • Printed Media Materials (Assignment sheets, Case studies, Handouts, Information sheets,
    Individual training packets, Procedure sheets, Performance Check lists, Textbooks etc.).
  • Non-projected Media Materials (Display, Models, Flip chart, Poster, Writing board etc.).
  • Projected Media Materials (Opaque projections, Overhead transparencies, Slides etc.).
  • Audio-Visual Materials (Audiotapes, Films, Slide-tape programs, Videodiscs, Videotapes etc.).
  • Computer-Based Instructional Materials (Computer-based training, Interactive video etc.).

Pass marks:

The students must secure minimum of 40% marks both in theory and practical (Lab). Moreover, the students must secure minimum of 40% marks in the internal assessment and 40% in the final semester examination of each subject to pass all subjects offered in each semester.

Grading system:
The overall achievement of each student will be measured by a final aggregate percentage of all final
semester examinations and graded as follow: -

Marks division:

  • Distinction : > or =80 %
  • First division : 65 % to < 80 %
  • Second division : 50 % to < 65 %
  • Pass : 40 % to < 50 %

Curriculum Structure of Diploma in Civil Engineering

First Year

Second Year

Third Year

For more details, please refer to detailed version of Curriculum of CTEVT for Diploma in Civil Engineerig here..