Jigme Namgyel Engineering College (Jigme Namgyel Polytechnic)
The Royal Bhutan Polytechnic (RBP), which is one of the best universities in Bhutan, formerly known as the Jigme Namgyel Engineering College (JNEC), is one of the constituent colleges of the Royal University of Bhutan. It was founded in 1972, coinciding with the country's third five-year economic expansion. It is located in the west end of Dewathang town, at an elevation of 800 meters above sea level. The institute lies 18 kilometers from Samdrup Jongkhar, the second entrance to Bhutan from India, in Eastern Bhutan. Although it began with infrastructure development in 1972, it began offering engineering diploma programs on February 22, 1974.
At the outset of its development, it offered diploma-level civil and electrical engineering programs. The Mechanical Engineering course was first offered in 1988. It also provided certificate courses in surveying and drafting in the early 1970s. However, beginning in the late 1980s, surveying and drafting courses were no longer offered.
The Jigme Namgyel Engineering College aims to become a Center of Excellence in providing diploma and degree level programs in applied engineering and technology, covering a wide range of programs such as pre-service, in-service, continuing education, material testing and certification, applied engineering research, consultancy, and community services through various modes of delivery, including distance learning.
The Royal Bhutan Polytechnic was the only institute of its sort until the early 2000s, responsible for educating and supplying professionally competent, ethically sound, and progressive middle level technical manpower and IT specialists relevant to Bhutanese employing agencies and industries. The institute was temporarily relocated to the erstwhile Royal Technical Campus in Rinchending Phuntsholing in the year 2000. In 2001, while at Rinchending, the Institute launched a bachelor's degree program in civil and electrical engineering. College of Science and Technology is the current name of this institute.
Country Rank: #8
World Rank: #21524
Website: http://www.jnec.edu.bt/
