The college was set up by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of Bihar in the year 1960. Earlier, the affiliation was under Tilkamanjhi Bhagalpur University. In 2008, after the establishment of Aryabhatta Knowledge University, affiliation of the college is transferred to this university.^[6] After 15 March 2023, the affiliation was transferred to Bihar Engineering University.

UG admission edit

Earlier, undergraduate admissions were done through the BCECE conducted by Bihar Combined Entrance Competitive Examination Board. From 2019 and onwards admissions is taken through UGEAC based on rank list of JEE Main conducted by National Testing Agency.

PG admission edit

Admission in M.Tech is done on the basis of GATE score through PGEAC.

BCE Bhagalpur has nine academic departments"

• Department of Civil Engineering
• Department of Computer Science and Engineering
• Department of Electrical Engineering
• Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering
• Department of Mechanical Engineering
• Department of Physics
• Department of Chemistry
• Department of Mathematics
• Department of Humanities

College conducts educational programs leading to the degree of Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) in following branches each with capacity of 63 students.^[7]

• Civil Engineering^[8]
• Computer Science and Engineering^[9]
• Electrical Engineering^[10]
• Electronics and Communication Engineering^[11]
• Mechanical Engineering.^[12]

Computer center edit

BCE, Bhagalpur has a well-equipped centralized computer center to cater to the needs of students and faculty in the university. It is housed, in a magnificent state-of-the-art building having specialized laboratories to provide a variety of platforms and computing environment for UG students. BCE,Bhagalpur computer center presently has around 150 computers connected into LAN in two floors providing internet access and programming facilities to all software related laboratories of all the departments of the college, predominantly CE, ME, ECE, EE, CSE Department All academic buildings, library, administrative blocks, residential buildings, and all the hostels of BCE,Bhagalpur are connected using optical fiber links and around 95 Wi-Fi access points.^[13]

Digital library edit

Digital library also known as digital repository is an online database having digital objects in different formats such as text, audio, video, images, etc.Digital library provides access to multiple users at time and requires very little space. The information retrieval is quite easy.Bhagalpur College of Engineering provides the access for both the students and Faculties. The digital platform offers around 3000 online courses. The students and faculties can interact on the online portal and faculties can upload their self taught lectures on the platform. The digital library is hosted both on the online portal and on the Android app.^[14] Online portal link: bec.skylearning.in

Hostels edit

BCE, Bhagalpur provides hostel facilities to boys & girls. It has 4 Boys' hostels and 1 Girls' hostel.^[15]

Medical facilities edit

The college provides medical facilities and health education program for students. The college invites a registered medical practitioner from time to time to examine the student's health.^[16]

Sports edit

College has playground for various sports like Volleyball, Cricket. It also has indoor stadium for Badminton and table tennis. It has also gym facilities.^[17]

College fests edit

Bhagalpur College of Engineering organizes Technoriti as its annual festival every year from 2012. Started with the name AAGHAZ the festival comprises Parakram the annual Sports meet, Umang the Cultural festival and technical fest. Later in 2013, the name aaghaz was changed to Technoriti by the student organization which additionally included Sangam as the Alumni meet of BCE Bhagalpur.