The Jigme Namgyel Engineering College (earlier known as Royal Bhutan Polytechnic, Royal Bhutan Institute of Technology and Jigme Namgyel Polytechnic) is a constituent colleges of the Royal University of Bhutan.
[1] It was established in 1972, coinciding with the third five-year economic development plan.
It is 800 metres (2,600 ft) above sea level and is at the west end of Dewathang town.
The institute is 18 kilometres (11 mi) from Samdrup Jongkhar in eastern Bhutan.
In the early '70s, it offered certificate-level courses in surveying and draughting.