Top 10 Chemical Engineering Universities in India

Chemical Engineering

Top 10 Chemical Engineering Universities in India

Sajjad Ali

December 23, 2015

Top 10 Chemical Engineering Universities in India – Chemical engineering has become a vast field that applies to every phase of physical sciences (Chemistry and Physics) and the life sciences such as Microbiology, Biology, and Biochemistry. Engineers in this field are more talented than many other fields. They are deeply involved in the invention, development, design and management procedures of different industries. They are working in several fields such as:

Food Processing
Electronic and advanced materials
Specialty chemicals
Microelectronics
Manufacturing
Biotechnology
Design
Healthcare
Environmental health
Construction
Polymers
Business services

Why Becoming a chemical engineer?

Before going to select the chemical engineering as your study major, you must have a comprehensive information about this field. Let’s give you a reason to choose this program as your major. The work of a chemical engineer requires design, construction, installation and operation of plants; producing the chemical products; supervision of chemical plants; extracting chemicals; and many other things.

This field can give you a wide range of job opportunities not only in India but all over the world. A chemical engineer can find various jobs in the government as well as private sector. These professionals are given gainful job openings in well-reputed firms that produce fertilizer, food, specialty chemicals, paints, polymers, pesticides, pharmaceuticals, plastics and many more.

Furthermore, you can also pick teaching as your professional career or enjoy the research projects in different branches of atomic power plants and defense sector.When it comes to the salaries of chemical engineers in India, it has a much attraction for the coming professionals. An expert engineer can get a lucrative salary that varies from firm to firm and experience. The fresh experts are given the average salary ranging from Rs.25,000-Rs.30,000/Month. Students who have a diploma are paid less than the degree holders.

Students having a post graduate degree in chemical engineering can get a lot more than many other study disciplines. If you get a degree in this field, you are more likely to be hired by these popular companies upon your graduation:

Coromandel Fertilizers Ltd,
Gujarat Gas Company Ltd,
Essar Oil Ltd, Reliance Industries Ltd
Indo Gulf Fertilizers Ltd.

How to be a Chemical Engineer?

If you are interested in being a chemical engineer, here a question comes into the mind, how to be a professional chemical engineer? Let’s tell you, if you want to be a successful and expert professional, you must qualify 10+2 schooling with more than 50 percent aggregate marks. All the candidates are required to appear for the entry test that is conducted by the IIT JEE and also by many other boards and universities. If a candidate gets the required marks in entry test, he/she will be admitted to his/her desired program.

What are selection criteria?

For becoming an engineer, the candidates must have to complete an undergraduate engineering degree of four years. In case, you have a post graduate degree in two years you can also get admission. All the Candidates having 10+2 passing certificate with 50% or more marks in Physics, Math, and Chemistry subjects are also eligible to get admission. Besides, if you need to apply for diploma, you must have at least 50% marks in 10th class.

Academic Program

The chemical engineering program includes the broad study of numerous aspects of physical and life sciences. The curriculum consists of various subjects offered in different academic years of the program. Therefore, the syllabus is also collaborated and diverse. The overall program contains eight semesters in the degree program while six semesters in diploma course. Every year have two semesters and candidates are strictly asked to pass every semester to get a degree.

List of Top 10 Chemical Engineering Universities in India 2016 Rankings

Rank	Institute	City
1.	Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay)	Mumbai (All)
2.	Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi)	Delhi/NCR
3.	Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT Kanpur)	Kanpur
4.	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT KGP)	Kharagpur
5.	Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras)	Chennai
6.	Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IIT Roorkee)	Roorkee
7.	Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS-Pilani)	Rajasthan
8.	Indian Institute of Technology – Banaras Hindu University (IIT-BHU)	Varanasi
9.	Indian Institute of Technology	Guwahati
10.	National Institute of Technology	Tiruchirappalli