Best Chemical Engineering Colleges in India 2026: Ranking, Fees, Admission, Courses, Placements

IIT Dhanbad is a government institute. It was established in 1926 and was formerly known as the Indian School of Mines before its conversion into an IIT. The institute provides undergraduate, postgraduate, and PhD programmes and the courses include BTech, MTech, MSc, MBA, Executive MBA, PhD, etc. under 18 departments. 

According to the placement report 2025 released by the Institute, NIT Warangal recorded placement rate of 79.3% in 2025. The the highest package offered during NIT Warangal placements 2025 was INR 64.3 LPA. The average and median package received by students in 2025 was INR 14.35 LPA and INR 12 LPA, respectively. Further,  290 companies visited the campus ad 1225 offers were made as well.

Lovely Professional University has a strong record of placements for courses like BTech, BBA, BCA, BArch, MBA, MCA, etc. Currently, the highest international package offered during LPU placements in 2025 was INR 2.5 crore per annum, whereas the highest domestic package offered stood at INR 1 crore per annum. The LPU average package offered to the top 25% students of the batch 2025 was INR 10.23 LPA. The key highlights of LPU placements for the Class of 2023, 2024 and 2025 are tabulated below:

Admission criteria to National Institute of Technology Calicut is primarily entrance based and is different for all UG and PG programmes. To get into UG programmes, the eligibility criteria is the minimum aggregate in Class 12 or equivalent, along with entrance exams. However, the eligibility criteria to get into PG programmes is graduation in any discipline (this may vary from course to course), along with entrance exams.

Indian Institute of Technology Patna is a government is an Institute of National Importance (INL) and is approved by the AICTE. Some of the top USPs of this college are as follows:

• IIT Patna has been ranked 159 by the QS Ranking 2026 in the 'Asian University Rankings (Southern Asia)' category. 
• As of now, the overall the highest package recorded during the placement drive 2025-26 was INR 117 LPA. 
• Top recruiters during IIT Patna placements 2025-26 included Google, BEL, BPCL, Samsung, Optum, L&T, Microsoft, Reliance, CISCO and Goldman Sachs.

Admission criteria to IIT Gandhinagar is both, merit and entrance based and is different for all UG and PG programmes. To get into UG programmes, the eligibility criteria is the minimum aggregate in Class 12 or equivalent, along with entrance exams. Similarly, the eligibility criteria to get into PG programmes is graduation in any discipline (this may vary from course to course), along with entrance exams for a few courses.

Manipal Institute of Technology, MAHE tuition fee ranges between INR 1.2 L – INR 15 L for various courses. This fee is exclusive of other components, such as examination fee, application fee, etc. Therefore, Manipal Institute of Technology is moderately costly, in comparison to other engineering institutes. 

Indian Institute of Technology Mandi offers admission primarily on the basis of the scores obtained in the national level entrance exams including JEE Main, JEE Advanced, CAT, IIT JAM, GATE, UGC NET, and CSIR NET. To get admission to IIT Mandi, candidates must fulfil the course-specific eligibility. Candidates can apply to the desired course online on the institute's website.

The placement rate recorded during IIT Jodhpur BTech and MTech placements over the past three years is mentioned below:

Yes, admission are open at SASTRA University. The university accepts admisison through online application. Interested students can apply directly through the official page. It is necessary to qualify the eligibility criteria as per the course. 

IIT Ropar has taken new innovation projects that are given below:

• The IIT Ropar Department of Science of Technology (DST) has established Technology Innovation Hub (TIH) in the application domain of Agriculture & Water, named Agriculture & Water Technology Development Hub (AWaDH)
•  IIT Ropar recently launched Annam.ai. It has set up 100 advanced weather stations in Punjab. This will help the state to develop the scalable weather intelligence network for India. The Annam.ai is India's first fully integrated agricultural intelligence ecosystem, which uses AI & IoT. 

The IIT Ropar placements are also very good. 

MNIT Jaipur admission is entrance-based for all the programmes. The final selection is done on the basis of scores of entrance exams, followed by group discussion and personal interview depending the course. Check the table below to know the selection requirement of MNIT courses:

The mode of application for ICT Mumbai admissions is mostly online for most courses. As students must apply through the exam portal then go through the counselling process which may be conducted online. Students must also pay any application fees and submit documents that may be required while applying for the exams.

Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education offers a large diversity of courses to students in various fields. Kalasalingam University admissions are held on the basis of entrance tests. Students seeking course admissions must clear their previous qualifying examination and appear for any of the prescribed entrance exams such as JEE Main, CUET, NATA, among others.

VNIT Nagpur is not that costly. The course fee for Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology's flagship BTech programme is around INR 5 lakh. The course fees for MTech and BArch at the institute are around INR 1.4 lakh and INR 6.3 lakh, respectively. Overall, the institute is considered relatively affordable for all courses.

Being a private institute, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra is a bit costly. But the college gives many facilities to the students and great placement opportunities. The college is known for its Engineering courses.

The fees for Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra courses is between INR 4 Lacs and INR 18 lakhs. 

NIT Durgapur admissions are conducted on the basis of entrance exams. The institute accepts several national level entrance exam scores such as JEE Main, GATE,  MAT, XAT,  CAT, CMAT, etc. National Institute of Technology Durgapur admission process starts with an online application. Interested candidates can apply directly through the official website. 

National Institute of Technology Patna offers many courses such as BTech, MTech, BSc, MSc, MCA, PhD, MPlan, etc. The below table shows some of the NIT Patna fees details:

The total fee for BTech Computer Science and Engineering is 

Looking at the numbers, one can say it may feel costly to some students but worry not there are scholarships available for eligible students. 

NIT Jalandhar provides great placements to its students. In 2025 the placement rate recorded was 91.88% and the average package recorded was INR 9.78 LPA. Check out the table below to know more about the NIT Jalandhar placement highlights recorded in 2025: