Top Petroleum Engineering Colleges in India: Fees, Ranking, Admission 2026, Courses, Placements

There are about 120+ best Petroleum Engineering colleges in India. Of these,  91 colleges are privately owned,  31 colleges are owned by public/government organisations, and public-private entities own 1 college. JEE Main, GATE, TNEA,  etc.. are the most accepting entrance exams in top Petroleum Engineering colleges in India. Some of the popular colleges include IIT Bombay, IIT Madras, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Guwahati, IIT Dhanbad, UPES, Graphic Era Deemed to be University, Manipal University Jaipur, MIT WPU, Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology, and many others.

Internships provide a great experience for all the budding engineers as they help you to learn the necessary skills and get hands-on experience in the Petroleum Engg. field. Candidates are required to undergo industrial training, especially in their third year and final year of BTech degree course. Along with that, they are also required to work on a final research project which will give them exposure to the nuances of this field.

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As per NIRF overall category ranking 2024, IIT Madras emerged to be on the no. 1 position followed by IIT Bombay and IIT Kharagpur. Listed blow are some of the Petroleum Engineering colleges in India along with their NIRF ranking for the past three years

Top Colleges	NIRF 2024	NIRF 2025
IIT Madras Ranking	1	1
IIT Bombay Ranking	3	3
IIT Kharagpur Ranking	5	6
IIT Guwahati Ranking	7	11
Manipal University Ranking	64	98

Note - This information is taken from the official website of the ranking body listed and may vary.

Joining the best Petroleum Engineering colleges in India can be worthwhile for you. For that, you need to check its ROI. Listed below are some colleges along with their tuition fees and average placement package

Top Colleges	Tuition Fee	Average Placement Package
IIT Bombay Courses	INR 2.7 lakh	INR 17.9 lakh
IIT Madras Courses	INR 20,000 - 1 Lakh	INR 17.4 lakh
IIT Guwahati Courses	INR 60,000	INR 10.5 LPA
IIT Dhanbad Courses	INR 60,000 – INR 8 lakh	INR 8.5 LPA – INR 15 LPA
Dibrugarh University	INR 40,200 - 3.5 Lakh	INR 73.6 - 14.5 LPA

Note - The above information is based on the latest data available.

For the female-only (including Supernumerary) category, the Round 1 closing rank of the IIT Bombay cutoff 2026 ranged from 395 to 14289 for BTech admission. Candidates can refer to the table below to view the branch-wise cutoff 2026 for the female-only category. 

Branch	Round 1 Cutoff 2026
Computer Science and Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology)	395
Electrical Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology)	1600
Electrical Engineering (5 Years, Bachelor and Master of Technology (Dual Degree))	2693
Industrial Engineering and Operations Research (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology)	3189
BS in Mathematics (4 Years, Bachelor of Science)	3727
Engineering Physics (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology)	4090
Mechanical Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology)	4903
Chemical Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology)	6336
Aerospace Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology)	6885
Energy Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology)	6945
Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology)	8335
Civil Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology)	8730
Environmental Science and Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology)	9532
Applied Geophysics (4 Years, Bachelor of Science)	14289

 

The general eligibility criteria for admission to the best Petroleum Engineering colleges in India are mentioned below:

BTech Degree:

• Students must have completed their Class 12 in Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics from the national- or state-level education board with a minimum of 50 to 60 percent aggregate marks.
• Students who hold a 3-year Diploma in Oil Engineering are also eligible for lateral entry admission into the second year of undergraduate courses in Petroleum Engineering.

MTech Degree:

• Students who have completed a Bachelor's degree in Petroleum Engineering or a related field with at least 60 percent marks.

Note: This information is sourced from the official website and may vary.

Yes, there are many Petroleum Engineering colleges in India that accept entrance exams scores for admission to the best Petroleum Engineering colleges in India. Some of the popular entrance exams required are JEE Main, GATE, TNEA, etc.

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Candidates can further their studies by taking up master’s degree in the same field as MTech or PhD or other subfields of  Chemical Engineering. They can also be engaged as Production Engineers or Refining Engineers or Team Leader in any of the petroleum or the petrochemical industries.

Furthermore, Petroleum engineers involve themselves in technologies and techniques of the energy business by developing methods of increased recovery of hydrocarbon resources. They take an active part in the drilling operations, formation modeling and, at the same time, the elaboration of the best ways and methods of achieving production.

Oil and Gas Exploration: Seismic surveys and drilling prospects, and evaluating the probable prospect reserves.

Drilling Operations: Planning and overseeing operations for drilling more oil and natural gas.

Reservoir Engineering: Analyzing reservoir characteristics to optimize hydrocarbon recovery.

Production Engineering: Maximizing the efficiency of oil and gas production methods.

Well Testing and Evaluation: The supervision and assessment of the well performance.

Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR): Applying measures that improve the procedures of getting more reservior hydrocarbons.

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IIT Bombay offered the highest placement package of INR 18 LPA and the prominent recruiters participated include Google, Microsoft, Samsung, Infosys, Twitter, etc.

The table below shows the average placement package offered by top recruiters who participated in the best Petroleum Engineering colleges in India:

Top Colleges	Average Placement Package	Top Recruiters
IIT Bombay Placements	INR 18 LPA	Google, Microsoft, Samsung, Infosys, Twitter, etc.
IIT Madras Placements	INR 17 LPA	Amazon, Bajaj Auto Limited, EY India, Reliance, TCS, etc.
IIT Guwahati Placements	INR 7 LPA	Amazon, Accenture, Capgemini, Cognizant, Dell, Flipkart, etc.
IIT Dhanbad Placements	INR 9 LPA – INR 15 LPA	Google, Amazon, Oracle, Morgan Stanley, Zomato, etc.
Graphic Era Deemed to be University Placements	INR 7 LPA	Goldman Sachs, PayPal, Zscaler, Genpact, etc.

Disclaimer: The above Statistics are based on the latest data available.

Some of the top USPs of IIT Guwahati are as follows:

• IITG has been awarded with the status of Indian Institute of Management Guwahati.
• It has been ranked 8 under the 'Engineering' category and 11 under the Overall category by the NIRF Ranking 2025.
• The highest package reached INR 1.25 crore per annum during IIT Guwahati placements.
• A total of 1,606 students registered out of which 1,001 were placed during IIT Guwahati placement season.

Yes, there are about 100+ Petroleum Engineering colleges that offer BTech courses in India. Some of them are mentioned below along with their tuition fees:

Top Colleges	Tuition Fee
IIT Dhanbad	INR 8 lakh
Graphic Era Deemed to be University	INR 10 lakh
MIT WPU	INR 8 Lacs - INR 11 lakh
Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology	INR 11 lakh
Vignan's Foundation for Science, Technology and Research	INR 6 lakh

Disclaimer: This information is sourced from the official website/ sanctioning body and may vary.

Listed below is the location-wise distribution of Oil Engineering course in India along with their number of colleges:

Regions	Number of Colleges
Mumbai NCR	10
Chennai	9
Mumbai (All)	4
Hyderabad	4
Pune	3

Petroleum Engineers can expect to get an average salary of INR 4.1 LPA. A Project Engineer earns between INR 4-8 LPA whereas a Production Engineer can earn between INR 3-6 LPA. Candidates can also expect to grab better opportunities through on-campus placement. Based on the placement reports of Pandit Deendayal Energy University, the highest salary offered in placement 2022 was INR 38 LPA whereas the average package offered was INR 6.5 LPA. 

Yes, there are about 40+ Petroleum Engineering colleges in India that offer Diploma courses. Some of them are mentioned below along with their tuition fees:

Top Colleges	Tuition Fee
Aditya Engineering College	INR 72,000
Parul University	INR 2 lakh
Mewar University	INR 1 lakh
Guru Kashi University	INR 54,000 - INR 90,000

Disclaimer: This information is sourced from the official website/ sanctioning body and may vary.

Indian Institute of Technology Dhanbad is one of the oldest IITs. It offers quality education to the students under the guidance of experts.  IIT Dhanbad has been ranked 21 in the QS WUR Ranking By Subject, and it is ranked 110 in Southern Asia and 424 in Asia by QS World Ranking 2026. The institute also ranked 15th by NIRF in 2025 for Engineering. The institute appoints well trained and expert faculty members. 

Along with a good hold on Science and Mathematics, good writing, problem-solving and presentation skills are required for being a good petroleum engineer. The ability to work with others on teams is also an important trait required among the engineers. Petroleum Engineers work in difficult terrains ranging from deserts, coastal areas etc. Therefore, they must be hardworking and patient enough to work for extended hours. 

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Well, yes. Apart from the BTech Petroleum Engineering tuition fee, you also have to pay extra charges for the hostel facilities if you're staying in the college hostel, college applications, semester exam registration, lab work fee, caution money, mess charges, student welfare fund and other miscellaneous charges. The average BTech Petroleum Engineering course fee is around INR 2 Lacs to INR 15 lakh, and for the detailed breakdown of the fee structure, you can refer to the official college websites.

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Of course, you can. But there'll be a huge career shift from Engineering to Management. An MBA is focused on management and leadership roles, which are not a part of the Engineering field. 
Engineering is more about experiments, explorations, and innovations.

Take a moment to think deeply about your eventual career goals and then decide. It's indeed a big step, and if you want to be in a technical line in the future, an MTech is a more ideal option.

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The difference is simple! Petroleum Engineering means producing oil and gas from reservoirs. And Petrochemical Engineering means dealing with chemicals (petroleum-based) carried out in a refinery. 

Petroleum Engineering areas include Drilling, Reservoir, Production, Formation Evaluation,  Well Logging, Exploration of Oil and Gas, etc.

Petrochemical Engineering areas include downstream operations, such as processing the received oil and gas to produce end products.

The CAT exam is always conducted in November every year so CAT 2026 will be conducted in November this year. Students can click here to know more about the CAT examination. 

Mohan Babu University and Vignan's Foundation for Science, Technology and Research both are renowned universities for B.E. / B.Tech. However, in terms of affordability, Mohan Babu University is a better option since the total tuition fee for Mohan Babu University is INR 40,00,000 - INR 15,20,000 and the total tuition fee for B.E. / B.Tech at Vignan's Foundation for Science, Technology and Research is INR 620,000 - INR 1,440,000. In the total fees that students generally end up paying the university or the college, various other components are also included, such as the exam fee, application fee, lab and other charges.

RGIPT has a total of seven departments as Petroleum Engineering and Geoengineering, Chemical Engineering, and Biochemical Engineering, Sciences and Humanities, Management Studies, Mathematical Sciences, Computer Science and Engineering, and Electronics Engineering.

No, GIET University does not accept direct admissions for any of its courses. Students must fulfil both the eligibility and selection requirements before applying for any of the offered courses. The university accepts students primarily on an entrance basis. Aspiring candidates must provide the valid score of the accepted exam or appear for the GIETEE conducted by the university itself. In case of any queries, students may reach out to the admission help desk of the university.

The Aditya University's highest package placed during the 2024 placement drive stood at INR 33.64 LPA. The following table showcases the Aditya University highest package offered between 2023 and 2024 placement drives:

Particulars	Placement Statistics (2023)	Placement Statistics (2024)
Highest Package	INR 18.36 LPA	INR 33.64 LPA

Indian Institute of Petroleum and Energy has been rated 4.5 for faculty as per reviews by students. This shows that Institute has qualified and experienced faculty members.

The overall placement record of amity school of engineering and technology is fairly decent in past few decades where some of the top recruiting companies have visited in the campus drives and picked up bunch of students like amazon, TCS,

Some detailed info. About placements in Amity University are given below

During Amity University Placements 2021, a total of 2280 offers were offered by 340 companies. 51 Global Fortune companies and 41 best IT companies and 6 consulting companies participated in the placement drive whereas 26 new recruiters also participated. During the placement drive of 2021, the highest CTC stood at INR 21.5 LPA and the average CTC stood at INR 5 LPA. 12 companies offered a package of INR 12 LPA or more whereas 108 companies offered a package of INR 5 LPA or more. Some of the top recruiters like DXC Technologies, Capgemini, Accenture, Optum, Shell, and Cisco participated in the placement drive of 2021.

Yes, Parul University Vadodara is considered to be on a moderately expensive side for most courses. While the lowest fee for a degree course stands at INR 32,000 (for MLib.Sc), the highest fee is INR 30.4 lakh (for BAMS) indicating a big difference in the fee range. Being a private university, the fee for various courses can be a little high. But students can apply for scholarships/ financial assistance which could reduce the fee to an extent, making courses somewhat affordable.  Further, students get global exposure, experience top-class infra & curriculum. The overall highest package was INR 60 LPA. Based on these parameters, the fees seems justifiable. 

ZHCET (Zakir Hussain college of Engineering and Technology) offers many UG courses such as BTech, BArch, Bachelor of Engineering and Bsc etc. The fee structure of the course, B.Tech - 85,991 INR (4 year), BArch - 92,450 ( 5 years) and Bachelor of Engineering - 1,58,180 (4 years)

So, if we compare the fees of other Engineering Universities with ZHCET, then UG courses at ZHCET are not expensive.  

DIT is not a Tier 1 university. It is generally considered a Tier 2 private university. Tier 1 universities are IITs, IIITs, and others. The university is ranked at 83rd position under the Pharmacy category by the NIRF 2025. DIT university has also been ranked at the 21st position by the Week for the year 2025 for B.Arch. 

Haridwar University applications are open for all courses. The university has not released the schedule. Aspirants must apply fast to avoid missing out the chance. Candidates can fill out the form online or offline in the campus.