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.

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. 

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.

All first BTech students are given rooms in the hostel. There are separate hostels for boys and girls, and the list for allocation of the rooms in the hostel is done as per the list provided by the Wardens office.

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.

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Vignan University was ranked #101 by the NIRF in the 'Management Institutes' category for the year 2023. However, the institute was not ranked in the year 2022 and 2021.

Vignan University celebrated its 9th annual convocation. Near this time frame only, this one of the best engineering colleges in Hyderabad gained a chance to feature at the 97th spot in NIRF's recent ranking guide list on a university level

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.

As per the MIT-WPU, Pune course admission process, the university conducts MIT-WPU, Pune CET for admission to the UG and PG courses particularly. Apart from this, MIT-WPU, Pune admission is also done based on valid scores of national-level entrance exams such as JEE Main, MHT CET, PERA CET, CAT, MAT, XAT, CMAT, GMAT and NEET-UG, among others for admission to BTech, MBA and BPharm courses. The common selection criteria for MIT-WPU, Pune admission comprise a Personal Interview (PI) round that evaluates the capabilities of the applicants. Candidates must secure a minmum aggregate in Class 12 and graduation for admission to UG and PG level courses. 

Yes, Aditya University admission is open. The university offers BTech, MTech, BBA, etc., courses at the UG and PG level. Apart from the UG and PG courses, the university also offers diploma and PhD courses.  The application process at Aditya University is an offline procedure.

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.

Yes, Amity School of Engineering and Technology campus is safe for girls and boys. The college campus is located in Noida. It has a good connection with roads and public transports. CCTV cameras are installed in the campus to keep a check on students safety. 

Zakir Husain College of Engineering and Technology offers after the 10th Diploma via its different Departments. The Diploma course is offered across different specialisations mainly Engineering such as Diploma in Communication Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Civil Engineering, and more. The Diploma level course has six semesters that lasts for three years. Admission to the Diploma course is subject to a valid score in the University entrance test conducted by AMU.

Parul University is a well-known institute recognised across categories by a number of ranking bodies. As per the NIRF 2025 ranking, the university has ranked 41 in the Pharmacy category. It has been ranked 50 by the India Today 2025 in the BCA category.

Haridwar University Roorkee has an anti ragging cell. The ragging cell is responsible from preventing ragging, monitoring activities and addressing complaints through various means by filling a form copmplaint to the commity. 

Excel Engineering College is one of the renowned private colleges. The college offers UG and PG programmes in various streams. Excel College of Engineering and Technology appoints expert faculty members and offers theoretical and practical knowledge to the students. The college has a dedicated placement cell which helps the students to get good jobs in public and private sectors. Excel Engineering College has well-equipped classrooms, labs, a library, a cafeteria, a playground, a gym, a hostel and others.

The Aditya University placement recorded in 2024 was comparatively higher than in 2023. The number of students placed increased from over 1,284 in 2023 to 3,024 in 2024. The total number of companies visiting the campus has also increased from 122 in 2023 to 260 in 2024. The following table represents the Aditya Engineering College placement comparison for the past two years:

Particulars	Placement Statistics (2023)	Placement Statistics (2024)
Total students placed	1,284+	3,024+
Companies visited	122	260+

The below are the reasons to choose the Calcutta University:

• Low cost education: Calcutta University fee for the available courses is low as it is a government university. The tuition fee for the BTech course is INR 30.8 K - 40.5 K
• Good ROI: Calcutta University placements are good. In PG 2 year programme,  1,800 students of batch 2024 were placed with a median salary of INR 11 LPA. 6 students from the PG 3 year batch 2024 secured placements with the median salary of INR 9 LPA.
• Affordability: To provide equal education to students, Calcutta University offers more than 80 scholarships. Tabulated below are a few scholarships offered by Calcutta University:

  Name	Subject
  Anil Chandra Gupta Memorial Studentship	Bengali, Philosophy
  Bhupendranath Memorial Scholarship	Sanskrit
  Nalinakhya Dutta Stipend	Pali
  Ganada Sundari Sarkar Memorial Scholarship	Bengali
  Hasimohon Kr. And Tulsi Mani Kr. Scholarship	B.A.
  Arati Bakshi Memorial Scholarship	Economics
  Dr. Hensi Stephen Scholarship	English

In addition to the above reasons, the Calcutta University has a good alumni network.