Petrochemical Engineering Colleges In India 2026: Fees, Admissions, Placements, Rankings, Cutoff

The top Petrochemical Engineering colleges in India are IIT Bombay - Indian Institute of Technology, IIT Madras, IIT Kharagpur, IIT ISM Dhanbad, etc. NIRF Ranking has released a list of top Engineering colleges in India which includes 200 colleges. However, among them oy a few colleges offer Petrochemical Engineering courses. IIT Madras is the best Petrochemical Engineering college in India it is followed by IIT Bombay, IIT Kharagpur, and IIT Guwahati. IIT Madras offers an MTech in Petroleum Engineering at a total fee of INR 20,000 and has 14 seats for the same. There are a total of around 136 Petrochemical Engineering Colleges in India which include 94 private and 38 public colleges. As per India Today Ranking, IIT Bombay is ranked #2 and IIT Kharagpur secured #4th place. Admissions into Petrochemical Engineering colleges in India are primarily based on Entrance exams like JEE Main, TNEA, GATE, etc., and personal interviews. Only a few colleges offer merit-based admissions. The best Private Petrochemical Engineering colleges in India are Graphic Era Deemed to be University and MIT WPU Pune. Graphic Era offers 30 seats for BTech while MIT WPU Pune has 66 seats for BTech and 12 for M.Tech in Petroleum Engineering. Fees for these colleges generally range between 20,000 - 8 Lakhs. Petrochemical Engineering is one of the highest-paying Engineering Engineering specializations and its average CTC package ranges between INR 7 - 21 LPA. Indian Oil, ONGC, Haldia Petrochemicals, etc. are some top recruiters.