My Profile
Active Members
TodayLast 7 Days
more...
Awards & Gifts
Online Exams
Fresher Jobs
Our fresher job section is exclusively for fresh graduates! Find jobs for freshers in major Indian
cities including Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Pune or Kochi
Resources
Find educational articles, blogs, discussion threads and other resources.
Colleges
Find details about any college in India or search for courses.
|
Higher studies in Chemical Engineering
Posted Date: 01 Jun 2008 Resource Type: Articles/Knowledge Sharing Category: Career Guidance
|
Posted By: Karthika M Member Level: Gold
Rating:  Points: 3
|
|
|
Chemical Engineering is an amalgam of chemistry and engineering for the production of chemicals and related equipments. The design and development of instruments needed for the chemical industry and their applications, developing chemical processing and so on are some of the primary duties of a chemical engineer.
Mathematical ability, imagination, capacity to draw inferences from observational and experimental data and logical reasoning are useful skills to succeed in this branch of engineering.
Prominent institutes
Frontline institutions offering high quality B.Tech-level education in chemical engineering are the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) Madras, Bombay, Delhi, Guwahati, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Roorkee and the Institute of Technology under Banaras Hindu University. Duration is four years.
Integrated M.Tech. dual degree
Besides these courses, five-year integrated M.Tech. Dual Degree Programmes in Chemical Engineering are also being offered by the IITs at Kanpur, Kharagpur and Madras. IIT Delhi also offers chemical engineering with M.Tech. in Computer Applications in Chemical Engineering; Chemical Engineering with M.Tech. in Process Engineering and Design Programmes. IIT Roorkee conducts chemical Engineering with M.Tech. in Hydro Carbon Engineering and IIT Bombay offers chemical engineering with M.Tech. in Process Systems Design and Engineering Programmes. Admission to all the above programmes is based on the Joint Entrance Examination conducted by the IIT. In Kerala, Kochi, Kozhikode, Thrissur and Thiruvananthapuram will be the test centres.
The Department of Chemical Engineering at IIT Kanpur is ranked among the nation's top schools in Chemical Engineering and is endowed with a vibrant graduate programme. About 45 students graduate every year in the B.Tech. and 40 in the five-year Integrated M.Tech Dual Degree Programme in Chemical Engineering. Integrated Dual Degree Programmes enable the students to earn both a B.Tech. and M.Tech. degree in five years.
Websites
For IIT-wise details visit the following websites:
IIT Bombay - www.iitb.ac.in; IIT Delhi - www.iitd.ac.in; IIT Guwahati - www.iitg.ac.in; IIT Kanpur - www.iitk.ac.in; IIT Kharagpur - www.iitkgp.ernet.in; IIT Madras - www.jee.iitm.ac.in; IIT Roorkee - www.iitr.ac.in; IT - BHU Varanasi - www.itbhu.ac.in.
The Institute of Chemical Technology under the University of Mumbai (MUICT), Matunga, is another prominent institute that offers a B.Tech./ Bachelor of Chemical Engineering course. Sixty-three seats are filled under All India merit (www.udct.org) . This institution is strongly supported by the Indian chemical industry.
In Kerala
In Kerala, B.Tech. Chemical Engineering is being conducted by the following colleges:
Government Engineering College, Thrissur (50 seats).
Government Engineering College, West Hill, Kozhikode (60 seats).
TKM College of Engineering, Kollam (40 seats).
Meritorious students who have passed Plus Two with physics and mathematics as compulsory subjects along with any one of the following subjects - chemistry/ biology/ biotechnology /computer science are eligible for admission to the course. Selection is through State Engineering Entrance Examinations conducted by the Entrance Commissioner followed by the exercise of the online option.
The following are some other varsities/ institutes offering BE / B.Tech. Chemical Engineering.
Annamalai University, Annamalainagar - 608 002 Tamil Nadu: BE Chemical Engineering.
Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) Pilani (Rajasthan) 333 031 (www.bits-pilani.ac.in ) BITS Pilani Campus: BE (Hons.) in Chemical.
BITS - Goa Campus: BE (Hons) in Chemical. (Eligibility - Plus Two with physics, chemistry and mathematics with 80 per cent marks taken together for these three subjects and 60 per cent marks in each of these subjects). Admission is based on BITSAT score.
The School of Engineering and Technology (School of Excellence of Bharathidasan University), Tiruchirappalli - 620 024, Tamil Nadu: B.Tech in Chemical Technology with specialisation in - pulp and paper technology; cement technology; fertilizer technology; petrochemical technology. Website: (www.bdu.ac.in) .
Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, (Deemed University), Patiala - 147 004 Punjab (www.tiet.ac.in) : BE/B.Tech. in Chemical Engineering.
Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal - 576 104, Karnataka http://admission.manipal.edu): BE Chemical.
Vellore Institute of Technology (Deemed University) Vellore - 632 014 Tamil Nadu, (www.vit.ac.in) : B.Tech. Chemical Engineering. Selection is based on entrance test. In Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram and Kochi will be the test centres.
SRM Institute of Science and Technology (Deemed University) Chennai - 600 035, (www.srmuniv.ac.in) : B.Tech. Chemical Engineering.
Shanmugha Arts, Science, Technology and Research Academy (SASTRA) (Deemed University) Thanjavur - 613 402 (www.sastra.edu) : B.Tech. Chemical Engineering.
Those who successfully complete BE/B.Tech. Chemical Engineering and qualify GATE can go for M.Tech. and Ph.D. Programmes.
Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore (www.iisc.ernet.in) provides good higher-study facilities for M.Sc. Engineering and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering. Meritorious chemical engineering graduates having good GATE scores are eligible for admission. ME Chemical Engineering programmes are also available for chemical engineering graduates with second class. Selections to these programmes are based on the GATE score.
Career prospects
Chemical Engineers will find research/job opportunities in chemical process and petrochemical industries. Chemical engineers also work in pharmaceuticals, healthcare, pulp and paper, food processing, polymers, biotechnology, environmental health and safety industries, etc. Job opportunities are also available in chemical/fertilizer plants, petroleum refineries, plastics and yarn manufacturing companies, food and mineral processing industries and so on.
|
Responses
|
No responses found. Be the first to respond and make money from revenue sharing program.
|
|
Watch TV Channels
|