Bachelor of Technology [B.Tech] (Chemical Engineering) - Course Overview

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Bachelor of Technology [B.Tech] (Chemical Engineering) - Course Overview

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BTech (Bachelor of Technology) Chemical Engineering Admission, Syllabus, Colleges, Jobs and Salary 2020-21

What is BTech Chemical Engineering?

Bachelor of Technology (BTech) Chemical Engineering is a four year undergraduate degree in engineering. Candidates that are 10+2 pass or equivalent are eligible to take admission in this BTech course.

The BTech Chemical Engineering syllabus is based on the fundamentals of mathematics, physics and chemistry. Therefore, you must have an aptitude in these subjects in order to excel as a chemical engineer.

Most of the engineering colleges offering this program take admission on the basis of entrance exams. Various universities conduct their own entrance exams such as JET, LPU NEST, SRMJEEE, HITSEEE, AMUEEE or take admission (link admission silo) based on the state level entrance exams. Get complete information about all the BTech Course.Whereas, admission to the IITs is done on the basis of JEE Advanced and to NITs is done on the basis of JEE Mains examination.

A BTech Chemical Engineering degree can get you a job in different sectors like Oil, Gas and Energy, Manufacturing and consumer goods, Pharmaceuticals, Chemical Industries and various PSUs. The salary of Chemical Engineering fresher ranges from INR 3.9 lakhs to INR 21.00 lakhs per annum. It is surmised that there will be a upsurge in demand for qualified chemical engineers in areas such as renewable resources, sustainability etc.

Get complete information about all the BTech Course.

BTech Chemical engineering students have a plethora of options for higher studies. Students can do their MS, MBA, M.Tech or PhD from India and abroad after completing the BTech Chemical Engineering course.

BTech Chemical Engineering Engineering: Course Highlights

Course Level	Undergraduate
Duration	4 years
Examination Type	Semester system
Eligibility	Class 12th or equivalent with a minimum of 50% of marks.
Admission Process	National or State Level Entrance Exam Deemed Universities Entrance Exams Direct Admission Process
Major Entrance Exams	JEE Main, MHT CET, KCET, AP EAMCET, TS EAMCET, KEAM, Goa CET, WBJEE, UPSEE
Average Course Fees	INR 3 to 9 lakhs
Average Salary Package	INR 2.5 to 7 LPA
Top Recruiting Companies	ONGC, Coal India, Geological Survey of India, HCL, IPCL, Neyveli Lignite Corp., NALCO, TISCO, TELCO, Reliance
Job Roles	Chemical Engineer, Technical Service Engineer, Professor, Fire & Safety Officer, Manager, Chemical System Coordinator

What is the BTech Chemical Engineering Eligibility Criteria?

To be eligible for this course, a candidate has to pass higher secondary examination from a recognized board with Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics as subjects.
The students who have appeared in 12th examination and await the result are allowed to apply for the course by such institutions.
Students should have a score of above 60% to apply for this course.
Students should clear the entrance exams with the cut off mentioned by the colleges for admission.

How to Get Admission in BTech Chemical Engineering?

The most common route to this course is through the entrance exam. Some colleges offer students a direct entry to the students on the basis of merit list.

Every institute follows a selection process of its own. However, most of them accept scores of entrance tests. Some of them proceed with the students who qualify the entrance exams and move them to the next filtering stage, which is a personal interview.

Some universities offer two pathways for admission such as examination and non-examination pathways. Under entrance based admission pathway, the candidates need to appear for the entrance examination. For this, the candidate should have scored a minimum of 60% marks at higher and senior secondary level and 60% aggregate in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics in 12th class.

Whereas, under the direct admission pathway, the admissions are done through board merit. A minimum of 80% marks at higher and senior secondary level and 80% aggregate in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics in 12th class is required for admission through board merit. Few colleges offer management seats reserved in private engineering colleges. The fee structure of the colleges offering management quota is generally higher than other institutes.

Some colleges also offer admission to diploma holders by lateral admission.

For admission through JEE mains, a candidate needs a minimum of 60% marks at higher and senior secondary level and 60% aggregate in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics in 12th class.

What are the BTech Chemical Engineering Entrance Exams

Entrance exam is the preferred mode to take admission for most of the institutions. Some of the top entrance exams are discussed below.

JEE Mains: This exam is conducted in the months of December and January. For Paper 1, students can opt for either pen paper-based exam or online exam.

JEE Advanced: It is the exam for IIT aspirants and Indian School of Mines, Dhanbaad which is available for online admission and application selection.

Tabulated below are some of the important dates of JEE Main and JEE Advanced.

Important Dates	JEE Mains	JEE Advanced
Availability of Application Form	7-Feb-20	3rd week of September
Last date to submit Application	March 6, 2020 (Till 11:50 PM)	3rd week of September
Admit Card releasing date	August 17, 2020 (Released)	4th week of. September
Examination Date	September 1 – 6, 2020	27-Sep-20
Result Declaration	Sep-20	2nd week of October

Tabulated below are some of the entrance exams held by autonomous universities for BTech Chemical Engineering admission.

Entrance Exam	Conducting Body	Application Date	Exam Date
IMU CET	Indian Maritime University	1-Jul-20	August 30, 2020 (Cancelled)
JET	Jain University	18-Nov-19	26-Apr-20
LPU NEST	Lovely Professional University	1st August, 2020 onwards	Upto August 31, 2020 (Candidates can opt. for any preferred LPUNEST exam slot within 5-15 days from the date of filling the application form.
SRMJEEE	Sri Ramaswamy Memorial University, Chennai	October 12, 2019 To July 15, 2020	Exam cancelled
HITSEEE	The Hindustan University of Technology and Science, Chennai	November 14, 2019 to July 31, 2020	August 5 to 9, 2020 (Chennai Centers) August 5 to 6, 2020 (Other Centers)
AMUEEE	Aligarh Muslim University	Till August 28, 2020	To be notified
MET	Manipal Academy of Higher Education	July 10, 2020 (for B.Tech)	August 01 – 12, 2020 (Revised)
BVP CET	Bharati Vidyapeeth University	19-Aug-20	August 25 – 26, 2020
SAEEE	Sathyabama University	18-Oct-19	August 3, 4 and 5, 2020
AMITY JEE	Amity University	August 31, 2020 (Extended)	Cancelled

What are the BTech Chemical Engineering Colleges?

Most of the top engineering institutes in India offer Chemical Engineering courses. However, very few of them are considered good for chemical engineering and offer great opportunities for chemical engineers.

Following are some of the best public and private colleges for chemical engineering

NIRF Ranking	Institutes	Average Fees	Placement Package
1	Indian Institute of Technology, Madras	INR 2.84 lakhs	INR 16.1 LPA
2	Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi	INR 8.77 lakhs	INR 16 LPA
3	Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai	INR 8.46 lakhs	INR 20.34 LPA
4	Indian Institute Of Technology, Kanpur	INR 8.3 lakhs	INR 10 LPA
5	Indian Institute Of Technology, Kharagpur	INR 3.16 lakhs	INR 15 LPA
6	Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee	INR 8.52 lakhs	INR 13.16 LPA
7	Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati	INR 8.59 lakhs	INR 11 LPA
8	Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad	INR 8.67 lakhs	INR 15.52 LPA
9	National Institute of Technology Trichy	INR 5.72 lakhs	INR 4.5 LPA
11	Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi	INR 8.67 lakhs	INR 10 LPA
12	Indian Institute of Technology, Dhanbad	INR 8.91 lakhs	INR 15.5 LPA
13	National Institute of Technology, Surathkal	INR 4.84 lakhs	INR 14.15 LPA
15	Vellore Institute of Technology	INR 6.95 lakhs	INR 6.05 LPA
16	National Institute of Technology, Rourkela	INR 6.37 lakhs	INR 6.5 LPA
19	National Institute of Technology, Warangal	INR 3.05 lakhs	INR 7.49 LPA

What is the BTech Chemical Engineering Syllabus?

The BTech Chemical Engineering syllabus usually involves all common engineering subjects in the first year. Specialized courses are taught from the second year onwards.

Tabulated below is the semester wise syllabus of BTech Chemical Engineering course.

First Year
Semester I	Semester II
Technical English	Engineering Materials
Engineering Mathematics– I	Chemical Process calculations
Engineering Physics	Introduction to Chemical Engineering
Engineering Chemistry	Engineering Physics-2
Computer-Aided Engineering Drawing	Mathematics-2
Computer Programming	Engineering Immersion Lab
Chemistry Laboratory	Computer Programming-2
CAD laboratory	Physics Laboratory
-	Materials laboratory
Second Year
Semester III	Semester IV
Energy Balance and Thermodynamics	Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics
Fluid Mechanics	Mathematics-4
Mechanical Operations	Heat Transfer
Instrumental Methods of Analysis	Chemical Technology
Mathematics-3	Membrane Separation Technology
Soft Skills	Elective
Fluid Mechanics Laboratory	Chemical Engineering Instrumentation Lab
Mechanical Operations Laboratory	Chemical Technology Lab.
Third Year
Semester V	Semester VI
Chemical Reaction Engineering I	Chemical Reaction Engineering II
Optimization Techniques	Process Dynamics and Control
Diffusional Mass Transfer Operations	Materials Technology
Statics and Strength of Materials	Equilibrium Staged Operations
Elective	Process Dynamics and Control
Probability and Statistics	Numerical Methods
Mass Transfer Laboratory	Process Control lab
Strength of Materials Laboratory	Mass Transfer Lab
Chemical Reaction Engineering lab	Chemical Reaction Engineering Lab
Fourth Year
Semester VII	Semester VIII
Process Equipment Design and Drawing	Elective
Elective	Elective
Modeling, Computer simulation & Optimization	Final Project
Polymer Technology	Comprehensive Viva Voce
Transport Phenomena	-
Process Design and Integration	-
Chemical Process Control Lab.	-
CAD Laboratory	-

BTech Chemical Engineering Elective Subjects

Following is the list of some elective subjects which are available as choice for chemical engineering-

Food Technology
Fluidization Engineering
Process Optimization
Air Pollution and Control
Green Chemistry and Engineering
Drugs and Pharmaceutical Technology
Industrial Management

Above mentioned subjects are prescribed by most of the universities however these may differ in some institutes.

BTech Chemical Engineering: Jobs and Salary

Chemical Engineering is one of the established BTech branches in India as the graduates get hired by various government as well as private organisations. BTech Chemical Engineering offers bright career opportunities and BTech graduates can earn upto INR 3 to 7 LPA in India.

These graduates can opt for on field as well as office jobs. One can work at industrial plants, refineries, thermal plants if opted for on site job roles. Graduates from reputed engineering colleges like IITs get great placements as international firms such as Schlumberger and Johnson Matthey participate in the placement process. These IIT graduates are even offered salaries upto INR 20 LPA.

Given below are some of the job roles a BTech Chemical Engineering graduate can opt for.

Job Roles	Job Description	Average Salary
Chemical Engineer	Chemical engineers develop new chemical substances or improve existing ones. They may also help to examine and improve industrial processes using the application of better chemical systems. Their work involves research and experimenting on chemical processes and formula weights to either develop or improve products which contain them.	INR 4.87 LPA
Process Engineers	Process engineers analyze how process changes will affect overall production and the product and perform troubleshooting on plant equipment and systems. They implement process improvements to reduce cost and increase efficiency of the plant.	INR 4.58 LPA
Senior Process Engineer	Analyze product specifications to develop process and design alternatives. Research and recommend technologies and materials. Manage and coordinate transition from product development to final production. Pilot, prototype, and scale-up prototypes to test for manufacturing and quality issues.	INR 6.46 LPA
Assistant Professor	Assistant Professors are employed at universities or colleges where they teach and conduct research and assist full time professors. They may also serve on university committees.	INR 4.07 LPA
Professor/Lecturer	Professors perform research to expand knowledge by performing experiments, collecting and analyzing data, or examining original documents, literature, and other source material and also keep up with developments in an academic field.	INR 10 LPA
Chemical Process Engineer	They oversee the production environment, and track metrics like temperature, flow rate and electricity usage. Chemical process engineers also propose, design, and oversee solutions for chemical process issues and optimize day-to-day processes while considering environmental and supply variables.	INR 4.91 LPA