37 Best universities for Petroleum Engineering in India

Updated: March 02, 2025

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in India ranked based on their research performance in Petroleum Engineering. A graph of 117K citations received by 9.26K academic papers made by 37 universities in India was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

1. Indian School of Mines

Jharkhand | Dhanbad

For Petroleum Engineering

#31 in Asia

#91 in the World

Enrollment: 2,000
Founded: 1926

2. Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Tamil Nadu | Chennai

For Petroleum Engineering

#55 in Asia

#143 in the World

Founded: 1959

3. Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Uttar Pradesh | Kanpur

For Petroleum Engineering

#89 in Asia

#254 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1959

4. Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

Maharashtra | Mumbai

For Petroleum Engineering

#97 in Asia

#276 in the World

Founded: 1958

5. Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

Haryana | Delhi

For Petroleum Engineering

#113 in Asia

#315 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1961

6. Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University

Gujarat | Gandhinagar

For Petroleum Engineering

#120 in Asia

#334 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Enrollment: 7,760
Male:Female: 70:30
Founded: 2007

7. Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

West Bengal | Kharagpur

For Petroleum Engineering

#121 in Asia

#345 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1951

8. Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

Uttarakhand | Roorkee

For Petroleum Engineering

#143 in Asia

#425 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1847

9. Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati

Assam | Guwahati

For Petroleum Engineering

#145 in Asia

#431 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Founded: 1994

10. University of Petroleum and Energy Studies

Uttarakhand | Dehradun

For Petroleum Engineering

#165 in Asia

#533 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 2003

11. Indian Institute of Science

Karnataka | Bangalore

For Petroleum Engineering

#173 in Asia

#544 in the World

Enrollment: 4,695
Founded: 1909

12. Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology

Uttar Pradesh | Raebareli

For Petroleum Engineering

#176 in Asia

#560 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 2007

13. University of Calcutta

West Bengal | Kolkata

For Petroleum Engineering

#179 in Asia

#570 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1857

14. Christ University

Karnataka | Bangalore

For Petroleum Engineering

#184 in Asia

#580 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1969

15. Anna University

Tamil Nadu | Chennai

For Petroleum Engineering

#200 in Asia

#626 in the World

Founded: 1978

16. All India Institute of Medical Sciences Delhi

Haryana | Delhi

For Petroleum Engineering

#203 in Asia

#652 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1956

17. Dibrugarh University

Assam | Dibrugarh

For Petroleum Engineering

#234 in Asia

#756 in the World

Founded: 1965

18. Indian Institute of Technology Indore

Madhya Pradesh | Indore

For Petroleum Engineering

#235 in Asia

#758 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Enrollment: 1,915
Male:Female: 76:24
Founded: 2009

19. Cochin University of Science and Technology

For Petroleum Engineering

#271 in Asia

#875 in the World

Founded: 1971

20. Institute of Chemical Technology

Maharashtra | Mumbai

For Petroleum Engineering

#279 in Asia

#893 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1936

21. Banaras Hindu University

Uttar Pradesh | Varanasi

For Petroleum Engineering

#293 in Asia

#929 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Enrollment: 32,000
Founded: 1915

22. VIT University

Tamil Nadu | Vellore

For Petroleum Engineering

#322 in Asia

#979 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 1984

23. Andhra University

Andhra Pradesh | Visakhapatnam

For Petroleum Engineering

#325 in Asia

#984 in the World

Founded: 1926

24. Birla Institute of Technology and Science

Rajasthan | Pilani

For Petroleum Engineering

#356 in Asia

#1039 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1964

25. Manipal Academy of Higher Education

Karnataka | Manipal

For Petroleum Engineering

#370 in Asia

#1062 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1993

26. Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat

Gujarat | Surat

For Petroleum Engineering

#380 in Asia

#1086 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 4,500
Founded: 1961

27. Osmania University

Telangana | Hyderabad

For Petroleum Engineering

#393 in Asia

#1109 in the World

Founded: 1918

28. Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research

Punjab | Chandigarh

For Petroleum Engineering

#412 in Asia

#1145 in the World

Founded: 1962

29. National Institute of Technology, Durgapur

West Bengal | Durgapur

For Petroleum Engineering

#437 in Asia

#1186 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1960

30. Savitribai Phule Pune University

Maharashtra | Pune

For Petroleum Engineering

#446 in Asia

#1198 in the World

Founded: 1948

31. University of Delhi

Haryana | Delhi

For Petroleum Engineering

#453 in Asia

#1211 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 64%
Founded: 1922

32. National Institute of Technology, Rourkela

Odisha | Rourkela

For Petroleum Engineering

#455 in Asia

#1213 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1961

33. University of Hyderabad

Telangana | Hyderabad

For Petroleum Engineering

#460 in Asia

#1221 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Enrollment: 5,061
Founded: 1974

34. Aligarh Muslim University

Uttar Pradesh | Aligarh

For Petroleum Engineering

#461 in Asia

#1226 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1920

35. Jadavpur University

West Bengal | Kolkata

For Petroleum Engineering

#471 in Asia

#1243 in the World

Founded: 1955

36. National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli

Tamil Nadu | Tiruchirappalli

For Petroleum Engineering

#481 in Asia

#1260 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1964

37. SRM Institute of Science and Technology

Tamil Nadu | Chennai

For Petroleum Engineering

#536 in Asia

#1352 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 59%
Founded: 1985

The best cities to study Petroleum Engineering in India based on the number of universities and their ranks are Dhanbad, Chennai, Kanpur, and Mumbai.

Engineering subfields in India

Acoustical Engineering351

Aerospace Engineering329

Agricultural Engineering128

Applied/Engineering Physics104

Architectural Engineering72

Automation and Control engineering122

Automotive Engineering151

Biochemical Engineering143

Biomedical Engineering103

Biotechnology332

Chemical Engineering407

Civil Engineering267

Computer Engineering178

Computer Networking370

Construction Management44

Electrical Engineering411

Electronic Engineering310

Engineering Management22

Environmental Engineering248

Firefighting and Fire Science36

Geotechnical Engineering295

Human-Computer Interaction138

Industrial Engineering35

Landscape Architecture4

Marine Engineering31

Materials Science469

Mechanical Engineering433

Metallurgical Engineering435

Mining Engineering41

Nanotechnology398

Nuclear Engineering54

Operations Research133

Optical Engineering432

Polymer science and Plastics engineering42

Product and Industrial Design28

Reliability and Quality Engineering144

Remote Sensing155

Renewable Energy Engineering198

Structural Engineering297

Systems Engineering229

Technical Drawing46

Telecommunications387

Transportation Engineering86