30 Best universities for Petroleum Engineering in India

Updated: February 29, 2024

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 80.4K citations received by 7.55K academic papers made by 30 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

#90 in the World

Enrollment: 2,000
Founded: 1926

2. Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Tamil Nadu | Chennai

For Petroleum Engineering

#58 in Asia

#153 in the World

Founded: 1959

3. Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Uttar Pradesh | Kanpur

For Petroleum Engineering

#76 in Asia

#231 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1959

4. Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

Haryana | Delhi

For Petroleum Engineering

#84 in Asia

#245 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1961

5. Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

Maharashtra | Mumbai

For Petroleum Engineering

#93 in Asia

#267 in the World

Founded: 1958

6. Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

West Bengal | Kharagpur

For Petroleum Engineering

#113 in Asia

#314 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1951

7. Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University

Gujarat | Gandhinagar

For Petroleum Engineering

#135 in Asia

#387 in the World

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

8. Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati

Assam | Guwahati

For Petroleum Engineering

#146 in Asia

#442 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Founded: 1994

9. Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

Uttarakhand | Roorkee

For Petroleum Engineering

#148 in Asia

#459 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1847

10. Indian Institute of Science

Karnataka | Bangalore

For Petroleum Engineering

#159 in Asia

#499 in the World

Enrollment: 4,695
Founded: 1909

11. University of Calcutta

West Bengal | Kolkata

For Petroleum Engineering

#160 in Asia

#500 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1857

12. Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology

Uttar Pradesh | Raebareli

For Petroleum Engineering

#178 in Asia

#573 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 2007

13. University of Petroleum and Energy Studies

Uttarakhand | Dehradun

For Petroleum Engineering

#182 in Asia

#585 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 2003

14. Christ University

Karnataka | Bangalore

For Petroleum Engineering

#184 in Asia

#590 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1969

15. Institute of Chemical Technology

Maharashtra | Mumbai

For Petroleum Engineering

#211 in Asia

#674 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1936

16. All India Institute of Medical Sciences Delhi

Haryana | Delhi

For Petroleum Engineering

#214 in Asia

#690 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1956

17. Anna University

Tamil Nadu | Chennai

For Petroleum Engineering

#222 in Asia

#707 in the World

Founded: 1978

18. Dibrugarh University

Assam | Dibrugarh

For Petroleum Engineering

#239 in Asia

#780 in the World

Founded: 1965

19. Cochin University of Science and Technology

For Petroleum Engineering

#243 in Asia

#796 in the World

Founded: 1971

20. Andhra University

Andhra Pradesh | Visakhapatnam

For Petroleum Engineering

#299 in Asia

#917 in the World

Founded: 1926

21. Banaras Hindu University

Uttar Pradesh | Varanasi

For Petroleum Engineering

#306 in Asia

#931 in the World

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

22. Osmania University

Telangana | Hyderabad

For Petroleum Engineering

#332 in Asia

#986 in the World

Founded: 1918

23. National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli

Tamil Nadu | Tiruchirappalli

For Petroleum Engineering

#356 in Asia

#1029 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1964

24. Manipal Academy of Higher Education

Karnataka | Manipal

For Petroleum Engineering

#362 in Asia

#1038 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1993

25. Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research

Punjab | Chandigarh

For Petroleum Engineering

#382 in Asia

#1075 in the World

Founded: 1962

26. Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat

Gujarat | Surat

For Petroleum Engineering

#383 in Asia

#1076 in the World

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

27. VIT University

Tamil Nadu | Vellore

For Petroleum Engineering

#392 in Asia

#1089 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 1984

28. University of Delhi

Haryana | Delhi

For Petroleum Engineering

#417 in Asia

#1130 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 64%
Founded: 1922

29. Savitribai Phule Pune University

Maharashtra | Pune

For Petroleum Engineering

#450 in Asia

#1186 in the World

Founded: 1948

30. Jadavpur University

West Bengal | Kolkata

For Petroleum Engineering

#451 in Asia

#1187 in the World

Founded: 1955

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

Engineering subfields in India

Acoustical Engineering327

Aerospace Engineering303

Agricultural Engineering118

Applied/Engineering Physics72

Architectural Engineering52

Automation and Control engineering110

Automotive Engineering137

Biochemical Engineering107

Biomedical Engineering82

Biotechnology309

Chemical Engineering390

Civil Engineering232

Computer Engineering161

Computer Networking335

Construction Management34

Electrical Engineering388

Electronic Engineering282

Engineering Management16

Environmental Engineering218

Firefighting and Fire Science42

Geotechnical Engineering263

Human-Computer Interaction111

Industrial Engineering34

Landscape Architecture6

Marine Engineering28

Materials Science462

Mechanical Engineering394

Metallurgical Engineering421

Mining Engineering38

Nanotechnology380

Nuclear Engineering48

Operations Research114

Optical Engineering420

Polymer science and Plastics engineering43

Product and Industrial Design26

Reliability and Quality Engineering133

Remote Sensing131

Renewable Energy Engineering185

Structural Engineering273

Systems Engineering200

Technical Drawing37

Telecommunications364

Transportation Engineering71