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Chemical Engineering

Bachelor of Technology · 4-year programme

Bachelor of Technology

4 years

38 colleges

Last updated JoSAA 2025 · By Divyansh Agarwal

About Chemical Engineering

Chemical Engineering is offered through JoSAA counselling at 38 centrally funded Indian institutes. Admission is merit-based — IIT seats are allocated from the JEE Advanced rank list; NIT, IIIT, and GFTI seats use JEE Main. Every institute below takes the branch through the Bachelor of Technology, 4-year programme.

The table shows the latest JoSAA counselling year's Open category, Gender-Neutral closing rank for each institute offering this branch, sorted by how competitive the cutoff is. Click any institute name to see its full branch list, NIRF history, and other branches on offer.

Colleges offering Chemical Engineering

Institute	Type	State	NIRF rank	Opening rank	Closing rank	Deep cutoffs
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay	IIT	Maharashtra	3 (2025)	601	2,464	View
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi	IIT	Delhi	2 (2025)	1,904	2,548	View
Indian Institute of Technology Madras	IIT	Tamilnadu	1 (2025)	2,634	4,116	View
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur	IIT	Uttar Pradesh	4 (2025)	2,785	4,280	View
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee	IIT	Uttrakhand	6 (2025)	3,428	4,816	View
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	IIT	West Bengal	5 (2025)	4,379	5,222	View
Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad	IIT	Telangana	7 (2025)	4,432	5,756	View
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati	IIT	Assam	8 (2025)	4,289	6,053	View
Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi	IIT	Uttar Pradesh	10 (2025)	6,239	8,381	View
Indian Institute of Technology Indore	IIT	Madhya Pradesh	12 (2025)	7,246	8,824	View
Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar	IIT	Gujarat	25 (2025)	6,852	9,276	View
Indian Institute of Technology Ropar	IIT	Punjab	32 (2025)	8,901	10,655	View
Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur	IIT	Rajasthan	27 (2025)	9,595	11,626	View
Indian Institute of Technology (ISM) Dhanbad	IIT	Jharkhand	15 (2025)	9,636	11,980	View
Indian Institute of Technology Patna	IIT	Bihar	19 (2025)	11,304	13,715	View
Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati	IIT	Andhra Pradesh	57 (2025)	12,799	15,636	View
Indian Institute of Technology Jammu	IIT	Jammu & Kashmir	56 (2025)	13,386	16,284	View
National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal	NIT	Karnataka	17 (2025)	13,591	18,581	View
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli	NIT	Tamilnadu	9 (2025)	15,246	20,393	View
Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad	NIT	Uttar Pradesh	62 (2025)	16,240	21,558	View
National Institute of Technology, Rourkela	NIT	Orissa	13 (2025)	19,047	23,539	View
National Institute of Technology, Warangal	NIT	Telangana	28 (2025)	18,483	24,880	View
Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur	NIT	Rajasthan	42 (2025)	20,902	26,449	View
National Institute of Technology Calicut	NIT	Kerala	21 (2025)	19,561	26,665	View
Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur	NIT	Maharashtra	44 (2025)	21,607	31,613	View
Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal	NIT	Madhya Pradesh	81 (2025)	30,437	35,814	View
National Institute of Technology Durgapur	NIT	West Bengal	49 (2025)	30,481	37,802	View
Dr. B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar	NIT	Punjab	55 (2025)	36,313	39,490	View
Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat	NIT	Gujarat	66 (2025)	32,740	42,569	View
Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi	GFTI	Jharkhand	51 (2025)	38,260	54,554	View
National Institute of Technology, Andhra Pradesh	NIT	Andhra Pradesh	201 (2025)	49,439	55,070	View
Puducherry Technological University, Puducherry	GFTI	Puducherry	201 (2025)	57,602	65,703	View
National Institute of Technology Raipur	NIT	Chhattisgarh	86 (2025)	42,148	66,029	View
National Institute of Technology Hamirpur	NIT	Himachal Pradesh	97 (2025)	70,996	91,171	View
Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology	GFTI	Punjab	79 (2025)	68,388	1,02,905	View
School of Studies of Engineering and Technology, Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya, Bilaspur	GFTI	Chhattisgarh	—	90,785	1,09,723	View
National Institute of Technology, Srinagar	NIT	Jammu & Kashmir	73 (2025)	97,023	1,17,046	View
National Institute of Technology Agartala	NIT	Tripura	101 (2025)	1,42,810	2,56,835	View

Using this data

To predict which colleges and branches your rank qualifies for across JoSAA, use the College & Branch Predictor.
To browse all engineering branches offered through JoSAA, head to Participating Branches.
To understand how categories, quotas, and seat pools interact with cutoffs, see the seat matrix guide.

Frequently asked questions

How many colleges offer Chemical Engineering through JoSAA?

38 JoSAA participating institutes offer Chemical Engineering through the Bachelor of Technology programme — including 17 IITs and 17 NITs. Full list with the latest cutoff data is on this page.

What is the duration of a Chemical Engineering programme?

Most institutes offer Chemical Engineering as a 4-year Bachelor of Technology programme. A few institutes may offer dual-degree variants; check the specific institute's deep page for programme-specific details.

Which rank do I need for Chemical Engineering at the top colleges?

Cutoffs vary dramatically by institute. The table below shows the latest Open category, Gender-Neutral closing rank per institute. For a rank-based shortlist across all colleges and branches, use the RankMatrix College & Branch Predictor.

Do I need JEE Advanced for Chemical Engineering?

You need JEE Advanced only for IIT seats. NIT, IIIT, and GFTI seats for Chemical Engineering are allocated from the JEE Main rank list through JoSAA.

Data on this page is sourced from public JoSAA publications and cleaned for easier reference. RankMatrix is an independent project and is not affiliated with JoSAA, JEE, NTA, the IITs, NITs, IIITs, or GFTIs. Verify all schedules, rules, and cutoffs on the official JoSAA website before making admission decisions.