Sir my gate score 540 in mechanical in general.sir please tell me my scope in mtech (thermal).
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Hi kumar,
Good score!
These are the following colleges you can get with 540 for thermal specialization
- IIT Indore( Metallurgy Engineering )
- IIT Bombay( Corrosion Science and Engineering )
- IIT Ropar( Biomedical Engineering )
- IIT Kanpur( Photonics Science and Engineering )
- IIT BHU( Biomedical Engineering )
- IIT Kanpur( Material Science )
- IIT Patna( Nano Science & Technology )
- Hope it helps.
Hii Kanhaiy,
Thermal engineers are required in the industries/companies that manufactures heat exchangers, A.C.s, Refrigerator, etc. They can also work in thermal power plants and hydro-electric power plant.
Career option in teaching field is also available for the candidates having postgraduate degree in thermal engineering.
Professionals of this field are generally recruited by the production firms. You can also get teaching jobs in various reputed universities and colleges.
After pursuing a degree in this field, you can easily find job opportunities in various areas like Engineering Equipment Industries, Nuclear Power Stations, Pollution Control Agencies, Space Research Organization, Oil Exploration and Refining, Thermal Power Stations, Energy Conservation Department, etc.
the list of college you can get with this marks are enlisted below-
- IIT Indore( Metallurgy Engineering )
- IIT Bombay( Corrosion Science and Engineering )
- IIT Ropar( Biomedical Engineering )
- IIT Kanpur( Photonics Science and Engineering )
- IIT BHU( Biomedical Engineering )
- IIT Kanpur( Material Science )
- IIT Patna( Nano Science & Technology )
to predict the college you can get please go through the link-
https://engineering.careers360.com/gate-college-predictor
Hope you understand
thank you
Hello Kanhaiya
With this GATE score you can't get into any IIt's or even the top NIT's. Your rank must be around 10k-12k.
So, if this is the case then you can try the lower grade NIT's in second or third round but question marks still prevails.
You can try other State Univ. like Osmania or Anna.
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