Hello Punith M,

Colleges in Bangalore offering Petroleum Engineering:

• Presidency University
• South East Asian College of Engineering and Technology
• Khaja Banda Nawaz College of Engineering
• M.S. Engineering College

Colleges in Bangalore offering Petroleum Engineering:

• MIT World Peace University, Pune
• IIT Dhanbad, Dhanbad
• University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun
• NIMS University, Jaipur
• IIT Bombai, Mumbai
• Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Gandhinagar
• L.D. College of Engineering, Ahmedabad
• Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology, Uttar Pradesh
• L.D. College of Engineering, Ahmedabad
• Parul University, Vadodara
• University of Petroleum and energy Studies, Delhi
• DIT University, Dehradun
• Andhra University, Vishakhapatnam
• AIT Karaikudi - Alagappa College of Technology, Chennai
• Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar
• University College of Engineering, Kakinada
• School of Engineering and Technology, Noida
• Zakir Hussain Colleges of engineering and Technology, Aligarh
• Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh
• Quantum School of Technology, Roorkee
• Chandigarh University, Chandigarh
• Dirugarh University, Dirugarh
• Rajasthan Technical University, Kota
• Bharath University, Chennai
• Delhi Martime Academy, Delhi

What is petroleum engineering?

• Petroleum engineering is a recent development in the engineering domain. It has a huge number of youngsters who quite take with this field.
• Petroleum engineers focus on exploring and producing petroleum which is vital in the energy sector.
• The topics covered in this course include geology, economics, geochemistry, tectonics, seismology, thermodynamics, oil and gas production, well logging and completion, pipelines, reservoir development etc.
• In order to be eligible for the course you need to have completed your 12th grade education with physics, chemistry and mathematics as your core subjects from a recognised board or university.

Scope of this course:

• There is a huge demand for petroleum engineers in both the public and private sector organizations and companies.
• You can work with an extraction team at a petroleum plant. Your work will be to bring oil or gas from reservoirs to the surface safely, economically, and without causing harm to the reservoir.
• You can work in the management sector where your task will be to manage the products produced along with contractor relationships. You will be working along side scientists, other engineers, contractors, drilling teams etc.
• You can also opt for a research career after your graduation. You can either join research laboratories as scientists or work under other scientist as research fellows.
• You can also opt teach at higher level educational institutions.
• The average starting salary of a research scientist varies from INR 25,000 to 40,000. However the pay packages improve with experience and level of education.

All the best!

I hope this answers your queries.

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Hello Sir/Ma'am. The top colleges in India offering petroleum engineering are : The University of Petroleum & Energy Studies or UPES and Lovely Professional University or LPU. The top college in Bangalore offering petroleum engineering is Presidency University.