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Chemical Engineering

Bachelor of Technology · 4-year programme

Bachelor of Technology

4 years

38 colleges

Last updated JoSAA 2026 · 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 Delhi	IIT	Delhi	2 (2025)	2,208	2,649	View
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay	IIT	Maharashtra	3 (2025)	1,893	2,750	View
Indian Institute of Technology Madras	IIT	Tamilnadu	1 (2025)	2,915	4,131	View
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur	IIT	Uttar Pradesh	4 (2025)	3,059	4,284	View
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee	IIT	Uttrakhand	6 (2025)	4,193	4,999	View
Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad	IIT	Telangana	7 (2025)	4,208	5,374	View
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	IIT	West Bengal	5 (2025)	3,467	5,426	View
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati	IIT	Assam	8 (2025)	5,450	6,222	View
Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi	IIT	Uttar Pradesh	10 (2025)	5,339	8,010	View
Indian Institute of Technology Indore	IIT	Madhya Pradesh	12 (2025)	7,007	8,340	View
Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar	IIT	Gujarat	25 (2025)	7,010	8,469	View
Indian Institute of Technology Ropar	IIT	Punjab	32 (2025)	8,519	9,506	View
Indian Institute of Technology (ISM) Dhanbad	IIT	Jharkhand	15 (2025)	8,386	11,309	View
Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur	IIT	Rajasthan	27 (2025)	9,874	11,482	View
Indian Institute of Technology Patna	IIT	Bihar	19 (2025)	10,388	12,132	View
Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati	IIT	Andhra Pradesh	57 (2025)	10,624	13,831	View
Indian Institute of Technology Jammu	IIT	Jammu & Kashmir	56 (2025)	11,981	14,821	View
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli	NIT	Tamilnadu	9 (2025)	11,289	15,322	View
National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal	NIT	Karnataka	17 (2025)	12,317	16,042	View
Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad	NIT	Uttar Pradesh	62 (2025)	18,665	21,924	View
National Institute of Technology, Warangal	NIT	Telangana	28 (2025)	14,995	23,252	View
Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur	NIT	Rajasthan	42 (2025)	20,624	25,627	View
National Institute of Technology Calicut	NIT	Kerala	21 (2025)	17,759	25,859	View
National Institute of Technology, Rourkela	NIT	Orissa	13 (2025)	16,254	26,651	View
Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur	NIT	Maharashtra	44 (2025)	21,175	28,943	View
National Institute of Technology Durgapur	NIT	West Bengal	49 (2025)	21,972	32,537	View
Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal	NIT	Madhya Pradesh	81 (2025)	23,542	35,780	View
Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat	NIT	Gujarat	66 (2025)	26,131	36,578	View
Puducherry Technological University, Puducherry	GFTI	Puducherry	201 (2025)	33,174	44,179	View
National Institute of Technology, Andhra Pradesh	NIT	Andhra Pradesh	201 (2025)	40,325	44,371	View
Dr. B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar	NIT	Punjab	55 (2025)	41,272	46,158	View
Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi	GFTI	Jharkhand	51 (2025)	42,029	53,335	View
National Institute of Technology Raipur	NIT	Chhattisgarh	86 (2025)	48,113	66,848	View
School of Studies of Engineering and Technology, Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya, Bilaspur	GFTI	Chhattisgarh	—	56,474	69,504	View
Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology	GFTI	Punjab	79 (2025)	62,169	75,582	View
National Institute of Technology Hamirpur	NIT	Himachal Pradesh	97 (2025)	69,592	87,489	View
National Institute of Technology, Srinagar	NIT	Jammu & Kashmir	73 (2025)	73,807	98,074	View
National Institute of Technology Agartala	NIT	Tripura	101 (2025)	1,33,304	2,57,425	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.