Are you confused which branch to choose? Our Experts have created data related to various engineering branch along with the top recruiters. We hope this article will help you in choosing right branch.
Chemical engineering is the branch of engineering that deals with the application of physical science (e.g., chemistry and physics), and life sciences (e.g., biology, microbiology and biochemistry) with mathematic, to the process of converting raw materials or chemicals into more useful or valuable forms. In addition to producing useful materials, modern chemical engineering is also concerned with pioneering valuable new materials and techniques - such as nanotechnology, fuel cells and biomedical engineering.
The core subjects includes transfer operations, thermodynamics and design, reactions engineering and process control. This discipline finds application in electronic industry for developing microchips, biochips and chemical vapour composition. Skills needed are strong mathematical background coupled with analytical abilities.
Top recruiters:
PSUs such as BPCL, HPCL, Indian Oil, GAIL, and pharmaceutical companies such as Piramal Healthcare, Ranbaxy, & Pfizer, FMCG companies such as HLL, and Nirma.
Civil Engineering is a prominent and oldest branch of engineering which deals with buildings, bridges, roads, flyovers, railways, water supply, sanitary, development of townships and other infrastructural development.
It is traditionally broken into several sub-disciplines including environmental engineering, geotechnical engineering, structural engineering, transportation engineering, municipal or urban engineering, water resources engineering, materials engineering, coastal engineering, surveying, and construction engineering. Civil engineering takes place on all levels: in the public sector from municipal through to federal levels, and in the private sector from individual homeowners through to international companies.
Subjects on concrete technology, transport engineering, water supply and sanitary engineering, geotechnical engineering, fluid mechanics and machinery, structural mechanics, hydrology and water resources, irrigation engineering are studied in this course.
Top recruiters: DMRC, Jaypee Jaiprakash Associates, Reliance Infra, L&T (ECC).
Computer science or computing science (sometimes abbreviated CS) is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation, and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems.
This is addressed in algorithm and programming languages. A student who learns the development of software in various areas like manufacturing, education, management and remote control, with thorough technical knowledge in computer network is in great demand by MNC’s including banking and finance sectors. There are unlimited opportunities for jobs. The skills expected are thorough logical thinking and a good competence in mathematics.
Subjects on algorithms, Operating System,. Programming languages, Database Management System, Computer graphics, Computer network and artificial intelligence are studied as a part of the course.
Top recruiters: TCS, Infosys, Wipro, Microsoft, Google, IBM, Cisco, Accenture, etc
Mechanical engineering is a discipline of engineering that applies the principles of physics and materials science for analysis, design, manufacturing, and maintenance of mechanical systems.
Mechanical Engineering is the mother of all branches. The contribution of this branch is enormous in the growth of technology over the centuries. The scope of the course varies from material research to machinery development, Nano Technology, Smart materials, Aerospace Technology, Missiles technology, CAD/CAM, FMS, CIM, Automation and such other interrelated developments.
The engineering field requires a solid understanding of core concepts including mechanics, kinematics, thermodynamics, materials science, and structural analysis.
The areas of study includes Manufacturing processes, Mechanical vibrations, Mechatronics, Heat and Mass Transfer, Tool Engineering and Design, Design of machine elements, Computer Integrated Manufacturing and Robotics.
Top recruiters: DRDO, GAIL, NTPC, BHEL, Indian Oil and Tata Motors.
Telecommunication is the transmission of messages, over significant distances, for the purpose of communication.
It is a growing industry and has created ample scope for people joining telecommunication engineering. Also the society depends heavily on the breakthroughs in telecommunication engineering. Applications include satellites, next generation mobile phone, air traffic control, the internet and much more. Multimedia services are opening up communications possibilities and therefore a number of employment opportunities will arise in future.
Antenna theory, digital communication, information theory and coding, microwaves, DSP and its architecture, microcontroller applications, analog communication and microprocessors are part of the curriculum.
Top Recruiters:
Tech Mahindra, BEL, Huawei Technologies, Motorala, Flextronics, Delphi, Digibee.
Information technology is a general term that describes any technology that helps to produce, manipulate, store, communicate, and/or disseminate information.
After a degree in information technology you learn programming which is used to program the computer for various tasks required by humans.
Also this branch of engineering does not require your past gained knowledge in school . So even if you were that last bencher dozing off to sleep, you don’t have to fret.
Core Subjects: algorithms, Operating System,. Programming languages, Database Management System, Computer graphics, are studied as a part of the course. (Almost same as Computer Science engineering)
Top Recruiters: Microsoft, Google, Adobe, Satyam, Infosys, TCS etc.
Metallurgy is a domain of materials science that studies the physical and chemical behavior of metallic elements, their inter metallic compounds, and their mixtures, which are called alloys.
The three main branches of this major are physical metallurgy, extractive metallurgy, and mineral processing. Physical metallurgy deals with problem solving: you’ll develop the sorts of metallic alloys needed for different types of manufacturing and construction. Extractive metallurgy involves extracting metal from ore. Mineral processing involves gathering mineral products from the earth’s crust.
Core Subjects: Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer, Elements of Materials Science, Metallurgical Thermodynamics, Mineral Beneficiation, Metal Casting, Welding Metallurgy.
Top Recruiters: Amcast, American Superconductor, Kaiser Aluminum, KB Alloys Inc, Norsk Hydro Aluminum etc
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Marine engineering is a branch of Engineering that deals with nautical architecture and science. The term 'Marine Engineering' is meant for research conducted in oceans and coastal or inland waters connected to the sea. Marine Engineering courses deal with construction and maintenance of ships and other sailing vessels. There are three main professions in this field of engineering namely Naval Architecture, Marine Engineering and Ocean Engineering. Marine Engineering is the most basic profession as far as ships and navigation is concerned.
They may design and operate stationary ocean platforms, or manned or remote-operated sub-surface vehicles used for deep sea exploration. Marine Engineers have the complete responsibility of the ship's technical management. They are responsible for selecting the ships' machinery, which may include diesel engines, steam turbines, gas turbines; and for the design of mechanical, electrical, fluid and control systems throughout the vessel. They are the members of a ship's crew who are in charge for managing a team of marine technicians and craftspeople.
Job Prospects
Marine engineer have a number of job opportunities on shore as well. Ports require the services of trained marine engineers and so does the shipping industry in general. Then you have a number of openings in the government sector of Directorate General of Shipping. You can also continue in the field of teaching marine engineering in an institute.
Many international companies are willing to recruit fresh graduates in the field. They offer them training along with generous compensations that makes it a great career line. There are plenty of job opportunities in France and the U.K as well
- Automobile Engineering
Automotive engineers are involved in almost every aspect of designing cars and trucks, from the initial concepts right through to manufacturing them.
The rapid advancement in technology in recent years has ushered in a new era of hi-tech vehicles, making the business environment in the Indian auto industry very conducive.
Your prospects as an automobile engineer will be favorable, as the sector is growing at a very fast clip.
Transmission Principles, Engine Electrical systems, Circuits and Electronics, Engine Principles, Power train Systems, Automotive Design and Manufacturing, Steering and Suspension, Fuel and Emission Control Systems, Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer are the core subjects of Automobile Engineering.
Your main duty will be to design, test and develop vehicles and/ or components from the concept stage through to the production stage, providing maximum customer value at minimum cost and promoting the enterprise’s profitability.
You can also be employed in executive and managerial positions in automobile manufacturing industries in various departments such as design, planning, maintenance, Research & Development, and sales & marketing, etc.
Another possibility for you will be to work as a maintenance and service engineer in automobile workshops, aircraft industries and aviation, marine vessels, diesel power stations and with earth-moving equipment manufacturers.
Top Recruiters: Maruti Suzuki, Ashok Leyland, TATA, Apollo Tyres, Bajaj, Hero Honda, Hyundai, Toyota, Honda, Caterpillar, GM, Escorts, Yamaha and JCB.
- Electrical and Electronics Engineering:
Electrical engineering is considered to deal with the problems associated with large-scale electrical systems such as power transmission and motor control, whereas electronic engineering deals with the study of small-scale electronic systems including computers and integrated circuits. Alternatively, electrical engineers are usually concerned with using electricity to transmit energy, while electronic engineers are concerned with using electricity to transmit information. This branch is a blend of both electrical and electronics.
Subjects on Network theory, Control systems, protection and power systems give the basic exposure to electrical fundamentals, Whereas, analogue and digital circuits, microprocessor, Digital Signal Processing, advanced programming languages makes attractive blend of electrical and electronics, thereby, creating excellent placement opportunities in various sectors.
Top recruiters: BHEL, NHPC, Power Grid, Jindal Steel & Power, L&T.
- Instrumentation Engineering:
Instrumentation engineering is the engineering specialization focused on the principle and operation of measuring instruments which are used in design and configuration of automated systems in electrical, pneumatic domains etc.
All industries require controls and measurements of equipments and parameters leading to automation of industrial processes. Accurate and reliable measurements lead to better quality of products. Hence, quality of measurement and instrumentation is an important aspect studied during the course of instrumentation technology.
Subjects on process control instrumentation computers in process control, analytical and bio-medical speech and signal processing, robotics, DSP, optical instrumentation and medical imaging, power plant and petrochemical instrumentation and control are studied as a part of the course.
Top Recruiters: ABB, National Instruments, Texas Instruments, Siemens, Invensys, GE, Suzlon, Larsen & Tourbo, Robert Bosch, Navayuga.
- Aerospace/Aeronautical Engineering:
Aerospace engineering is the branch of engineering behind the design, construction and science of aircraft and spacecraft. It is broken into two major and overlapping branches: aeronautical engineeringastronautical engineering. The former deals with craft that stay within Earth's atmosphere, and the latter deals with craft that operates outside of Earth's atmosphere. and
Get geared to an adventurous career where you will deal with the development of new technology in aviation, space exploration & defense system. You will find work with the aerospace industry, R&D with various government agencies.
Top Recruiters: HAL, NAL; DRDO, ISRO, AIR INDIA, Kingfisher, Indigo & Civil Aviation department.
- Industrial Engineering and Management:
This discipline basically produces engineers with adequate technical and managerial skills to handle industrial operations and complex problem solving situations. Industrial engineering draws upon the principles and methods of engineering analysis and synthesis, as well as the mathematical, physical and social sciences together with the principles and methods of engineering design to specify, predict, and evaluate the results to be obtained from such systems or processes.
Design of Work Systems, Facilities design and planning, Operation Management, Operations Research / Management Science for Business decisions, Supply Chain Management, Lean Manufacturing, Total Quality Management and Enterprise Resource Planning, Simulation modeling and analysis are studied as part of the course.
Top Recruiters: GE, L & T, Gujrat Gas, Volvo, Mind Tree, Fidelity Investments, Kirloskar, Timken, Futures First, ICICI Bank, Ingersoll
- Biotechnology:
Biotechnology is a field of applied biology that involves the use of living things in engineering, technology, medicine, and other useful applications.
Besides research, you will also be involved in designing and development of prosthetic devices which replaces or enhances the function of missing body parts or organs. You can find employment in pharmaceutical firms, chemical, agricultural, bio-processing industries, research.
Because of the novelty of the field, the definition of a bioengineer is still undefined. However, in general it is an integrated approach of fundamental biological sciences and traditional engineering principles. Biotechnologist is often employed to scale up bio processes from the laboratory scale to the manufacturing scale. Moreover, as with most engineers, they often deal with management, economic and legal issues. Since patents and regulation (e.g., U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulation in the U.S.) are very important issues for biotech enterprises, bioengineers are often required to have knowledge related to these issues.
Top recruiters: Hindustan Lever Ltd, Thapar Group, Biocon, Tata, Biocon India Ltd.
- Electronics & Communication:
Electronics is the branch of science and technology which makes use of the controlled motion of electrons through different media and vacuum.
Electronic Engineering involves the design and testing of electronic circuits that use the electronic properties of components such as resistors, capacitors, inductors, diodes and transistors to achieve a particular functionality.
Communications Engineering deals with the transmission of information across a channel such as a co-axial cable, optical fiber or free space.
Every facet of life today is impacted by electronics in one way or other. Either it is computers (Hardware) or communication (Multimedia) or a control, electronics is the link. The exciting world of electronics needs very good mathematical background and also an analytical mind. The opportunities in electronic field are countless; Application developers, system engineers, integrators and information technology. Mobile telephony has shrunk the world. Hazardous situations can be handled safely with electronics with robots for disposing bombs, handling the wastes and precision operations. Subjects on digital systems, digital Signal processing, Fuzzy logic and neural networks, VHDL and VLSI, digital communication, embedded system, Microprocessors and micro controllers and microwaves are studied as part of the course.
Top Recruiters: PSUs such as BEL, DMRC,DRDO,ISRO and MNCs such as Siemens, Texas Instruments, Intel, nVIDIA, Philips Electronics, Motorola, Samsung, Conexant and Flextronics; IT companies like Infosys, TCS, Wipro, Accenture, HCL Technologies & Tech Mahindra also recruit Electronics engineers.
- Mining Engineering:
Mining Engineering is a complex and interdisciplinary field that includes elements of geological, civil, mechanical, and materials engineering. Mining Engineers design, operate, manage, and reclaim mines and mining facilities for both open pit and underground deposits.
There is a severe shortage of mining engineers worldwide due to growing demand for minerals in developed and developing countries. Mining engineering students can look forward to a secure and well-paid career in a dynamic and challenging industry. The mining industry offers career paths that provide the flexibility to work in and move between a diverse range of jobs in mining regions and major cities around the world.
Top Recruiters:
Alamos Gold Inc., Aurizon Mines Ltd. BCI Engineers & Scientists, Inc. Carter Stone & Company Coeur Rochester, Inc. Crystallex International Corporation Eldorado Gold Corporation.
- Petroleum Engineering:
Petroleum engineering is an engineering discipline concerned with the subsurface activities related to the production of hydrocarbons, which can be either crude oil or natural gas. These activities are deemed to fall within the upstream sector of the oil and gas industry, which are the activities of finding and producing hydrocarbons. Refining and distribution to a market are referred to as the downstream sector.
Petroleum engineers design methods for extracting oil and gas from deposits below the earth. Once these resources have been discovered, petroleum engineers work with geologists and other specialists to understand the geologic formation and properties of the rock containing the reservoir, to determine the drilling methods to be used, and to monitor drilling and production operations.
Core Subjects: Reservoir Engineering, Chemical Thermodynamics, Applied Geology, Offshore Drilling & Production Operations, Pipeline Transportation of Oil & Gas, Coal Bed Methane Technology, Coal Bed Methane Technology etc
Top Recruiters: Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited, General Energy Management Systems, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited, Reliance Energy Trading, Phillips Carbon Black Limited etc
