The placement scenario of Geophysical Technology (GPT) at IIT Roorkee can be broadly discuses under core and noncore placements 

Core 

• Owing to a small batch size in comparison to other branches, the overall average is higher.
• The range of packages offered by the recruiting companies is also wide.
• The highest core recruiter is Schlumberger which offers packages around INR 32 LPA to 3-4 students every year.
• Other Oil giants include ONGC and IOCL which offer packages in the range of 10–11 LPA.

Non core

Non core jobs are in plenty not only for GPT students but students of all other branches as well. The sectors in which these jobs are offered include

• Consultancy
• Management Trainee
• Operations
• Business Analyst/ Data Analyst
• Marketing
• Teaching sector
• Data Scientist
• Coding

Most of these jobs can be secured with good aptitude skills while coding and Data Scientist specifically require programming skills.