What are the career prospects after getting a BTech in materials science from IIT Gandhinagar?
Posted On - Mar 31, 2021
BTech in materials science from IIT Gandhinagar opens doors to a plethora of career opportunities in industries such as aerospace, automotive, electronics, energy, and healthcare.
- Students who have completed this course can work in research and development, quality control, design, or production.
- The most common job roles offered are materials engineer, metallurgist, product development engineer, research scientist, and quality control specialist.
- People who are interested in higher studies can go for a master's or PhD degree to specialize in a particular area of materials science.
The future prospects can be further understood by placement statistics. IIT Gandhinagar Material Science and Engineering placements have been tabulated below
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Students registered |
16 |
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Students placed |
9 |
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Placement percentage |
56.25% |
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Median Salary |
INR 11.89 LPA |
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Average Salary |
INR 13.48 LPA |
However, the core opportunities are less and most students end up with non-core job profiles such as Data Analyst, Business Analyst, Management Trainee, Research Analyst, and Consulting profiles. In the technical domain, you can be selected for automobile sector jobs, DRDO, material science firms, aviation industry jobs, and other industrial firms that visit.
A lot is taught about fieldwork when one does their B.Tech. in MSE at IITGN. If you are eager to gain more and more knowledge then it is advisable to take up projects under the professors.
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Category |
NIT Gandhinagar |
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Total Fee |
10,30,000 |
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Companies Visited |
Goldman Sachs, HPCL, ISRO, etc. |
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Highest Package |
40 LPA |
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Recruiting Companies |
ACC Limited, Hindustan Construction Company, JMC Projects, Tata Steel, etc. |
Also, the facilities provided by IITGN are commendable and the college possesses very well-equipped labs. They also have very good types of equipment for research in the field of Material Science.
Therefore, the opportunities after the completion of a degree are enormous. After your graduation, you can move to universities outside India to pursue a Master’s or a Ph.D. degree where your knowledge of B.Tech. would come in handy. Students can also take up jobs in the Steel industry or the Material’s related labs in India.
