BTech: Top Colleges, Admission Process, Entrance Exam, Scholarship, Placement, Salary

BTech is one of the most popular graduate programs among Indian students. The courses are offered by approximately 4000+ colleges in more than 100+ electives. BTech offers more than 100 specializations like CSE, Civil Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Chemical Engineering, etc. For admission to this course, you need to clear entrance exam JEE Advance, JEE Main or the state entrance test. For IIT BTech Admission, JEE Advance is conducted. While for admission to other government funded institutions, JEE Main score is considered. Candidates are further required to appear for JoSAA counselling.  

The JEE Advanced exam will be conducted in the month of May 2025 (Tentative) and JEE Main is conducted twice a year in January and in April. Top private college/ Universities conduct their own BTech entrance tests, like BITS Pilani conduct BITSAT for BE admissions. The SRM university conducts SRM JEEE and VIT University requires a VITEEE score for admission to BTech courses across its various campuses.  

After clearing entrance exam, you need to clear counselling round for the admission. UP colleges accept UPTAC counselling and Maharashtra colleges conducted MHTCET counselling for BTech admission. The Cutoff of top tier colleges like IIT demands 250 score in JEE main entrance exam and 280-300 score in JEE advance for admission to this course.  

After completing this course, you can make your career as a data analyst, software engineer, electrical engineer, civil engineer. You can get job offers from some top companies like Flipkart, Google, Abbott, EY, IBM, Impact Analytics, Indus Insights, Infosys. Expected salary package ranges from INR 15- INR 55 LPA. 

Why BTech? 

After this course, you can gain knowledge about the technical and practical skills to develop a career in engineering or technology. Some major reasons to study BTech are mentioned below: 

• BTech annual market segmentation growth rate is expected 5.75% by 2029 
• After this course, you can make your career as a software engineer, civil engineer and can earn around INR 15 LPA. 
• After completing this course, you can get job offers from various top companies like Flipkart, Google, Abbott, EY, IBM, Impact Analytics, Indus Insights, Infosys. 
• The expected salary ranges are between INR 15 LPA- INR 55 LPA.  

BTech Specialization 

BTech offers many specializations, nearly 100+ specializations. Different different colleges offer different specializations. Some topmost and demanding specializations are mentioned below:  

Top Colleges for BTech 

Approximately 4000+ colleges offer BTech courses. For admission to this course, you need to pay around ranges from INR 5,00,000-INR 1,41,900. Here some of the top colleges like IIT, Jadavpur, VIT are mentioned below with them course fees and NIRF ranking:  

Direct Admission Colleges for BTech 

Some Colleges can take admission without entrance exam as per your previous year academic performance. Here some of the colleges are mentioned below:  

Entrance Exam for BTech 

For admission to BTech you must take an entrance exam. BTech entrance exam varies college wise, but some common entrance exams for BTech are JEE Main, WBJEE, etc. For admission you must clear cutoff marks of the entrance exam. Here some of the popular exams are mentioned below:  

Admission Process for BTech 

For admission to BTech you must take an entrance exam. Some private colleges also take direct admission as per your 12th board exam marks. But maximum colleges take admission as per your entrance exam merit. Here admission process and eligibility criteria are mentioned below step by step:  

• You need to clear your 10+2 board exam. You should have studied Mathematics, Chemistry, and Physics, which are compulsory subjects in class 12 for BTech admission.  
• You need to get 60% marks in your HS board exam, this 60% marks for general category students. For SC/ST students need to get 50% marks in HS board exam. 
• Then you need to select some top colleges for BTech. 
• After that you need to clear respective entrance exam for BTech admission as per your colleges requirement you wish to join. 
• After taking the entrance exam, you will be shortlisted for the counselling process. In this round you need to carry your exam certificate, photographs, identification proof for the document verification. 
•  After counselling and document verification process, you need to pay the required fees as per your college for admission confirmation. 

BTech Eligibility Criteria 

For admission BTech you must clear your 10+2 board exam. And you need to take an entrance exam. Here eligibility criteria are mentioned based on university entrance exam wise:  

Scholarship for BTech 

Many colleges provide scholarships, some of the colleges are IIT Bombay, Jadavpur University, and more colleges. You can get a scholarship based on your academic performance to study for this course. Here some of the scholarships are mentioned below: 

BTech Placement 

After BTech you can make your career as an engineer, developer etc. You can get a job in the technology field. You can get job offers from Flipkart, Google, Abbott, EY and many top companies. Your expected salary ranges from INR 55- INR 15 LPA. Here some top companies with expected salary package are mentioned below: 

Bachelor of Technology is the full form of BTech. This program gives you knowledge about technical and practical skills to enhance your career in engineering or technology. After completing this course, you can make your career as a software engineer, Civil engineer, data scientist, etc. Expected salary ranges from INR 55.75- INR 15.9