Career prospects are quite attractive in petroleum sector as petroleum companies have great influence and offer attractive salaries to employees. The demand for petroleum and petroleum products is only expected to increase and the increase would lead to creation of new jobs. Whereas private petroleum companies offer attractive salaries to petroleum engineers, government sector oil companies are not far behind in terms of paying attractive salaries and bonuses to employees. Top colleges to pursue petroleum engineering are: Institute of Technology, Madras, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, University of Petroleum & Energy Studies Dehradun, Indian School of Mines Dhanbad & Benaras Hindu University Institute of Technoloby Varanasi.
