If you are an out-of-state aspirant, your JEE Main ranking must be around the opening and closing range of 2936 - 12187. If you belong to the home state then your rank must fall under 14665 - 31620. To fall under this range you must score around 150 marks. 

If you are interested in Aerospace Engineering irrespective of the college, then you must consider IIST Thiruvananthapuram too. It offers aerospace engineering as its flagship course for which you must aim for around 4K rank in JEE Main by scoring 260+

PEC is still an amazing option for AE. If you score 150-200 in JEE Main, your seat will be almost sorted at PEC in their first round of counseling.

The Aeronautical Engineering Department was established in the year 2006. It offers B.E.Aeronautical Engineering with an aim to attain excellence and a global reputation in Aeronautical Engineering education and research. The minimum eligibility criteria for admission in this branch is 45% marks in 12^th.

Placements:

• In the Aeronautical Branch in 2018, the number of students registered for placements was 42 and the number of students placed was 31.
• The average salary is about 3.4 lakh per annum in Aeronautical Engineering of Kumaraguru College of Technology.
• Some of the companies visiting the campus includeAditya Birla Group, Aon Hewitt, Ashok Leyland, Thyrocare, Decathlon, Dell, Ford Motors, HCL, HONEYWELL, HP, ITC Ltd., JK Tyre, L&T Infotech, Cognizant, Microsoft, Mind Tree, Oracle, Verizon, Voonik, Wipro.
• Students received internship offers fromleading industries and research centers such as HAL, NAL, ADA, ADE, DRDO, etc

Industry Exposure:

• MOUs with National Aerospace Laboratories (Bangalore), Thermax (Pune), and Sri Sai Aerotech (Chennai) for academic research
• Partnership with P3 group (Bangalore) and Altair (Bangalore) for training

Facilities:

• The department has state of the art infrastructure and laboratory facilities providing a conducive learning environment to the students and faculties.
• Many associations are focussing on academics and extracurricular activities to promote leadership qualities in students so that they can have a bright future ahead.

Students graduating from the college has opted for higher universities like Madras Institute of Technology, Chennai,IIT Kanpur,Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA,Xavier Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship, Kochi,Pusan National University, Busan, South Korea,Pennsylvania State University, Pennsylvania, USA, and many more.

Acharya Institute of Technology's Aeronautical Engineering program has an 80% internship ratio according to the 2020 data. More than 70% students have been placed with HAL and NAL. The lowest salary offered in 2019 was around INR 2 LPA.

The table below highlights some of the features of the Aeronautical Engineering program:

Factors which are useful in making a choice are as follows:

Admission process:

• For AIT Aeronautical Engineering, students should have a minimum aggregate of 45% in 10+2 or a Pre University course. Additional criteria include KCET counseling with a cutoff between 10619-84614.
• English should be a compulsory subject at 10+2 level along with Physics and Maths with 75%-80% marks. In addition, one must have any one of the following: Chemistry, Biology, Biotechnology, Computer Science, Electronics, Information Science.
• Students awaiting results can apply on a provisional basis. But those who have passed from Karnataka State Open University (KSOU) are also not eligible.

Faculty:The Aeronautical Engineering department has 2 senior faculty members SK Maharaja and Manamohan.

Placements:

AIT's Aeronautical Engineering department has a placement rate of 20% which is low as compared to the CSE and IT departments. Although it does have an 80% internship rate. The highest package offered in 2019, has been INR 5 LPA. Here are some features of the Aeronautical Engineering placement status:

• Top recruiters are HAL, NAL, Civil Aviation Department, KPIT Technologies, Larsen and Toubro, Cognizant, Toyota, Wipro, Huawei and Mercedes Benz
• The general average package of an aeronautical engineer is around INR 5.5 LPA and an Average package offered at AIT is around INR 3.36 LPA
• The Aeronautical Engineering offered by IIT Kanpur costs INR 8.27 LPA and helps students get an average salary of INR 15 LPA as compared to AIT's ratio of INR 5 LPA fee to INR 5.5 LPA package

AIT's CSE department saw a 13% rise in placements from 2017-2020, being the highest recruited department with a placement record of 49% which increased from 2018's 37%.

Manipal University is one of the leading universities in India and making its mark with its prestigious grace across the globe, offering undergraduate, graduate, and research programs to the students. The university has been ranked globally among 215 universities. It has been ranked a number of times for its green surroundings, sustainability, and resource usage. It offers a Master’s in Technology with a specialization in Aerospace Engineering that focuses on the dynamics and control of the aerospace systems.

About the Course:

• The areas covered in the 2-year Program of 4 semesters are Aerospace System Modelling, Orbital Mechanism, Navigation, Guidance, Control, Spacecraft Dynamics, Flight Mechanism, Simulation, and Trajectory. 
• Students are exposed to the culture of doing research innovatively and publishing.
• Students are provided with an opportunity to learn from industry experts, helping them in their careers in the future.

Fee Structure of M.Tech in Aerospace Engineering

• The total batch fees of 2020-21 were rounded off to 3,60,000. 
• The fees amount can be submitted in installments of 1,75,000.

Placement Opportunities 

Students after completing the M.tech in Aerospace Engineering are offered various opportunities in government organizations and aerospace industries such as ISRO, DRDO, NAL, HAL, etc.

Infrastructure and Facilities

• Manipal University is highly known for its multinational facilities and the modern campus.
• The University is spread over 313 acres of the land, also the campus being the prime reason for the selection of Manipal University by various students. 

Manipal University consists of various centers under the Manipal University of Higher Education offering innovative and entrepreneurship related opportunities to the students with rankings and recognitions from highly reputed organizations in the industry.

PES University is one of the oldest, and reputed engineering colleges in India. As per the recent records by OUTLOOK India-ICARE Rankings, PES stands at 6th position. PES offers more than 25 specialized courses in undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral courses. It has a good international academic partnership with Aberdeen University and the Taylors University Of Malaysia. PES has maintained a decent placement record over the years.

Placement Highlights 2019:

• In the recent placement process, more than 50 companies visited the college and 851 job offers were made.

• 11 students received their dream job offer from Microsoft(star recruiter).

• Aerospace companies are in demand for every student who opts for core branches like mechanical and civil in their career.

• The University’s training and placement cell categorize the companies as Tier 1, Tier 2, Tier 3 keeping in view the annual package offered by them, i.e. Tier 1: more than 8 LPA, Tier 2: 4 to 8 LPA, and Tier 3: less than 4 LPA.

• The highest package was offered by Atlassian that is 48 LPA and the median salary was INR 7 LPA.

• Major recruiting companies are from software, civil, architecture, aerospace. Top recruiting companies include Ashok Leyland, Wipro, Infosys, Cisco, Bosch, HCL.

• The university has a strong alumni network that helps students to get placed in various companies, both national and international.

Placement trends:

With each passing year, the number of companies visited and the number of students getting selected is increasing. All the placement process is possible for the placement and training cell.

The university provides pre-placement training to its students before they appear for the campus interview. To have a real-life experience, students are taken for an industrial visit in their final year. Students are eligible for the placement process if they have 60% aggregate from 10th to BTech grade.

PES has the best placement percentage across all branches. If we talk about aerospace companies that select students from core branches, do visit the university. It solely depends on the student to work hard and get a dream company of their choice.

The aerospace engineering department at IIEST Shibpur offers students with aerospace engineering as well as applied mechanics. Students always get confused as they often ask if the academic choices get bound to aerospace engineering only. But you could have used copper for studying structural and fluid that are two main aspects of applied mechanics as well. Labs and facilities are still not fully constructed, but once they are constructed, they are going to enhance the department's performance a lot. This department has developed several talented students since its beginning. Maximum students get good marks in their GATE examination every year. Two of the pass out students have gone to the University of Suny buffalo and Illinois University as well. Students are also sent for internships at Hindustan Aeronautics Limited and other IITs only if they show their interest.

• Student-teacher ratio: It is also very impressive with 36 seats in total and 20 teachers.

• University tie-ups: The department has tied-up with IIT Kharagpur where the students are taken for labs and other practicals.

• Qualified Facilities: The university is among the very few where you will find technically qualified teachers with good experience in the field. Professors always help out to gain practical knowledge even though Laboratories are not fully developed.

• Hightech latest Labs: It has a fluid dynamics lab as one of the basic subjects that are required for studying aerospace engineering.

Placements:

The placement records have improved this year, and many placement drives are yet to be organized. No core company visited the campus to hire the students studying in the Aerospace department because most of the core Aerospace companies ask for an M.Tech degree in aerospace engineering as the minimum qualification.

The department is a very young department that has still to grow to obtain its full strength. But the scope and opportunities associated with it are huge, and you may get a very good and experienced faculty to guide you.