Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering is a doctorate level degree that is five to eight years long and can be pursued by candidates irrespective of what their specialisation or stream was at the bachelors’ level. The course is focussed entirely on Mechanical Engineering and is a research based course that delves further into this specific field of study. Candidates should however have a strong background in maths and science.
Top Universities for this course include:
All Universities have their own guidelines for admissions in such courses. Most colleges require candidates to have a masters’ degree in engineering or technology or a bachelors’ degree in engineering or science (4 year course) with a minimum 75 per cent marks. Candidates with a masters’ degree in science or other related areas may also apply if they have a minimum of 65% marks, a first division in their bachelors’ degree and a 95 percentile or higher in the Graduate Aptitute Test in Engineering (GATE).
The full time fee charged for the course in India ranges from 96 thousand to 3.16 Lacs, and the average salary offered to such professionals 337,899 per annum, increasing with experience and expertise.
Course Level | Doctorate |
Duration | 5-8 years |
Examination Type | Semester system |
Eligibility | Masters degree in engineering/technology or science or bachelors degree in engineering. |
Admission Process | Certain universities require candidates to give the GATE if they have a masters degree in Science as opposed to engineering, and students are required to find funding for their research projects and meet the minimum percentile of marks at the masters level. |
Course Fee | INR 96,000 to 3.16 Lacs p.a. |
Average Starting Salary | INR 3,37,899 |
Top Recruiting Companies | Colleges and universities, chemical, electronic, steel plants, power plants, etc. |
Job Positions | Junior engineer, assistant engineer, executive engineer, mechanical engineer, researcher, etc. |
The course covers topics in Math and Science that require students to have background knowledge in mechanics, thermodynamics, and scientific computing. The course teaches and allows candidates to learn great mechanical engineering skills, as well as technical drawing and computing skills necessary in the designing of machines and equipment.
Mechanical Engineering is not only a technical subject, but is also an analytical area of study and any good course equips its students with not only with the technical ability necessary to excel in this course but also with the ability to apply abstract concepts in real world usage. The field requires a great degree of innovation and out of the box thinking and is concerned with the adopting of new approaches to already existing problems. Professionals in this field are often required to work with various other persons through the course of their career and thus being adaptable to different work environments and being able to communicate effectively with different persons is also of paramount importance.
Mechanical Engineering although a very technical field of study is one that has great scope for research and thus is an interesting subject to be delved further into. Understanding and researching further into the field is essential for greater innovation to occur in this area. One of the benefits of studying Mechanical Engineering is that it is considered an all purpose engineering degree and leaves the scope open for pursuing a career in various fields of engineering.
Graduates from this course are likely to be recruited into fields of research and academia, in colleges and universities, kinetics, thermodynamics, robotics, oil exploration and refining, power plants, and etcetera. Professionals in this field need to be technically proficient, able communicators, as well as capable of conducting themselves professionally in settings such as seminars or fundraisers. In fact even those that go into research need to get funding for the same so being personable is definitely an important quality.
Name of Institute | City | Total fees in INR |
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Sanskriti University | Mathura | 1.95 Lacs |
Shri Jagdishprasad Jhabarmal Tiberwala University | Rajasthan | 96,000 |
Lovely Professional University | Jalandhar | 3.16 Lacs |
Chandigarh Universtiy | Chandigarh | 2.4 Lacs |
Techno India University | Kolkata | - |
Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute | Mumbai | 1.3 Lacs |
Delhi Technological University | Delhi | - |
Dwarkadas J. Sanghvi College of Engineering | Mumbai | 2.56 Lacs |
Andhra University | Vishakhapatnam | - |
Government College of Engineering | Amravati | 1.8 Lacs |
DIT University | Dehradun | 2.16 Lacs |
College of Engineering, Bhartiya Vidyapeeth University | Pune | - |
M.S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology | Bangalore | - |
Shiv Nadar University | Greater Noida | 2.96 Lacs |
Manipal University | Manipal | - |
GITAM University | Vishakhapatnam | 1.54 Lacs |
Poornima University | Jaipur | 1.75 Lacs |
Dr. CV Raman University | Bilaspur | - |
PEC University of Technology | Chandigarh | 73,000 |
Candidates wishing to apply for the course need to have completed their masters’ degree in engineering or technology with at least the minimum requisite marks. A student from a masters’ degree in science may also apply, if they have given the GATE and have 65% minimum marks. Bachelor’s degree candidates may also apply from engineering or science with a minimum 75% marks.
In most institutes for Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering candidates that fulfil the eligibility and have given their all India entrance test in the case of certain universities, can fill out the physical or online application forms. In certain colleges the entrance test will not matter but the final admission would be granted on the basis of marks scored at the bachelors or masters level that is it would be merit based.
All engineering doctorate courses have common course work for their first semester which is
S.NO. | First Semester |
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1 | Research Methodology |
2 | Seminar |
3a | Mathematics for Engineering Research |
3b | Branch Specific topics |
Once the common course work has been completed and tested in an end semester examination, candidates would have to carry on their course work in their specialised field of study, which in this case would be Advances in Mechanical Engineering. The research part of the course is entirely independent and it is up to the candidate to get the funding and approval for the same.
Graduates in the field of mechanical engineering have a wide range of opportunities open to them in the field of engineering given that this is a course which covers a wide range of topics in the foundation stage thus equipping candidates with the knowledge necessary in order to work at least as a middle level professional in any field of engineering. Apart from taking the obvious route and working as a mechanical or other engineer, candidates may also choose to work in managerial or administrative positions in industries such as power plants, oil refineries, manufacturing sectors, and etcetera.
After graduating from this course they may find employment in both private sector as well as public sector enterprises since the nature of this job is quite versatile and both public sector welfare projects and private sector profit making endeavours require the expertise of mechanical engineers.
They may also go into academics as lecturers or professors, or carry on as research scientists, coming up with their own field of study to research to innovate in. Job positions include junior engineer, executive engineer, assistant engineer, superintendent engineer, mechanical design engineer, mechanical sales engineer, independent consultants, researchers, and etcetera.
Some of the popular professional avenues open to successful graduates of the course are listed below with the corresponding salaries offered for the respective positions.
Job Position | Job Description | Average Annual salary in INR |
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Junior Engineer | They are responsible for carrying out the jobs allocated to their engineering team in manufacturing companies, power plants, etc. | 2,93,933 |
Executive engineer | They responsible for carrying out the on ground work in terms of the technical aspect in any engineering related industry. | 15,75,964 |
Mechanical Design Engineer | They are responsible for evaluating mechanical and electromagnetic systems by designing and conducting research programmes. | 3,31,403 |
Research Scientist | They are responsible for carrying out research in the field of mechanical engineering in order to find areas where innovation can be carried out or develop thesis which may be applicable in the field. | 5,99,152 |
Lecturer | They are responsible for delivering lectures in subjects or areas of study associated with mechanical engineering. | 9,13,675 |
Aspirants seeking admission to 3-year Full-time Ph.D. program shall have a Masters degree or a professional degree recognized as equivalent to the Masters degree of the University of Kerala in grade ‘B’ in the UGC 7-point scale(or an equivalent grade in a point scale wherever grading system is followed) with not less than 55% marks.
Ph.D. Student Affiliation |
Rs. |
400/- |
Submission of Thesis (Research Degree) |
Rs. |
3500/- |
Application Fee |
Rs. |
20/- |
Registration Fee |
Rs. |
500/- |
Entrance Exam. Fee |
Rs. |
1020/- (for SC/ST Rs. 520/-) |
Re-registration Full-time |
Rs. |
1000/- |
Part-time |
Rs. |
2000/- |
Extension of Registration Period |
Rs. |
400/- First Year) |
Extension for every subsequent year |
Rs. |
200/- |
Change of Guide |
Rs. |
300/- |
Change of Centre |
Rs. |
300/- |
Change of Topic |
Rs. |
500/- |
Cancellation of Registration |
Rs. |
200/- |
Inclusion of Co-guide |
Rs. |
250/- |
Exclusion of Co-guide |
Rs. |
250/- |
Modification of Title |
Rs. |
300/- |
Spl. Certificate |
Rs. |
250/- |
Extension of Joining Time |
Rs. |
250/- |
Conversion Fee |
Rs. |
1000/- |
Research Fee (for a term of 4 months) |
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Science Subjects Full-time |
Rs. |
350/- |
Part-time |
Rs. |
400/- |
Medicine and Allied Subjects Full-time |
Rs. |
1000/- |
Part-time |
Rs. |
2000/- |
All Other Subjects Full-time |
Rs. |
200/- |
Part-time |
Rs. |
250/- |
Kerala University | |
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General Course Details | Duration - 3 Years Course Offered - Full Time Mode - Full Time Degree Type - On Campus Course Level - Doctorate/M.Phil Course Credential - Degree |
Eligibility | Post Graduation |
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