Top Aerospace Engineering Colleges in India 2025: Compare Fees, Admissions, Placements, Rankings and Eligibility

Before deep-diving into the Top Colleges let's figure out What is Aerospace Engineering. Aerospace Engineering is a branch of BTech that helps you understand how to design, develop, test, and maintain aircraft, spacecraft, and more flying vehicles. The Course is taught by combining three branches of engineering i.e. Mechanical, Electrical, and Computer engineering to make solutions for flying and space exploration.

There are a lot of Top engineering institutions that accept admissions to the Aerospace Engineering Course these include IIT Kanpur, IIT Madras, IIT Bombay, IIT Kharagpur, and IITEST Howra. These colleges accept exams such as JEE Advanced, JEE Main, SRMJEE, LPU NEST, GATE, TNEA, COMEDK UGET. The Aerospace Engineering fees for these colleges vary from as low as INR 1,20,000 for the entire duration of the course and as high as 24 Lakhs for the entire duration of the course. Once the fees part is sorted students worry about the return on investments i.e. Placements. The Highest Package is seen to go up as high as INR 100 LPA (for IIT Bombay 2024).

The Top 10 Aerospace Engineering colleges in India 2025 are mentioned below:

College Name	NIRF Ranking	Eligibility	Fees	Placements
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh	4/100	JEE Advanced	INR 8,76,186	INR 99 LPA
IIT Madras (IITM), Chennai, Tamil Nadu	1/100	JEE Advanced	INR 8,19,050	INR 95 LPA
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB), Mumbai, Maharashtra	3/100	JEE Advanced	INR 9,12,000	INR 100 LPA
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, Kharagpur, West Bengal	5/100	JEE Advanced	INR 10,65,980	INR 42 LPA
Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST), Howrah, West Bengal	49/100	JEE Main	INR 5,21,000	INR 56 LPA
PEC University of Technology, Chandigarh, Punjab	68/200	JEE Main	INR 4,96,000	INR 83 LPA
Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science, Chennai, Tamil Nadu	71/285 (I Today 2024)	-	INR 14,41,000	INR 15 LPA
SRM University Chennai (SRM Institute of Science and Technology), Chennai, Tamil Nadu	1/175 (Times 2024)	SRMJEE	INR 10,00,000	INR 42 LPA
LPU (Lovely Professional University), Jalandhar, Punjab	50/100	LPU NEST	INR 8,40,000	INR 54.75
UPES, Dehradun, Uttarakhand	42/100	JEE Main	INR 18,32,000	INR 17 LPA

Top Aerospace Engineering Colleges In India According to NIRF

Here is the list of the top institutes according to NIRF:

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST), Thiruvananthapuram
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
LPU (Lovely Professional University), Jalandhar, Punjab
UPES, Dehradun, Uttarakhand

Top Aerospace Engineering College according to Placements

Now you caa view the entire list of Aerospace Engineering Colleges based on the Placements data, the average package, Highest package and Top recruiters in the table below:

Top Colleges	Average Placement Package	Highest Package	Top Recruiters
IIT Bombay Placement	INR 18 LPA	INR 100 LPA	Uber, Rubrik, Millennium, WorldQuant, Blackstone, etc.
IIT Madras Placement	INR 12 LPA – INR 18 LPA	INR 95 LPA	Amazon, Axis Bank, BCG, JP Morgan, Infoedge, etc.
IIT Kharagpur Placement	INR 15 LPA	INR 42 LPA	BCG, Microsoft, Morgan Stanley, Flipkart, Goldman Sachs, etc.
IIT Hyderabad Placement	INR 17 LPA – INR 21 LPA	INR 90 LPA	Google, Deloitte, Accenture, Oracle, Paytm, Jio, etc.
IIT Kanpur Placement	INR 15 LPA – INR 23 LPA	INR 99 LPA	ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank, HPCL, Tata Steel, Infosys, etc.

Top College in Aerospace Engineering Colleges: Eligibility, Exams and Admissions

Eligibility and Admissions Overview

If you have just passed class 12 and aiming to graduate into BTech Aerospace Engineering, then you need to have a minimum of 60 percent marks (55 percent marks for SC/ST) in the science stream (Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics).
In case you aim to get into a post-graduate in Aerospace engineering like MTech, you need to have 55 percent marks (50 percent marks for SC/ST) in a Bachelor's degree (BE/B Tech or equivalent) and you also need to pass the GATE examination.
For PhD, you need to go through GATE and make sure you have a three to four-year engineering postgraduate in Mathematics/Science/Statistics/Computer Applications.
NASA is gaining a lot of attention due to its missions and branding, and a lot of engineering students aspire to join it, those who wish to do it can degree as per NASA recommendations which is engineering in Biomedical, Ceramic, Chemistry, Industrial Engineering, Materials Engineering, Metallurgy, Optical Engineering, and Oceanography. And getting a PhD is the cherry on top for NASA.

Top Exams for Aerospace Engineering

Exam Dates

Exams	Dates
JEE Main 2025 Exam	Session 1: 22 Jan '25 - 31 Jan '25 Session 2: Apr '25
GATE 2025 Exam	01 Feb '25 - 02 Feb '25
TNEA 2024 Exam	TENTATIVE

In order to find out the exam mentioned above you can read the writeups below:

JEE Main: The Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) is conducted by NTA every year. There are two papers in JEE Main Exam i.e. Paper 1 and Paper 2. Paper 1 is conducted for admission to B. Tech/B. E. programs offered at NITs, IIITs, and other Centrally Funded Technical Institutions (CFTIs) while JEE Main Paper 2 is conducted for admission to B. Arch/ B. Plan programs. The marks secured by candidates in JEE Main Exam also act as a criterion for taking JEE Advanced Exam, clearing which helps them get admission to the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs). Qualifying JEE Main Exam is not only the gateway to JEE Advanced and then IITs, but also your chance to get admission to the Top Engineering Colleges in India. Read more

GATE:Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering or GATE is a national level entrance exam for admission to Master of Technology (MTech) and direct PhD in Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), National Institutes of Technology (NITs), Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) and other institutes/universities across India. Many public sector undertakings (PSUs) and state electricity boards (SEBs) also accept GATE for recruitment of trainee engineers and scientists for group C-level posts. The exam is conducted by IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Guwahati, IIT Kanpur, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Madras, IIT Roorkee and Indian Institute for Science, Bangalore (IISC Bangalore) on rotational basis on behalf of National Coordination Board (NCB - GATE), Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource & Development (MHRD), Government of India. Read more

All in all India is a growing hub for aerospace engineering and engineers. We have been into space missions, moon missions, mars missions and solar missions. Along with that we have opened world class education and research facilities in IITs and NITs, which have resulted in innovative and helpful solutions for the country and World. The future of Aerospace engineering is bright !!

Top Aerospace Engineering Colleges in India 2025: Compare Fees, Admissions, Placements, Rankings and Eligibility

The Top 10 Aerospace Engineering colleges in India 2025 are mentioned below:

Top Aerospace Engineering Colleges In India According to NIRF

Here is the list of the top institutes according to NIRF:

Top Aerospace Engineering College according to Placements

Top College in Aerospace Engineering Colleges: Eligibility, Exams and Admissions

Eligibility and Admissions Overview

Top Exams for Aerospace Engineering

Exam Dates

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh

B.Tech / B.E.

8,76,186

99 LPA

IIT Madras (IITM), Chennai, Tamil Nadu

B.Tech / B.E.

8,19,050

95 LPA

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB)- IIT Bombay, Mumbai, Maharashtra

B.Tech / B.E.

11,66,000

- LPA

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, Kharagpur, West Bengal

B.Tech / B.E.

11,59,100

214 LPA

Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST), Howrah, West Bengal

B.Tech / B.E.

5,21,000

56 LPA

MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology (MSRIT), Bangalore, Karnataka

B.Tech / B.E.

4,48,691

50 LPA

Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science, Chennai, Tamil Nadu

B.Tech / B.E.

14,41,000

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15 LPA

PEC University of Technology, Chandigarh, Punjab

B.Tech / B.E.

4,96,000

83 LPA

National Institute of Technology (NIT), Delhi, Delhi NCR

B.Tech / B.E.

1,08,000

82 LPA

UPES, Dehradun, Uttarakhand

B.Tech / B.E.

18,32,000

17 LPA

Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar, Punjab

B.Tech / B.E.

8,40,000

54.75 LPA

SRM University Chennai (SRM Institute of Science and Technology), Chennai, Tamil Nadu

B.Tech / B.E.

10,10,000

42 LPA

Shanmugha Arts Science Technology & Research Academy (SASTRA University), Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu

B.Tech / B.E.

5,80,314

15 LPA

Amity University-Noida, Noida, Uttar Pradesh

B.Tech / B.E.

4,50,600

18 LPA

Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT), Bhubaneswar, Odisha

B.Tech / B.E.

4,02,500

63 LPA

Chandigarh University (CU), Chandigarh, Punjab

B.Tech / B.E.

9,00,000

54 LPA

Lakireddy Bali Reddy College of Engineering, Mylavaram, Andhra Pradesh

B.Tech / B.E.

3,15,200

5 LPA

Bharath Institute of Higher Education & Research, Chennai, Tamil Nadu

B.Tech / B.E.