Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology


Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology, in Jais, Amethi, Uttar Pradesh, India, is a training and education institute that gives technical and management training to the petroleum industry and was formally opened in July 2008.
The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Government of India founded the institute through an Act of Parliament. The Institute is empowered to award degrees in its own right. RGIPT is co-promoted as an energy domain specific institute by six leading Oil Public Sector Units in association with the Oil Industry Development Board and with an academic mentorship from IIT Kanpur. The Institute is associating with leading International Universities/Institutions specializing in the domain of Petroleum Technology.
It has been accorded the Institute of National Importance status and a governance structure similar to that available to NITs and IITs. It admits undergraduate students from the rank list of students who have qualified Joint Entrance Examination – Advanced Examination.

RGIPT Campuses

Jais, Amethi Campus

Opening and closing ranks for each category in JEE Advanced 2016:
CourseCRLOBSCST
Opening ranks
CH43683251293125
PE931367847981
Closing ranks
CH1148841011395270
PE1127839402041175

Rankings

The National Institutional Ranking Framework ranked it 134 among engineering colleges in 2020.

Academic programmes

DegreeSpecializationCampus
Bachelor of Technology Chemical Engineering,Petroleum Engineering,computer science and engineering and Electronics Engineering.
New engineering courses of Fire Engineering, Instrumentation & Controls Engineering and Mechanical Engineering will be started soon.		Jais
Master of Technology Chemical Engineering, Petroleum Engineering.Jais
Master of Technology Renewable Engineering, Power and Energy Systems Engineering and Energy Science and Technology.Bangalore
Master of Business AdministrationMBA in Finance, Marketing, HR, Operations Management and Energy Management.Noida & Jais
B.Sc-M.Sc Integrated CourseChemical and Petroleum. Sivsagr
Diploma CourseChemical Engineering, Piping Engineering and Petroleum Engineering.Sivsagar
PhDAll engineering disciplines, interdisciplinary areas, science disciplines and the humanities.Jais

Departments

RGIPT has the following departments:
RGIPT has academic collaboration with the many universities in India and abroad. Some of the major universities which have a Memorandum of Understanding and share research projects with RGIPT are as follows:
RGIPT has collaborated with some pioneer institutes for advancements in aviation/aerospace and Rocket Fuels/Petroleum Technology.
Admission process depends on several factors including aptitude, intellect, personality and learning of the student. The selected students are a group who have qualified at-least one of the required admission tests like JEE-Mains/Advanced, WBJEE, SEE-AKTU and even SATs. The students have been provided residential services in-campus at Ratapur, Raebareli. The educational program will require for transition in between college departments/campuses on an annual even-semester basis.

Campus

This is an annual festival of three days of activities including sporting events, talent playoffs and similar activities. It was separated from the annual cultural festival in 2017 and since then, sporting events are held in this festival. In 2019, this event marked its third anniversary as sports were part of annual cultural fest since the beginning of the institute.
Future plans are to include other colleges in this festival to increase the number of participants and increasing budget by fetching more sponsorship. This festival is currently financed by the institute while some of the amount is fetched by sponsorship.

Placements

The institute witnessed participation of multitude of companies across varied domains. Students of B.Tech., M.Tech. and MBA outgoing 2016 batch successfully got opportunities across diversified profiles and various functions in the organizational setup. Some of the prominent brands that came for final placements in the past and present were:
Many students from the institute go further with higher education in international universities. The institute recommends the meritorious students to these universities and also helps them in representing India at international conferences across the world.

Milestones

Jais campus