B.Tech in Automobile Engineering- Course Overview

Last updated on February 2nd, 2021 at 06:16 pm

Automobile Engineering is a combination of mechanical, electrical, electronics, safety along with software engineering. B.Tech in Automobile Engineering is considered to be highly prolific for students who envision to work in the automobile sector including offering services in automobile development and manufacturing companies.

• Along with the aspect of designing, it also concentrates on cost and production aspects of automobile engineering. Vehicle dynamics, Vibration, Harshness and Noise are also a part of the engineering process.
• The job profile of an automobile engineer also includes depicting ideas or concepts via rough sketches or Computer aided design (CAD) to bring out the appearances and the functional characteristics of the vehicles.
• It involves a sufficient amount of lucrative designing including 2D and 3D drawings and drafting art pieces.

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Automobile Engineering: Highlights

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Why choose Automobile Engineering?

The demand for skilled professionals in the automobile sector has incremented rapidly pertaining to the augmented growth of automobile industries. It only gathers the interests of meritorious students but it is also equally rewarding and profitable. Automobile Engineers are presented with a wide scope of employment and many options.

• Having a likeness of drafting and sketching, the same can also get employed in the animation industry. India has been among the fastest growing countries with rising trends in automobile designing and manufacturing, designating it as one of the top automobile designing and manufacturing nations.
• There are various job profiles as well as some excellent job opportunities by well-known recruiters coupled with a stable work environment and good salary.

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Automobile Engineering Admission Process

Admission to B.Tech in Automobile Engineering is mainly conducted through engineering entrance exams hosted by the universities or national level entrance exams such as JEE or AIEEE. Some colleges also give the option of direct admission through selection in their merit list pertaining to the marks obtained by the candidate in the Board Exams.

Students have to attend the counselling procedure which shall allot them colleges post qualifying the entrance exam. Some of the popular entrance exams have been mentioned below-

• Joint Entrance Examination (JEE)- JEE is the most widely known examination for admission into prestigious engineering colleges. It is a two-tier examination which is divided into stages of a.) Main and b.) Advanced stages. Students can get admitted into most of the engineering institutes with qualifying marks in JEE Mains and only admission in IITs’ require also the ranking in JEE Advanced. Online application usually begins around December and continues till late January to early February.
• SRMJEEE – SRMJEEE are national level online entrance examinations conducted by SRM University. For candidates who are willing to enrol themselves for automobile engineering under the programs offered by these universities will have to fill in the application form for their Undergraduate Program. Applications for SRM roll out during December. The Universities also grant admission to top rank holders in Central/State Examinations.
• UPESEAT Entrance Examination- The University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES), Dehradun conducts its own aptitude based entrance exam for admission into their B.Tech Programs. Last date for the submission of the application form is the first week of May and the examination is also conducted in May. For board merit based selection, a minimum of 80% qualifying marks is required in aggregate along with having Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics in +2.
• COMEDK UGET- COMEDK UGET is a State Level Entrance Examination conducted by the Universities in Karnataka (COMEDK). The same is for securing admission into UG courses in the spheres of medical, engineering and dental.Application forms roll out in the month of February and the process continues till the month of April. Generally, the exam (COMEDK, 2020) is conducted in the month of May.

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Automobile Engineering Syllabus

A year- wise breakup of the course’s syllabus is tabulated below.

Automobile Engineering Syllabus – First Year

Automobile Engineering Syllabus – Second Year

Automobile Engineering Syllabus – Third Year

Automobile Engineering Syllabus – Fourth Year

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Automobile Engineering: Career Scope

The field of automobile engineering has a wide range of career prospective. The aspirants can choose from different varieties and work on their careers respectively. A well-managed network of companies comprises the Automobile Industry that can hire professionals who are capable of handling machines and other equipment related to automobiles. Graduates having good knowledge in design and repair related tasks along with the procedure of product assembling, supervising the manufacturing process accompanied with testing of vehicles.

Since it is a huge industry there are countless number of Private National and Multinational Companies offering excellent employment opportunities to the graduates.

A few of the popular job titles an automobile engineer can be designated are the following-

• Mechanics;
• Auto Electrician;
• Motor Technicians;
• Design Engineer;
• Sales Person;
• Painters;
• Drivers;
• Radiator Mechanics

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Automobile Engineering: Placement Trends

Placement trends have been rising rapidly in this industry as fresh graduates have ample opportunities in this profitable field. In this rapidly growing sector, there are many well –known and renowned continental companies coming to recruit the graduates from all over the world. Along with these other common recruiters include the Service Stations; Defence Services; Private Transport Companies or even self-funding a maintenance workshop. Given below a some of the popular job profiles which an automobile engineering graduate can take up:

Top Job Profiles offered are:

• Automotive Design Engineer;
• Mechanical and Automobile Engineer;
• Industrial Engineer;
• Design Engineer;
• Production Engineer at automobile plants;
• Automobile Technician;
• Technical Consultant at the automobile sector;

In the beginning, a typical salary of an automobile graduate will range from INR 15,000- 20,000 per month which will gradually increase to INR 1L per month with experience.

Average salary of automobile engineers who start off as freshers range from INR 3L to 6L per annum. However, an experienced automobile engineer with a master’s degree can earn more than INR I L per month.

Few top companies which recruit automobile engineering students are the following-

• Maruti Suzuki
• TATA
• Yamaha
• Ashok Leyland
• Hyundai
• TELCO
• Toyota
• Bajaj
• Mahindra & Mahindra
• Haldex India
• Hero Moto Corp
• Volvo
• BMW

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