Mechanical Engineering

This is the oldest branch of engineering and is considered as the ‘mother’ of all engineering disciplines. The application base of this field of study is extremely diverse and the grads with this degree can land a job is fields starting from robotics, fluid mechanics and thermodynamics to structural analysis and kinematics. In addition, the expansion of this field beyond its traditional boundaries has created numerous employment opportunities for recent grads.

The limited talent base and the increased focus of new area of research such as nanotechnology, environmental conversions, creation of composite materials and biomedical applications, has created new avenues which a grad with a mechanical engineering degree can exploit to bag huge bucks.

As per PayScale, the starting salary for a grad with this degree is in the range of 1.45 lakh to 7.29 lakh per annum.

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