The admission into B Tech or undergraduate programme in Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur (VNIT Nagpur) is made through Joint Entrance Exam (Main). It is chosen by many top ranking students amongst candidates appearing for JEE-Main every year.

Course Structure

Its Chemical Engineering Department offers 4 year undergraduate degree programme (B. Tech) in chemical engineering. One in first two semesters follows a common curriculum irrespective of their branch.

The credit requirement for B. Tech degree programme is 320, which comes from Departmental Core (DC) courses, Departmental Electives (DE), Open Courses (OC), Courses offered by Dept of Humanities (HM).


Third semester

Course Code Course Title
CML261 Chemical Process Calculations
CML262 Fluid Mechanics
CHL263 Organic Chemistry and synthesis
CML264 Mechanical Operations
CML265 Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics I
CHP263 Organic Chemistry and Synthesis Laboratory
CMP265 Technical Analysis Laboratory

Fourth Semester

Course Code Course Title
CML266 Mass Transfer I
CML267 Heat Transfer
CML268 Chemical Reaction Engineering I
CML269 Chemical Engineering Mathematics
CML270 Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics II
CMP262 Fluid Mechanics Laboratory
CMP264 Mechanical Operations Laboratory

Fifth Semester

Course Code Course Title
CML361 Mass Transfer II
CML362 Chemical Process Modeling and Simulation
CML363 Process Control and Instrumentation
CML364 Chemical Reaction Engineering II
CMP267 Heat Transfer Laboratory
CMP268 Chemical Reaction Engineering Laboratory

Sixth Semester

Course Code Course Title
CML365 Chemical Technology
CML366 Transport Phenomena
CML367 Chemical Process Equipment Design
CML368 Energy and Environment
CMP266 Mass Transfer Laboratory I
CMP362 Chemical Process Modeling and Simulation Laboratory
CMP363 Process Control and Instrumentation Laboratory

Seventh Semester

Course Code Course Title
CML461 Plant Design and Economics
CMD452 Project Phase I
CMP361 Mass Transfer Laboratory II
CMP367 Design Laboratory I

Eighth Semester

Course Code Course Title
CMD453 Project Phase II
CMP461 Design Laboratory II


Departmental Electives (DE) Offered:

Course Code Course Title
Preliminary Electives
MAL205 Num. Methods & Prob. Theory
CML211 Materials Science and Engineering
CML212 Environmental Engineering
CMP212 Environmental Engineering Lab

Basic Electives
CML311 Safety and Risk Analysis
CML312 Industrial Waste Treatment
CMP312 Industrial Waste Treatment Laboratory
CML313 Introduction to Computing software for Chemical Engineers
CML314 New and Renewable Energy Engineering
CML315 Biotechnology and BiochemicalEngineering
CML316 Instrumental Analytical Techniques
CML367 Advanced Heat Transfer
CHL336 Polymer Engineering
CHL369 Green Chemistry and Engineering

Advanced Electives
CML411 Entrepreneurship Development
CML412 Plant Utility
CML413 Optimization Techniques
CML414 Computational transport processes
CML415 Computational methods in Chemical Engineering
CML416 Petroleum Refinery Engineering
CML417 Membrane Technology
CML418 Nanotechnology
CML419 Advanced Separation Process
CMP419 Separation Process lab
CML420 CFD for Chemical engineers
CML421 Computer Aided Design in Chemical Engineering
CML422 Polymer Processing
CML423 Project Planning and Management
CML424 Ore and minerals processing
CHL393 Innovative Design