Polytechnic - Course Details, Fees, Eligibility, Admission 2024

Polytechnic – In our country, after engineering or medicine, the most popular course is the technical diploma. You must have heard about these courses. In the last few years, the trend of students towards polytechnic courses has increased a lot. There are too many institutes that offer many industrial arts, applied science and other courses but Some institutes initially offered Civil, Mechanical, Electrical and newly emerging branches.

Polytechnic is a Diploma program in technical education. In this article, we will discuss all Polytechnic such as Eligibility criteria, List of Courses, Entrance Exam and so on. To know more about it, Go through this article.

Table Of Contents

1. What is a Polytechnic?

2. Polytechnic vs B.Tech

3. Eligibility Criteria

4. List of polytechnic courses

5. Polytechnic Admission Procedure

5.1. Entrance based admission

5.2. Admission on the basis of class X & XII

6. Polytechnic Top College’s

7. List of Polytechnic Entrance Exam

8. List of Polytechnic admission without Entrance

9. Polytechnic Fee Structure

10. Career opportunities

10.1. List of Govt Sector

10.1.1. List of Private Sector

What is a Polytechnic?

Polytechnic is a 3-year, 2-year as well as 1-year diploma or vocational course that imparts technical education to students. The objective of this course is to impart practical knowledge to the students. The 3-year diploma provides admission in programs like Electrical Engineering, Architectural Apprenticeship etc, while the 2-year diploma offers courses like Library and Information Science, Pharmacy etc and the 1-year diploma course offers marketing and sales, Beauty & healthcare courses etc.

Polytechnic vs B.Tech

Here is some difference between polytechnic and B.Tech.

B.Tech is a degree where as Polytechnic is a diploma program.
Generally, a Polytechnic is of 3 years whereas B.Tech is of 4 years.
The fee for the B.Tech course is higher than the Polytechnic.

Eligibility Criteria

There are many colleges in our country that offer diplomas in polytechnic and all those colleges have different eligibility criteria. The most common eligibility criteria are given below

Nationality

Candidates should be Indian.

Education Qualification

Students must have passed class X or XII.
It is necessary to get 45% marks in the qualifying examination of the student.
The student must have compulsorily studied English, Mathematics and Science subjects.

List of polytechnic courses

By the way, different courses are offered in different colleges under these courses. Some of the popular courses are as follows:-

Course Name	Course Name
Automobile Engineering	Agricultural Engineering
Art and craft	Aerospace Engineering
Aeronautical Engineering	Biotechnology Engineering
Chemical Engineering	Ceramic Engineering
Computer Science and Engineering	Civil Engineering
Dairy Technology and Engineering	Environmental Engineering
Electronics and telecommunication Engineering	Electrical engineering
Fashion Engineering	Food processing and technology
Interior Decoration	Genetic engineering
Instrumentation and control engineering	IT Engineering
Infrastructure Engineering	Mechanical Engineering
Mining Engineering	Motorsport Engineering
Metallurgy Engineering	Petroleum Engineering
Plastics Engineering	Power Engineering
Production Engineering	Textile Engineering

Polytechnic Admission Procedure

In some colleges, admission in polytechnics is done by entrance exam whereas in some, on the basis of merit list of marks of class X & XII. Both procedures are given below.

Entrance based admission

If you want to take admission through an entrance to polytechnics, then first you have to fill out the application form for the entrance test by going to the official website. After that, your admit card will come. You have to download it and you have to appear in the paper. After that, your result will come and according to the marks of the result, your merit list will be extracted, on the basis of which counselling will be done and your admission will be given.

Admission on the basis of class X & XII

If you want to get admission on the basis of marks of class X or XII then, First of all, you have to check which college offers admission on marks of 10th & 12th. The list of which, we have given below. You have to fill out the form from that college. After that, he will remove the college merit list, according to the marks of class Tenth and Twelfth, on the basis of this, your counselling will be done and your admission will be received.

Polytechnic Top College’s

Here is a list of the best colleges across India that offer technical diplomas.

List of Polytechnic Entrance Exam

Here is Given the list of state-wise entrance exams to take admission to these diplomas in various Engineering, Technical and non-Technical courses in India.

S.No	State	Entrance exam	Full form
1.	Andhra Pradesh	AP Polycet	Andhra Pradesh polytechnic’s common entrance test
2.	Assam	Assam PAT	Assam Polytechnic’s admission test
3.	Arunachal Pradesh	APJEE	Arunachal Pradesh joint entrance examination
4.	Bihar	DCECE	Diploma Entrance competitive examination
5.	Uttar Pradesh	JEECUP	joint examination Council Uttar Pradesh
6.	West Bengal	JEXPO	Joint entrance examination for Polytechnic’s West Bengal
7.	Jammu and Kashmir	JKPET	Jammu and Kashmir polytechnic’s entrance test
8.	Madhya Pradesh	MP PPT	Madhya Pradesh pre-Polytechnic’s test
9.	Telangana	TS Polycet	Telangana State Polytechnic’s common entrance test
10.	Himachal Pradesh	HP PAT	Himachal Pradesh Polytechnic’s admission test
11.	Chhattisgarh	CG PPT	Chhattisgarh pre-Polytechnic’s test
12.	Jharkhand	PECE	Polytechnic’s entrance competitive examination

List of Polytechnic admission without Entrance

There are also some colleges and institutes in India that give admission in these courses at the number of classes 12th and 10th without entrance. We have listed below.

S.No.	State’s	Admission
1.	Maharashtra	Maharashtra Polytechnic’s admission
2.	Gujarat	Gujarat diploma admission
3.	Karnataka	Karnataka Polytechnic’s
4.	Kerala	Kerala Polytechnic’s admission
5.	Tamil Nadu	Tamilnadu Polytechnic admission
6.	Punjab	Punjab Polytechnic admission
7.	Goa	Goa diploma admission
8.	Haryana	Haryana Polytechnic

Polytechnic Fee Structure

The fee for all polytechnic courses is different and it also depends on the college whether it is government or private. The average fees for Government College are 2000 to 5000 per annum whereas Private Colleges range from 10,000 to 30,000 and may be more than this.

Career opportunities

After obtaining a polytechnic diploma, the candidate has very good practical knowledge and many companies also offer jobs for those who have done polytechnics. Some companies offer very good salary packages to polytechnic holders. After taking the diploma, you can work in both the public and private sectors. Top government and public sector company that hires diploma holders. Their list is the following.

List of Govt Sector

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL)
Infrastructure Development Agencies
Irrigation Departments
Public Work Departments
Indian Railways
Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO)
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC)
Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL)
Indian Army
National Sample Survey Organization (NSSO)
National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC)
Indian Petro Chemicals Limited (IPCL)
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL)

List of Private Sector

Computer Engineering Firms such as
- Wipro
- Polaris
- HCL
- TCS, etc.
Communication Firms such as
- Idea Cellular
- Bharti Airtel
- Reliance Communications, etc.
Automobiles such as
- Bajaj Auto
- TATA Motors
- Mahindra
- Toyota
- Maruti Suzuki, etc.
Electrical Firms such as
- Siemens
- Tata Power
- BSES
- L&T, etc.
Airlines such as
- Jet Airways
- Spicejet
- Indigo, etc.
Mechanical Engineering Firms such as
- Voltas
- Hindustan Unilever
- ACC Limited, etc.
Construction Firms such as
- Mitas
- GMR Infra
- DLF
- Unitech
- Jaypee Associated, etc.