Panjab University,Chandigarh, Chandigarh
Courses, Fees, Admission 2026, Placements & Rankings

Panjab University (PU) is one of the oldest universities in India, originally established in 1882 at Lahore (now in Pakistan) and relocated to Chandigarh following the partition in 1947 under the Panjab University Act VII of 1947 enacted by the Government of India. Functioning as an inter-state body corporate funded jointly by the Central Government and the Government of Punjab, it operates across Sectors 14 and 25 in Chandigarh with multiple regional centres at Muktsar, Ludhiana, and Hoshiarpur. The university encompasses 78 teaching and research departments, 10 centres/chairs, and over 200 affiliated colleges across Punjab and Chandigarh. It offers comprehensive undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral programmes in arts, sciences, law, engineering and technology, business management, and pharmaceutical sciences, holding extensive research capabilities and distinguished alumni including prime ministers, presidents, and Nobel laureates.

Panjab University holds an A++ accreditation grade from NAAC with a CGPA of 3.68 on a 4-point scale. In NIRF rankings, it consistently stands among the top universities in India, featuring as #3 in Pharmacy and #57 overall. Its engineering (UIET, UIC... Panjab University holds an A++ accreditation grade from NAAC with a CGPA of 3.68 on a 4-point scale. In NIRF rankings, it consistently stands among the top universities in India, featuring as #3 in Pharmacy and #57 overall. Its engineering (UIET, UICET) and management (UBS) constituent institutes report robust placement track records with top recruiters such as Infosys, Deloitte, Samsung, and Cognizant, offering median salary packages ranging from 7.5 to 10+ LPA. The campus spans over 550 acres with state-of-the-art research laboratories, the centrally located A.C. Joshi Library containing over 700,000 volumes, high-performance computing facilities, and an active startup and incubation ecosystem supported by DST and BIRAC. View More