Panjab University, Chandigarh

Panjab University (PU) is a collegiate university-funded jointly by the central and state government located in Chandigarh, India. Established in 1882 as the University of Punjab, Lahore it was relocated in India after the partition in 1947 between India and Pakistan. The university did not have a campus of its own for nearly a decade and at last, in 1956 it got its own campus on a red sandstone designed by Pierre Jeanerette under the guidance of Le Corbusier. The Panjab University has 15 chairs/centers for research and teaching and 78 research and teaching departments at the key campus in Chandigarh. It has affiliations with 189 colleges along with 4 regional centers and 6 constituent colleges. The university has its own radio station which plays the role of combining different groups amongst the university students, faculties and the community at large. According to NIRF rankings 2021, the university has been ranked 27th in the law category, 28th in the research category, 2nd in the pharmacy category 89th among engineering institutions, 23rd in the university category and 38th in the overall category. The university ranked 42nd position in the management category in the NIRF ranking 2020.

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PU Location

PU is in Chandigarh the capital city of Punjab, a green city in the state of Punjab. It is at a distance of 25 km from the Chandigarh International Airport which takes about 50 minutes driving on a routine day, and 10 km from the Chandigarh Bus Terminal or the railway station which comes to a 25-30 minute drive. PU Chandigarh location is well connected with many commutes like autos and taxis. Once you arrive at the airport or the railway station you have the option of a number of public transport facilities available to take you to PU, Sector 14, Chandigarh. 

Panjab University, Chandigarh - Latest News and Updates

• Vigilance Awareness Week 2020 - Panjab University celebrated the Vigilance Awareness Week that is in line with the nationwide initiatives of the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) of the Government of India for the purpose of creating awareness amongst civil society and also the public at large relating to the policy of attaining accountability, transparency and corruption-free governance. 

PU Chandigarh Awards, Recognitions, Accreditations, Rankings and Collaborations

PU Accreditations 

• PU Chandigarh is accredited by NAAC (IQAC Internal Quality Assurance Cell ).

• Ranked 23 in the NIRF ranking 2021 under the university category

• Secured 28th spot in NIRF Research Ranking 2021.

• In the NIRF rankings of 2021, the university has been ranked 2nd in the pharmacy category with a score of 77.99. In the NIRF rankings of 2020, it was also ranked 2nd.

• Ranked 89th by NIRF among engineering institutions with an overall score of 40.16/100 in 2021. In NIRF rankings 2020, the university was ranked 72nd.

• The university has been ranked 27th in the NIRF rankings of 2021 in the law category with an overall score of 45.62. In the NIRF rankings of 2020, the university was ranked 15th.

• The university has been given 38th rank in the overall category of NIRF ranking 2021, compared to 44th rank in the same category the previous year.

• Ranked 42nd in the management category by the NIRF 2020.
• Ranked 28th by the NIRF 2020 in the dental category.

Panjab University Collaborations

• University of Nottingham (UK)

• Nottingham Trent University (UK)

• Agriculture University, Palampur 

• University of Birmingham (UK)

• National Science Technology and Development Agency, Thailand

• University of Western Sydney (Australia)

• IMTECH

• Universidad de Aveiro, Portugal

• Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences (INMAS), New Delhi

• Himalayan Forest Research Institute, Shimla

• University of Missouri, USA

•  International Centre for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas (ICARDA), Morocco

• Baylor Medical centre, Dallas, U.S.A.

• International Crops Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Hyderabad

• Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Delhi

• IIT, Roorkee

• World Vegetable Research Centre, Taiwan

• Nuclear Science, Delhi

• Central University, Hyderabad 

• Inter University Consortium (Kolkata & Bhubaneswar).

• PGIMER, Chandigarh

• Atomic Energy Regulatory Board of India, Mumbai

• GB Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar CSIO, Chandigarh

Notable Alumni of PU

1. Dr Shankar Dayal Sharma, 9th President of India

2. Dr Manmohan Singh, Former Prime minister of India

3. Inder Kumar Gujaral, Former PM of India

4. Dr. Hargobind Khorana, Nobel Laureate Biotechnologist

5. Sushma Swaraj, Minister of External Affairs of India, Government of India

6. Bhai Mohan Singh (Padma Shri) Chairman & M.D. Ranbaxy Labs. Ltd.

7. Kalpana Chawla, NASA Astronaut

8. Kiran Bedi, First IPS Officer

9. Shekhar Gupta, Editor-in-Chief, Indian Express Group

10. Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Chief Minister of Haryana

PU Chandigarh Infrastructure and Facilities

The beautiful, landscaped Panjab University campus in sectors 14 and 25 of the city of Chandigarh is spread over an area of 550 acres. The key academic and administrative buildings are in sector 14, beside a health center, gymnasium, swimming pool, and residential housing for the faculties. An assemblage of notable buildings that comprises the Gandhi Bhawan, the Student Centre, the University Library, the Fine Arts Museum and add a feather to the cap of Panjab University.

The Panjab University facilities ensure that students are comfortable. PU facilities nurture students with an atmosphere of contentment and joy. The university has provisions for accommodation in the hostel segregated for boys and girls.  The infrastructure provided by the University promotes the all in all growth of the students which leads to excellence in every area of the student. The halls that are meant for the purpose of seminars conducted to the students for various subjects and also the use of libraries for students and faculties are well-equipped with the latest innovations to facilitate a better learning experience at large. Sports facilities that are provided to the students including both indoor and outdoor sports promote the level of physical activity amongst students.

• There are in total seventeen hostels of which 8 are for boys and the remaining 9 are for girls has a capacity to accommodate nearly about 6700 students. Panjab University in view of the working women at the campus has allotted one more hostel specially for these working women with a capacity to accommodate 70 working women in it.

• Bhai Ghanaiya Ji (BGJ) Institute of Health is a giant unit that caters to the medical and medicinal needs of around approx 40,000 employees and their dependents, students of all the departments including all the boys and girls residing in hostels, persons on daily wages also the contractual employees and persons working in the mess and canteen area. 

• The educational colleges on the campus along with the four Regional Centers in the state itself are grouped under various Faculties like Science, Arts, Languages, Education, Law and Fine Arts, Commerce and Business Management, Engineering and Technology, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Medical Sciences, and Dairying, Agriculture and Animal Husbandry. Specialized libraries are provided and made available to most of the departments, and the period runs of working for at least 180 days in a year.

• A. C. Joshi Library has over 6.4 lakh publications in a collection which include books, bound volumes of journals, a prized collection of 1490 manuscripts rare books, reports, backfiles of newspapers theses/dissertations, government documents, and. The Library is also fully computerized with an integrated system that is connected to the Campus Network which provides Internet and e-mail facility to the University community. 

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PU Courses, Fees and Eligibility

PU offers courses at the graduate and postgraduate levels. A total of around 90 programmes are available at PU. Some of the PU courses are mentioned below:

• B.Sc. In Hospitality & Hotel Mgt

• B.Sc.(Hons)

• B.A.(Hons) in Economics

• B.A.(Hons) in Economics

• B.Sc(HS) in Physics & Elec.

• M.Sc. (HS) in Phy & Elec.

• M.Sc  in Microbial Bio-Tech

• Master in Public Health in Service

• M.A. In Social Work

• PG Dip in Advertising & Public Relations

• Master in Computer Applications(MCA)

• M.Phil (Physical Education)

• MBA-IN Entrepreneurship

• M.A. in Human Rights and Duties

PU Fee:

Panjab University fee has to be deposited in installments as per the installment schedules provided by Panjab University.

PU Fee Structure for 1st year

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PU Chandigarh Admission

PU offers graduate and postgraduate level programmes. PU admission is done based on merits for some courses as well as the entrance exams via PU CET, PU MET and PU THAT for some other courses. The applicants who meet the cut off declared by PU are in entrance exams are called for personal interview/counselling and then are shortlisted on the grounding of merit.

For admission in PU UG and PG courses, it is mandatory for the student to secure 50% marks in 10+2 and 50% at graduation respectively. 

Concerned colleges affiliated with PU will forward the student details after the remittance of fees from the student. Students who get enrolled in the Colleges that are affiliated to the Panjab University will make a contribution annually to the College Development Council that will be decided by the Syndicate appointed every year and Principals who collect the amount must remit the collected amount on account of the CDC Fee to the Dean, CDC, Panjab University.

PU Admission Procedure for UG Programmes

• Meet the eligibility criteria

• Submit the application form

• Appear for the entrance test

• Declaration of cutoff/results

• Participation in Personal Interview/Counselling

• Fee payment and university enrolment

PU Admission Procedure for PG Programmes

• Meet the eligibility criteria

• Fill and submit the application form 

• Appear for the standardized test

• Declaration of results

• Interview process by respective departments 

• Fee payment and university enrolment

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PU Scholarship

Scholarships are provided by Panjab University to the students who need financial help. The criteria for eligibility to get the scholarship varies from one course to another course. They consider the students with disabilities, scholarship schemes as per Government of India, Scholarship for SC/ST candidate, Central sector scholarship, Post Matric Scholarship.

Note: Aadhar number is compulsorily required to avail funds for all Government subsidies and Scholarships.

Panjab University Cutoff

The PU cutoff is set at the minimum marks/score that an applicant must attain on the PU CET to proceed with the admission process. Cut off percentile for the same course is higher for students from the general category and lower for students from the SC/ST/OBC category. In general, the cut off marks vary for every different course offered by the University. 

PU Placement

For the benefit of the students, Panjab University has a Central Placement Cell. Institutions/Corporate Houses/Industries interested in conducting campus interviews / placement are requested to contact the Advisor, Central Placement cell. Some of the top recruiters at PU are AC Nielsen, ACC, Abhishek Industries, Adani Group of Companies, Bharti Axa, Amrop, American Express,  Ashok Piramal, Bharti Airtel, Bell Ceramics, Asian Paints, BILT, Blue Dart, Citi Bank etc.

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