Punjab · Affiliating + Teaching university
IKGPTU
I.K. Gujral Punjab Technical University
Kapurthala
1000+
Affiliated colleges
1997
Established
B
NAAC
Not ranked
NIRF 2025
Admissions & entrance exams
B.Tech (first year)
- No separate entrance test: merit of the qualifying exam through IKGPTU centralised online counselling
- JEE Main rank where a college or programme asks for it
After diploma · lateral entry
B.Tech LEET (2nd year) through the same centralised counselling, with its own seat matrix and cut-offs
Track LEET dates →M.Tech / MBA / MCA
- M.Tech, MBA, MCA, M.Pharm through IKGPTU centralised counselling (merit; GATE / GPAT preferred)
Counselling: Centralised online counselling at counselling.ptu.ac.in (₹2,000 fee). Seats are split 85% Punjab residents and 15% outside Punjab, and you can apply under only one quota.
Popular programs
1000+ affiliated colleges
Brochure lists 137 AICTE, 141 UGC, 57 engineering, 49 pharmacy and 5 architecture institutes (categories overlap)
As of Information Brochure 2026-27 · IKGPTU Information Brochure 2026-27
Flagship institutes
- 1IKGPTU Main Campus, Kapurthala78-acre campus; own campuses also at Mohali, Amritsar, Hoshiarpur and Batala
- 2Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College, LudhianaAutonomous, affiliated
- 3Baba Banda Singh Bahadur Engineering College, Fatehgarh Sahib
- 4DAV Institute of Engineering & Technology, Jalandhar
- 5Chandigarh Engineering College (CGC Landran), Mohali
- 6Amritsar College of Engineering & Technology, Amritsar
Recognition & ranking
- UGC
- State university (Punjab Act 1997); UGC 2(f) & 12B as reported by Careers360
- AICTE
- Affiliated technical colleges AICTE-approved
- NAAC
- Grade B (CGPA 2.46, 2022, valid to 2027), per Careers360
- NIRF
- Not ranked (NIRF 2025); last ranked Engineering #120 in 2021
Placements
IKGPTU's own B.Tech programme placed 223 of 318 graduates in 2023-24. Affiliated colleges' placements are not published centrally.
Average / median
₹6.00 LPA (median)
Highest
Not published
IKGPTU own campuses only · 2023-24 (NIRF 2025 data) · source
Affiliated colleges place students on their own, so figures vary widely from college to college.
Industry & incubation
- Business Incubation Centre (BIC), IKGPTU
- MoU with Infosys Springboard (free courses)
- MoU with NIELIT
- Tie-ups with Naukri Campus and Internshala
Good to know
- CGPA to %: CGPA × 10, for pass-outs from the April–May 2020 session onwards (official notice)
- Counselling quota: 85% Punjab, 15% outside Punjab; choose one
- IKGPTU also runs counselling for some MRSPTU (Bathinda) programmes