Chandigarh · Affiliating + Teaching university

PU

Panjab University

Chandigarh

Official website Results Grievance

202

Affiliated colleges

1882

Established

A++

NAAC

Engineering #93

NIRF 2025

Admissions & entrance exams

B.Tech (first year)

JEE Main (B.E. through JAC Chandigarh)

After diploma · lateral entry

PU LEET (Panjab University Lateral Entry Entrance Test) for 2nd-year B.E.

Track LEET dates →

M.Tech / MBA / MCA

GATE (M.E. / M.Tech)
CAT / PU entrance (MBA)

Counselling: JAC Chandigarh runs online counselling (jacchd.admissions.nic.in) on JEE Main scores for UIET, CCET, UICET and the Hoshiarpur centre: 1,804 seats in 2026.

Popular programs

B.E. CSEB.E. ITB.E. ECEB.E. EEEB.E. MechanicalB.E. BiotechnologyB.E. Chemical (UICET)M.E. / M.TechMBAMCA

202 affiliated colleges

Colleges in Chandigarh and Punjab, plus 6 constituent colleges and regional centres at Muktsar, Ludhiana, Hoshiarpur and Kauni

As of October 2026 · Panjab University homepage

Flagship institutes

1University Institute of Engineering & Technology (UIET), ChandigarhPU's own · 881 seats (JAC 2026)
2Dr S.S. Bhatnagar University Institute of Chemical Engg & Technology, ChandigarhPU's own · 258 seats
3Chandigarh College of Engineering & Technology (CCET), Sector 26, ChandigarhUT-run, affiliated to PU
4PU Swami Sarvanand Giri Regional Centre, Hoshiarpur352 engineering seats
5Punjab Engineering College (PEC), Sector 12, ChandigarhSeparate deemed university since 2003

Recognition & ranking

UGC: UGC-recognised (Panjab University Act 1947; founded at Lahore in 1882)
AICTE: Engineering programmes run under AICTE approval
NAAC: Grade A++ (CGPA 3.68)
NIRF: NIRF 2025: Engineering #93, University #35, State Public Universities #3

Placements

PU's on-campus engineering placed 489 of 625 UG graduates in 2023-24. PG median was ₹7.25 LPA.

Average / median

₹8.25 LPA (median)

Highest

Not published

UIET and UICET campus engineering · 2023-24 (NIRF 2025 data) · source

Affiliated colleges place students on their own, so figures vary widely from college to college.

Industry & incubation

Panjab University Incubation Centre (soft loans up to ₹5 lakh for startups)
Centre for Industry Institute Partnership Programme
Centre for Skill Development & Entrepreneurship

Good to know

UIET, UICET and the Hoshiarpur centre are PU's own; CCET is affiliated. All four admit through one JAC Chandigarh process on JEE Main
PEC is a separate deemed university with its own admission process
Ask the PU examination branch for the CGPA to % rule; it is not published online