Panjab University: Admission 2025, Courses & Fees, Cutoff, Ranking, Placements

Panjab University is a Central and State Government funded university established in 1882 in Lahore, which was relocated to Chandigarh in 1947. Panjab University is a NAAC grade ‘A++’ university with a CGPA of 3.68 on a four-point scale. The university ranked 38 by NIRF ranking 2024 under the ‘University’ category.

Panjab University offers undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral courses through 202 affiliated colleges spread across Panjab region. The university offers various courses including BTech, BSc, BA, MA, MSc, MTech, and PhD among others. The courses offered under PU is spread across various streams such as Engineering, Business and Management Studies, Accounting and Commerce, Design, Humanities & Social Sciences, Arts (Fine/ Visual/ Performing), etc.

Admission to most of the courses of Panjab University is entrance-based. The university conducts multiple entrance tests such as PU MET, PU-CET (UG), PU-CET (PG) etc. The course fees at PUCHD ranges from INR 10k to INR 1.6 Lakhs. The BE course costs between INR 26k to INR 1.14 Lakhs, depending on the branch of studies. MBA at Panjab University cost ranges from INR 26k to INR 1.62 Lakhs.

Panjab University offers several scholarship schemes to encourage financially and socially backward students to make higher education accessible to all. Panjab University conducts campus placements through the university's dedicated Placement Cell. The median package offered to BTech and MBA students during Panjab University placement 2023 stood at INR 7.55 LPA and INR 12.41 LPA, respectively.

Panjab University Highlights

You may check some highlights about Panjab University in the following table:

Panjab University Courses & Fees

Panjab University offers various Certificate, Diploma, Undergraduate, Postgraduate, and PhD courses in multiple streams such as Engineering, Business and Management Studies, Accounting and Commerce, Design, Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, Law, Medicine, Health Sciences, and Arts (Fine/ Visual/ Performing). The eligibility criteria and course fees varies depending on the selected stream and the course at the PU. The Panjab University's flagship courses are BE, BTech, MTech, BSc, BA, MBA. Panjab University’s Patiala campus is dedicated for BTech, MTech and Research on engineering fields.

Check the following table presenting the courses, fees and eligibility criteria of UG programs of Panjab University:

Check the following table presenting the courses, fees and eligibility criteria of PG diploma programs of Panjab University:

Check the following table presenting the courses, fees and eligibility criteria of PG programs of Panjab University:

Panjab university also conducts Executive MBA.

Check the following table presenting the courses, fees and eligibility criteria of research programs of Panjab University:

Panjab University Admission Process 2025

Panjab University admission 2025 is entrance-based for most of the courses conducted by it. PUCHD conducts entrance exams such as PU CET, PU MET, PU UGLAW. However, the university also accepts other national level entrance exams like JEE Main, CAT etc. for admission to different courses.

Aspiring candidates will have to go through the university-conducted/national-level entrance exams followed by the university-level selection rounds for final admission. The Panjab University admission process begins with online registration process. If you are looking for admission to any courses at Panjab University for 2025-2026 academic session, you must fill out the PU application form before the last date specified by the university.

Steps to Apply to Panjab University

You can check the step-by-step process for the Panjab University Chandigarh application 2025 in the following section:

• Visit the Panjab University website and click on the 'Admissions' tab.
• Select your preferred course from the 'UG Admissions' or 'PG Admissions' tab.
• Next, download the application form of the course you want to apply and fill it out as per the instructions.
• Submit the required academic credentials, such as your mark sheets, certificates, and photographs.
• Pay the application fee (that varies from course to course).
• Submit the application form by the university specified last date.

Panjab University Ranking

Panjab University ranked 60 by NIRF ranking 2024 under ‘Overall’ category. The university ranked 38 by NIRF 2024 ranking under the ‘University’ category. Check the rankings the Panjab University secured in 2024 compared to 2023 in the following table:

Panjab University Facilities

Panjab University offers multiple facilities to its students like libraries, laboratories, sports complex, hostel, cafeteria. The university has 8 hostels for boys and 9 hostels for girls accommodating 6000 students in total.

Panjab University Rankings

Panjab University overall cutoff percentile for CAT 2024 is 85. Check the table below for the cutoffs of different categories of MBA at PU:

You may check and compare the JEE Main cutoff ranks of 2023 and 2024 for different branches of B.E. engineering admission at Panjab University in the following table: