Top courses in Punjab University: Fees, Placement, seats, ranks

Punjab University is a public research university which is located in Chandigarh. The Punjab University was established in the year 1882, It is one of the good universities and is very good in the research programme. Punjab University is ranked 41 by NIRF among all the universities. Punjab University is approved by AICTE and it has 188 colleges affiliated to it.

Punjab University Highlights:

Particulars	Statoistics
Establishment year	1882
Approved by	AICTE
No. of affiliated colleges	188
Rankings	41 by NIRF-overall
No. of Specialization in courses	10
No. of recruiting companies	54
Highest placement package	INR 58.48 Lakhs per annum
Average placement package	INR 8.89 Lakhs per annum

Punjab University offers more than 850 courses. There are 78 different affiliated colleges of the Punjab University which offer UG, PG and PhD level courses. The university provides courses in BA, B.SC, LLB, BPED, and BTECH which includes fine arts, business, management, medical sciences and languages.

Course name
BA
BSC
LLB
BPED
BTECH

The eligibility criteria for seeking admission to Punjab University are different for different courses and there are various exams which are given by the students to take admission to the university. 

Eligibility criteria for seeking admission to Punjab University based on different courses:

Course name	Eligibility criteria
MA	10 2 with 60%  50% in Graduation. Exams required are PU-CET(PG), CBSE 12th, PSEB 12th
BBA	10 2 with 50% Exams required are CBSE 12th, PSEB 12th, UP 12th.
MSC	50% in graduation with any field  The Exams required are PU-CET, and JEE MAINS.
BE	10 2 with 50%  Exams required are JEE MAINS, JAC Chandigarh, CBSE 12th, PSEB12th, and PULEET.
BSC	10 2 With 40% Exams required are PUCET(UG), CBSE 12th, PSEB 12th, and Maharashtra HSC.
BA	10 2 with 30-60% Exams required are CBSE 12th, PSEB 12th, RBSE 12th, MPBSE 12th, GSEB 12th, Odisha CHSE, Maharashtra HSC, Karnataka 2nd PUC.
BCA	10 2 with 50% Exams required are CBSE 12th, PSEB 12th, UP 12th, PSEB 12th, RBSE 12th, MPBSE 12th, GSEB 12th, Karnataka 2nd PUC.
BCOM	10 2 with 40-60%  Exams required are CBSE 12th, PSEB 12th, RBSE 12th, MPBSE 12th, GSEB 12th, Odisha CHSE,
PG DIPLOMA	Graduation with 40-50%.

The marks required to take a seat at Punjab University are based on the cut-off list that is released by the university itself every year. The cut-off for different courses is different. The expected cut-off for different courses in MBA 2023 is:

Particulars	Statistics
Course name	Expected Cut-off
BA entrepreneurship	85
MBA infrastructure Management	85
MBA hospital management	85
MBA International Business	85
MBA Pharmaceutical Management	85
MBA Retail Management	85
MBA banking and finance	85
MBA Information Technology and Telecom Management	85

Punjab University BE expected cut-off 2023:

Course name	Expected cut-off (closing rank)	Expected cut-off (opening rank)
Biotechnology	299716	77932
Computer science and engineering	736201	15597
Electrical and electronics engineering	82689	36057
Electronics and communication engineering	61069	32531
Information technology	49692	36499
Mechanical engineering	108569	62993

The courses available at Punjab University have their scope in their respective field. There are various job opportunities which are provided by the university itself. The University provides various internships which are stipends and the university also provides various scholarships to the students. The scholarships are:

1. Scholarship to students with difficulties.
2. Post matric scholarship.
3. Central sector scholarship.
4. Scholarship for SC/ST.

Fees for different courses are different at Punjab University. The fee structure for different courses is mentioned in the table:

Course name	Total fees
MA	INR 10.35 K – INR 1.35 L
BBA	INR 24 K – INR 2.38 L
MSC	INR 18 K – INR 3.92 L
BE	INR 99.71 K – INR 6.19 L
BSC	INR 15 K – INR 2.88 L
BA	INR 15.38 K – INR 1.96 L
BCA	INR 31 K – INR 1.37 L
BCOM	INR 17.3 K – INR 2.2 L
PG DIPLOMA	INR 9.6 K – INR 45.76 K

Punjab University is ranked by NIRF, Outlook, QS World University rankings, and the Week etc. The rankings of Punjab University in different years are:

Ranking body	Year	Ranking
The week – overall	2022	11
NIRF – Overall	2022	41
NIRF – Law	2022	30
NIRF- Engineering	2022	92
NIRF – Management	2022	67
NIRF – Pharmacy	2022	3
Outlook MBA	2022	15
Times higher education rankings	2023	801 - 1000
QS World University rankings	2022	1201 - 1400
Asia University rankings	2022	197

Punjab University has a placement rate of about 82% and the placement is quite good various students receive the placement from the college itself. Every year more than 324 companies visit the University for placement opportunities. There are many recruiting companies for the placement that visit the University of Punjab every year such as Amazon, Tesla, Adobe etc.

Recruiting companies of the University of Punjab:

• TOLARAM Group
• Adani
• Amazon
• Dabur
• American Express
• Korn Ferry
• EY
• Trident
• Mg Motors

The placement cell of the university selects the students eligible for seeking placement from the university and the placement cell guides the students and gives training to students. The placement cell also provides mock calls, logical reasoning, soft skills, and verbal abilities tests. Due to all such support provided by the placement cell students can receive good placement packages from the placement companies. There are more than 324 recruiting companies to give placement and there are around 383 placement offers which are made to the students of BTECH by the companies every year around 80% of students secure their seats in placement opportunities and receive placements from the college itself.  The placement record when compared to last year has increased almost every year and 16% of placement records increased from last year. Due to this a growth of 47% in the university is seen this year.

Placement Highlights of the University of Punjab:

Particulars	Statistics
Number of companies visiting for placement every-year	324
Number of placement offers made by the visiting companies for BTECH	383
Top recruiter	Amazon

The highest package offered by the university is INR 45 LPA which was offered to the BTech programme and the average package offered by the university is INR 8.89 LPA in the year 2022. The highest salary package was INR 58.48 LPA which was offered by TOLARAM groups and the average package offered was 13.7 LPA in the year 2022. 

About the Author:

Vanshika is pursuing BSc. (Hons) in Microbiology from Shadeed Rajguru College of Applied Sciences for Women, Delhi University. She loves to write and works as a freelancer.