Colleges in Patiala

LPU is known for its MBA. LPU provides quality education, with great scholarship programs plus holistic learning opportunities. Mittal School of Business is among the first 10 institutions in India to get ACBSP (USA) accreditation, Mittal school of Business ranked among the top 34 Management institution in India, as per NIRF ranking 2022. LPU is the only university that have tie- ups with leading companies. For example MBA (Business Analytics) in tie up with KGMP, MBA (Financial Markets) in tie up with NSE, MBA (Supply Chain & Logistics) in tie up with safeducate. These are the unique features that make LPU the best private university for MBA. The curriculum is made keeping in mind the current market trends. The placements are 100%, and students have special placement-oriented classes that serve as a booster for students to clear the exam and interview. Companies like Hyatt, Ritz Carlton, Adani Wilmar, Altruist, Al-Rakha, Dharam Consultancy selected LPU students for International locations. The highest package availed is 21 LPA. More than 650 companies visit LPU every year for recruitment with an average of 5-12 LPA packages and the highest package was 21LPA. Every year visiting companies escalate in number and till date University has recorded the highest placements in North India.

The placements are good in Thapar. 90% of the students are placed in 2018 batch. The highest package offered was 32 lacs per annum, offered by De Shaw. Many prestigious companies visit the college every year like Microsoft, Amazon, Adobe, De Shaw, JP Morgan, Walmart Labs, SanDisk, Samsung, Delloite and many more. The School has been ranked 42 for MBA/PGDM by NIRF in 2021. LM Thapar School of Management has nine academic units and six centres of excellence. The faculty count is 36 and the student-to-faculty ratio is 15:1. It offers MBA, Executive MBA (EMBA), Ph.D. and Executive Ph.D. (EPhD) programmes in various specialisations. You can apply it online on official website.

Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, also known as Thapar University, offers over 20 programs in the stream of Science, management, engineering, and technology. The institute has been ranked 23 in the engineering category by NIRF in 2021. After their first semester, people can take a test called the December Test to upgrade their branch. It is usually conducted in the last week of December. The eligibility criteria to apply for this upgradation are as follows:
The student should have completed all the course credits prescribed in the first two semesters. At the end of the first year of a four-year BE/B.Tech programme, there should be no backlog. Also, you must have secured a minimum CGPA of 8.50 for general category and other category students, except SC and ST. A student will be permitted to change from branch A to branch B, strictly in CGPA order, if the strength of branch A does not fall below 90% of its sanctioned strength. The application forms are usually available around August in the college's academic section; you may contact authorities to know the exact date for the forms. The syllabus for this test is purely composed of JEE Mains topics, and the standard of the paper is easy. The syllabus is basic Physics Chemistry and mathematics taught in the first semester, plus three electives out of six other engineering foundation courses taught in the first semester. After giving the test, students would be awarded their rank, and based on that, a special counseling session takes place, and eligible candidates can get their chance to upgrade their branch. Although the paper is doable, due to high competition, candidates need to secure a single-digit rank to get into the CSE branch.