Discontinued (Jun-2025) -M.Plan. in Urban 

at Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar, Amritsar

GNDU offers admission as per notification issued by Punjab Government. The University offers admission to its UG and PG courses on the basis of both merit and entrance-based. Admission to most of the courses is based on candidates performance in the Hence, the university does not offer direct admission. Aspirants can further reach out to the university admission office to get more details related to direct admission.

A total of 79 companies offered job opportunities to the students passing out in 2024. The highest package stood at INR 18.43 LPA and the average package offered was INR 6.40 LPA. Check the complete insights of Guru Nanak Dev University placements 2024 from the table below:

Guru Nanak Dev University offers a wide range of scholarships to the students on a wide range of parameters such as merit, means, and reserved category and to students with disabilities. Some of these scholarships include:

• Post-Matric Scholarships Scheme for Minorities
• Merit-cum-Means Scholarship for Professional and Technical Courses
• CS Top Class Education Scheme for SC students
• Central Sector Scheme of scholarships for college and university students, and more

Yes, for some course, GNDU takes admission without entrance exam. The admission to those courses is allotted based on the merit secured in the qualifying exam.  

Admission to following GNDU courses is based on merit in the qualifying exam:

Minimum percentage for GNDU admission in some popular courses are:

The University accepts several entrance exams for admission to a few  undergraduate and postgraduate courses. Given below are some of the course-wise entrance exams accepted for Guru Nanak Dev University course admissions: 

The list of prominent companies that selected the students during Guru Nanak Dev University placements is presented below:

Some of the departments working under GNDU include:

• Agriculture
• Psychology
• Human Genetics
• Architecture
• Punjabi (School of Punjabi Studies)
• Law, Biotechnology, Physiotherapy
• Library and Information Science
• Botanical and Environmental Sciences
• Sanskrit, Pali and Prakrit
• Mass Communication and Chemistry among others.

Yes, GNDU Amritsar has a QS ranking. Look at the below table for the QS rankings of Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar: