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

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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 aff

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.

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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.

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