Best Engineering Colleges in Chandigarh Tricity - 2026 Admission, Fees, Placements

As per NIRF 2025 rankings, CU is ranked 31 under the 'Engineering' category (better than IIT Ropar which was ranked #32 under NIRF'25 Engineering category) and managed to improve its position from the last year's ranking, which was 32 in the year 2024. 

In terms of the placements, below is what the Engineering students received:

• The highest international and domestic packages offered during CU placement 2025 was INR 170 LPA and INR 54.75 LPA, respectively, to BTech students of CSE & IT branches.
• While for other branches, such as Mechanical, Aerospace, Mechatronics & Automobile, the highest salary offered was INR 9 LPA. 
• The highest package offered to the students of Civil, Petroleum & Chemical Engineering branches went up till INR 15 LPA.
• For EE & ECE, the placements drive wrapped up with a highest package of INR 10 LPA. 

Beyond placements, the university is also known for incubating over 250 start-ups out of which 50 have a turnover of over 50 lakh. 

To conclude, it is evident that CU is a great option for Engineering aspirants if you're willing to pursue CSE & IT branches, however, for other non-IT branches, the placements are decent but not as great as the CS & IT branches. 

To get BE admission at Chitkara University, the candidate need to meet the minimum educational qualification as per course requirement. The candidate should pass Class 12 with 60% aggregate or secure 60% in Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics. The selection criteria for the course is JEE Main. For merit-based admission, candidates must pass Class 12 with at leats 70% aggregate with PCM.

Punjab Engineering College Chandigarh offers B.Tech programs in Aerospace Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Science & Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Materials & Metallurgical Engineering, and Production & Industrial Engineering.

The overall highest package offered during CGC University placements 2025 was INR 1 Crore per annum. In 2024, it was 53 LPA. The course-wise CGC University highest package offered during the 2025 placement drive is presented below:

Yes, under CSR, Rayat Bahra University provides scholarships to meritorious students, deserving and needy students to aim high reach to the peak of success.  Additionally, students can also apply for scholarships offered by the government and other funding agencies. 

Names of some of the fellowships/ scholarship are as follows:

• Students whose both Parents/or fathers are not alive- 50% Tuition Fee Waiver
• Sibling Concession - 25% Tuition Fees Waiver
• Employee’s Ward Concession - 25% Tuition Fees Waiver
• Alumni Concession- 25% Tuition Fees Waiver

For more detailed information the applicant can visit the official website of Rayat Bahra University. 

UIET Chandigarh B.E. in Computer Science and Engineering course is rated 3.8 out of 5 by 87 genuine verified students while Punjabi University Patiala same course is rated 3.8 out of 5 by 70 students . So UIET Chandigarh is better.

Amity University, Mohali offer four-year BTech across different specialisations. Admission is primarily merit-based, followed by an interview round. Check below some of the offered course specialisations/ sub-specialisations:

• CSE (AI and ML)
• Food Science Technology and Processing
• Data Science
• Biotechnology
• IoT & Blockchain
• Cyber Security, etc.

Plaksha University accepts multiple entrance exams such as JEE Main,  SAT India, and ACT, followed by an interview round for final selection. Candidates can opt any one of the exams for addmission to the BTech course. Admission decisions are of 4 types - Firm offer, conditional offer, deferral of decision and denial. Students who apply using only predicted scores may go through an extra stage of evaluation. 

Chitkara University does not provide any additional entrance examination for admission. There are two main criterias for B.Tech. First of all, the candidates must pass their 10+2 with a minimum of 60% marks of the total marks (mandatory subjects are Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics) in any stream. And secondly, candidates are required to appear in national-lavel entrance examination, for example JEE Main (mandatory for 2023 batch).

As per the official website, the highest package offered during the recent Indo Global Group of Colleges placements stood at INR 40 LPA.