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:

The official highest package offered to students during Rayat Bahra University, placements 2025 stood at  INR 1.25 Crore Per Annum The table below provides the same:

Yes, University Institute of Engineering & Technology (UIET) offers four-year BE course divided into eight semesters. Candidates need to complete a minimum of Class 12 to apply for any of the BTech specialisations. UIET offers BTech in six specialisations, namely Electrical Science Engineering,  Electrical Engineering,  Electrical and Electronics Engineering, etc. Besides, the institute also offers lateral entry to BE courses.

The application process is conducted both online and offline for CGC Landran BTech course admission. For the online mode, candidates are required to visit the official website of CGC and click on 'Apply Now' on the Home page. Now candidates have to register & fill out the application form. 

For CGC Landran offline application process, candidates have to follow the walk-in admission process. Candidates must visit the campus and get an admission form from the admission desk. Fill out the form and submit your original documents and five passport-size photographs. 

The components included in the Amity Punjab fee structure are either one-time chargeable or have to be paid annually or semester-wise. A few of these components are tuition fee, caution money, etc. The following table showcases Amity Punjab BTech CSE AI and ML fees:

NOTE: The given fee is as per the official website/ sanctioning body. It is still subject to changes and hence, is indicative.

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).

Indo Global Group of Colleges offers seats to candidates based on their merit or entrance exam scores. The college accepts scores in NATA and GATE for admission to BArch and M.Tech programmes, respectively. For all other courses, selection is based on qualifying exam scores of the candidates. Once the selection process is over, shortlisted aspirants need to confirm their seat by paying the course fee.