PEC Chandigarh: Courses, Fees, Admission 2026, Placements, Ranking

The highest package offered during PEC Chandigarh placements 2025 stood at INR 61.03 LPA. A fluctuating trend was witnessed in the highest package between 2023 and 2025, which is presented below:

Particulars	Placement Statistics (2023)	Placement Statistics (2024)	Placement Statistics (2025)
Highest package	INR 83 LPA	INR 58.87 LPA	INR 61.03 LPA

Punjab Engineering College has a vast campus spanning 146 acres and the university is a Grant-in-Aid program administered by the Indian government's Union Territory of Chandigarh. Punjab Engineering College offers undergraduate and postgradute programmes across Engineering and Technology streams.The faculty of academic departments and centers are involved in cutting-edge research and development works. Punjab Engineering College collaborates very closely with research organisations, industries, alumni, and other academic institutions both in India and abroad, and has signed MoUs to pursue joint research in various areas. 

According to the data gathered from multiple online sources, Engineering sector has placed the most no. of PEC Chandigarh students. The sector-wise PEC Chandigarh alumni placement statistics are presented below:

Note: The above-mentioned alumni data is gathered from unofficial sources and hence may vary.

The overall average package secured by the batch 2025 was INR 13.61 LPA. A fluctuating trend was witnessed in the PEC Chandigarh average package offered between 2023 and 2025, which is presented below:

Particulars	Placement Statistics (2023)	Placement Statistics (2024)	Placement Statistics (2025)
Average package	INR 15.97 LPA	INR 14.05 LPA	INR 13.61 LPA

PEC Chandigarh also accepts DASA UG scores for BE admission. Going as per the past year data, candidates seeking admission to PEC Chandigarh can refer to the closing ranks for Round 1 given below to check out the DASA UG previous year cutoffs for the General category students to estimate the forthcoming cutoff: 

• B.Tech in Aerospace Engineering must range between 407 and 884
• B.Tech in Computer Science Engineering must range between 538 and 802
• B.Tech in Electronics and Communication Engineering must range around 677

PEC Chandigarh cutoff 2023 for the OBC category has not be released for 2023. Anticipated from the last year's trends, the expected marks a OBC category need to get admission in PEC Chandigarh may vary. As per the cutoff 2021, JEE Main Last Round Closing Rank for All India Quota for here. 

in Aerospace Engineering must range around 21600, for B.Tech in Computer Science Engineering must range around 8847, B.Tech in Electrical Engineering must range around 23522, B.Tech in Electronics and Communication Engineering must range around 15162 and B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering must range around 31658. For more information regarding, PEC Chandigarh cutoff, click here. 

 

The GATE CCMT 2023 cutoff for PEC Chandigarh releases round-wise. Tabulated below is the Round 1 closing rank for PEC Chandigarh for M.Tech for the General category students:

Course	R1 Closing Rank
M.Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering	378
M.Tech. in Information Security	386
M.Tech. in Environmental Engineering	450
M.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering	368
M.Tech. in Electronics (VLSI Design)	380
M.Tech in Aerospace Engineering	371
M.Tech in Computer Aided Design Manufacture and Engineering	368
M.Tech in Healthcare Informatics	371

The highest domestic package offered during PEC Chandigarh placements 2023 was INR 83 LPA whereas the highest domestic package offered during DTU placements 2023 was INR 64.23 LPA. Moreover, the average package offered to the CSE and Electrical departments during PEC Chandigarh placements 2023 stood at INR 24.24 LPA and INR 15.29 LPA, respectively. Moreover, the average package offered during DTU placements 2023 stood at INR 15.16 LPA. When compared according to the fees, PEC Chandigarh BTech fees is around INR 7.04 Lacs whereas the DTU B.Tech fees range between INR 2.97 Lacs - INR 6.42 lakh.

PEC is good college or a bad college. It depends like if you are looking it for world class infrastructure, world class hostel than it will really disappoint you but if you are looking it for better placement and internship than believe PEC is really a good college. Because if you compare placements from any other same tier college, our college has far better placements.

PEC Chandigarh admission to M.Tech course is based on GATE scores. Candidates with a valid GATE score is called for the GATE CCMT Counselling. GATE CCMT was concluded after the release of Round 6 Seat Allotment results. Tabulated below is the closing rank for PEC Chandigarh GATE cutoff 2023 for General All India category for top M.Tech courses: 

Course	2023
M.Tech. in Information Security	359
M.Tech. in Environmental Engineering	450
M.Tech. in Electronics (VLSI Design)	360

 

 

Students can check the MTech eligibility at PEC Chandigarh below:

Courses	Tuition Fees	Eligibility
M.E./M.Tech	2.6 L	Graduation: 60% Exams: GATE

The cutoff marks are determined by the following factors:

• No. of students that are giving GATE exam
• Number of vacant seats
• Number of candidates aspiring to get a particular branch at IIIT Pune
• Difficulty level
• Cutoff trends

PEC Chandigarh and VIT are two diff. universities/colleges in two different locations. VIT is mostly famous in Vellore, Bangalore, etc. and PEC Chandigarh has wide presence in Chandigarh. Which is better depends on the level of competition and available no. of seats. 

IIT is the top most college offering Engineering programmes to students. PEC Chandigarh has many facilities that are available at the IIT. Hence, it is moving towards becoming the IIT but the route is still long. In the end, it depends on students what is best for them. 

Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh provides students with the flagship Bachelor of Technology (BTech) programme in various speciaizations. The course is sought by students who wish to make a career in Engineering and allied fields. The total tuition fees for PEC Chandigarh BTech ranges around INR 7.04 L. Students can choose to review the various scholarship schemes at PEC Chandigarh.

In order to be eligible to enroll in the M.Tech course at Punjab Engineering College (PEC), one must obtain the established cutoff marks in the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) test. After this, the candidates need to go through the admission exercise enabled by the Centralized Counselling of M.Tech. (CCMT). CCMT allocates seats according to the GATE scores of the candidates and other requirements, making the admission process at the various institutions fair and uniform.

The overall median package offered during PEC Chandigarh placements 2025 stood at INR 12 LPA. The median salary trends witnessed during PEC Chandigarh placements between 2023 and 2025 are presented below:

Particulars	Placement Statistics (2023)	Placement Statistics (2024)	Placement Statistics (2025)
Median package	INR 12 LPA	INR 13.17 LPA	INR 12 LPA