M.A. in Social Science 

at Panjab University, Chandigarh

PU-CET (PG) is an entrance exam conducted by Panjab University Chandigarh for admission to its various post-graduate courses. PU-CET (PG) syllabus includes all the important topics of subjects that are relevant for business and general aptitude. For the PU-CET (PG) exam, candidates have to study Verbal Ability, Reasoning, General Knowledge and Data Interpretation. PU-CET (PG) exam preparation: Candidates should devise a strategy in advance. They must have a good idea of PU-CET (PG) exam pattern, the section-wise break-up, topic-wise weightage and the expected difficulty level of the question paper. 

 For a few courses, such as MA, BA, MLib, etc., admissions are completely based on merit in the last qualifying examination. Students must go through the Panjab University CHD-conducted/ national-level entrances and then appear for the university-level selection rounds for final admission at Panjab University.

The highest package offered over the past three years during Panjab University UIET placements is presented below:

Particulars	PU UIET Placement Statistics (2022)	PU UIET Placement Statistics (2023)	PU UIET Placement Statistics (2024)
Highest package	INR 56 LPA (Off Campus) INR 32 LPA (On Campus)	INR 45 LPA	INR 42 LPA (Off Campus) INR 25 LPA (On Campus)

Further, as per media reports, the highest package offered over the past two years during Panjab University UBS placements is presented below:

Particulars	UBS Placement Statistics (2022)	UBS Placement Statistics (2023)
Highest package	INR 53.06 LPA	INR 58.48 LPA

Note: UBS placement data is sourced from media reports.

The University has released the NIRF report 2023 that incorporates the 2022 placement data for Law courses (including the Department and affiliated institutes). The key highlights of UILS Chandigarh placements 2022 are tabulated below for reference:

Particulars	BA LLB/ BCom LLB Placement Statistics (2022)	LLM Placement Statistics (2022)
Total students	240	12
Students placed	120	1
Median package	INR 50,000 per annum	INR 8 LPA

NOTE: The aforementioned placement details are collated from the NIRF report 2023 and are the overall data for Law courses offered at the Department of Law, UIL Ludhiana, and UILS Chandigarh.

A total of 314 offers were made during Panjab University UIET placements 2024. Further, the number of offers made over the past three years during Panjab University UIET placements are presented below:

Particulars	PU UIET Placement Statistics (2022)	PU UIET Placement Statistics (2023)	PU UIET Placement Statistics (2024)
Total offers	423	382	314

Over the past three years of drives, an improving trend was observed in the LLB placement percentage. On the contrary, a declining trend was observed in the LLM placement rate. Refer to the below table for the Department of Law Panjab University placement rate trends:

Course	Placement Rate (2020)	Placement Rate (2021)	Placement Rate (2022)
LLB	67%	70%	81%
LLM	81%	50%	8%

NOTE: The above percentage is calculated from the data given in the NIRF report 2023.

According to stream-wise NIRF reports 2024 released by the University, the course-wise median package offered over the past three years during Panjab University placements is presented below:

Course	Median Package (2021)	Median Package (2022)	Median Package (2023)
MBA	INR 8.5 LPA	INR 8.5 LPA	INR 12.41 LPA
BTech	INR 5 LPA	INR 7.5 LPA	INR 7.55 LPA
MTech	INR 4.2 LPA	INR 4.25 LPA	INR 6 LPA
LLB	INR 0.5 LPA	INR 2.3 LPA	INR 2.7 LPA
BA LLB	INR 0.5 LPA	INR 0.5 LPA	INR 0.65 LPA
LLM (1-year)	INR 0.5 LPA	0	INR 8.4 LPA
BPharm	0	INR 2.4 LPA	0
MPharm	INR 5.5 LPA	INR 4.5 LPA	INR 6.8 LPA
BDS	INR 3.7 LPA	INR 3.9 LPA	INR 3.6 LPA
MDS	INR 9 LPA	INR 9.9 LPA	INR 10 LPA

No other major university in the region is allowing students to pursue two academic programmes simultaneously so far and it is said that PU may be the first one to do so. The guidelines were issued in line with the objectives envisaged by the National Education Policy (NEP-2020) The guidelines were issued to allow students to pursue two academic programmes simultaneously in line with the objectives envisaged by the National Education Policy (NEP-2020). However, the guidelines are applicable only to the students pursuing academic programmes other than Ph.D. programmes. Based on the guidelines, the universities can devise mechanisms through their statutory bodies for allowing their students to pursue two academic programmes simultaneously the UGC has said while notifying the guidelines.

University Business School (UBS) Chandigarh originally was called the Department of Trade and Business Administration of Punjab University that was established in 1995. It has a well-known reputation of being of the highest quality, and it was always ranked among the leading business schools in India. UBS Chandigarh boasts of the 25 th position in the NIRF Ranking 2022 Under Universities Category and 23 rd position in the IIRF Yearly Ranking.