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Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) is a state agricultural university located in Ludhiana district of Punjab, India. The main campus of the university covers an area of 1510 acres, while the regional research stations cover a total of 4615 acres. The campus is situated on the Ludhiana - Ferozepur Road and is well connected by road and rail links. The university was established in 1962 to serve the state of erstwhile Punjab and was inaugurated by Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru, Prime Minister of India on July 8, 1963. PAU was declared the Best Agricultural University in India in 1995 because of its outstanding achievements in agricultural research, education, and extension. The university offers various courses in agriculture, biotechnology, food science, and technology, among others. The university also holds a two-day main fair event where farmers from not only Punjab but also from neighboring states such as Haryana, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, etc.etera travel to PAU campus to buy high-quality seeds, farm equipment, and gain knowledge on new agricultural technologies. PAU has a multi-purpose stadium located on the campus

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KUNAL GOYAL | B.Sc. (Hons.) in Agriculture (6 years) - Batch of 2029
Reviewed on 5 Jul 2025
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4.8
Placements 5 Infrastructure 4 Faculty & Course Curriculum 5 Crowd & Campus Life 5 Value for Money 5
Fully satisfactory university.

Faculty: Teachers are quite good there. They are well educated and have a lot of knowledge. They guide us in a good way. Semester exam's difficulty level is medium but it depends on our studies too. Passing percentage is 50% to clear course, overall 50% marks are required.

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Palak | B.Tech. in Food Technology - Batch of 2026
Reviewed on 12 Apr 2025
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3.0
Placements 1 Infrastructure 3 Faculty & Course Curriculum 4 Crowd & Campus Life 4 Value for Money 3
A current student's perspective on the food science department.

Faculty: Teachers are helpful, qualified, and knowledgeable. You should be making acquaintances with teachers. If you can become a teacher's pet. The curriculum in theory is great but in practical lags a bit but elp prepares students for industries so no worries. We have three exams hourly, mid-term, and end-term. Hourly and mid-term are easy and from the course but end terms are set up by outside and a little difficult. The passing % varies it can be 50% or 35% as per teacher.

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Harnoor singh | B.Sc. (Hons.) in Horticulture - Batch of 2028
Reviewed on 26 Mar 2025
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4.6
Placements 3 Infrastructure 5 Faculty & Course Curriculum 5 Crowd & Campus Life 5 Value for Money 5
PAU is full of opportunities and research.

Faculty: Teachers are very supportive and educative. They help at every turn of our course. It has a very unique system of allotting advisors to every group of 10 students who will help and solve all of our problems. Exams are just going on all year, and we are tested every 1 and a half months.

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Shivam Bhargav | B.Sc. (Hons.) in Agriculture - Batch of 2027
Reviewed on 24 Mar 2025
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4.2
Placements 4 Infrastructure 3 Faculty & Course Curriculum 4 Crowd & Campus Life 5 Value for Money 5
Dissatisfied hostels but the great campus life and placement at PAU.

Faculty: The courses offered are not overly challenging. Teachers are supportive and helpful in explaining new topics. They maintain a positive demeanor and do not have anger issues. The practical sessions are beneficial in encouraging students to grasp concepts more easily.

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Harkaran Singh | B.Tech. in Agricultural Engineering - Batch of 2025
Reviewed on 29 Dec 2024
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4.0
Placements 4 Infrastructure 4 Faculty & Course Curriculum 4 Crowd & Campus Life 5 Value for Money 3
Good placements in 2023, highly cooperative faculty.

Faculty: The teachers and other faculty members are highly educated and qualified. They are highly cooperative and maintain great relations with the students. The coursework is rather a bit overloaded, as studying 9-10 courses per semester is demanding. The exams occur 3 times in 6 months, with a gap of one month between each, excluding practicals and other assignment submission deadlines.

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Robin | B.Tech. in Agricultural Engineering - Batch of 2028
Reviewed on 19 Oct 2024
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3.6
Placements 4 Infrastructure 2 Faculty & Course Curriculum 4 Crowd & Campus Life 3 Value for Money 5
Everything about the College of Agricultural Engineering and PAU is positive.

Faculty: Exams are taken three times in a semester: hourly, mid, and final. The final exams are the toughest; the others are easy to pass. Teachers are good and helpful; they have a lot of experience, and their way of teaching is good. The seniors are also very helpful, and there is no ragging in the whole PAU.

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Gursimran singh | B.Tech. in Food Technology - Batch of 2028
Reviewed on 2 Oct 2024
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4.6
Placements 4 Infrastructure 5 Faculty & Course Curriculum 4 Crowd & Campus Life 5 Value for Money 5
BTech in Food technology at Punjab agricultural University Ludhiana.

Faculty: Our teachers are friendly, motivating, and very helpful in our studies. They regularly motivate us to study and remain focused in our college life. Most of our teachers are Msc. graduates or are Phd holders. Their method of teaching is very good and they make concepts easy to grasp. The exams are of moderate to hard level. Questions are of good quality and test students knowledge about the subject.

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Anonymous | B.Sc. (Hons.) in Agriculture - Batch of 2022
Reviewed on 18 May 2024
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3.2
Placements 2 Infrastructure 4 Faculty & Course Curriculum 2 Crowd & Campus Life 4 Value for Money 4
PAU- one of the best state agriculture university.

Faculty: All the teachers are well qualified, having Ph.D. They are very cooperative with students. The method of teaching is also good. The course curriculum is completely relevant and makes the students ready to work in agriculture department. Semester exams are not very difficult to qualify for, and passing percentage is 55%.

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Anonymous | B.Tech. in Agricultural Engineering - Batch of 2024
Reviewed on 19 Apr 2024
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4.4
Placements 4 Infrastructure 4 Faculty & Course Curriculum 4 Crowd & Campus Life 5 Value for Money 5
One of the best agriculture engineering colleges in India with really good placements.

Faculty: Exams are a little bit difficult and 75% attendance is compulsory. And the minimum passing mark required is 50% for every exam. If we fail in any subject, then next year we have to pick that subject again. And there are certain restrictions on picking up the subjects again .

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Mansi Sharma | B.Sc. (Hons.) in Horticulture - Batch of 2024
Reviewed on 2 Mar 2023
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4.2
Placements 4 Infrastructure 5 Faculty & Course Curriculum 4 Crowd & Campus Life 5 Value for Money 3
It is Asia's top-ranked university in the field of agriculture.

Faculty: Teachers in our college are highly qualified with Ph.D. They have a minimum of 15 years of experience. They are friendly and helpful. They help students with research papers and presentations. They clear doubts related to the subject. The semester system is friendly. Students have to write three exams such as internal for 20 marks, mid-term for 70 marks, final exams for 70 marks, and practical exams for 30 marks. Marks are allotted out of 10 CGPA. If students work hard, they can score well. Ever...

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Charchit Bansal | B.Sc. (Hons.) in Agriculture - Batch of 2023
Reviewed on 19 Feb 2023
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3.8
Placements 4 Infrastructure 4 Faculty & Course Curriculum 4 Crowd & Campus Life 4 Value for Money 3
It is a good college for this course.

Faculty: Teachers are helpful. Semester exams are conducted along with practicals of each subject. The course curriculum is issued by the UGC. The 4th year is all about training and internships. The pass marks are 8.7-8.9 CGPA.

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Simranjot Kaur | B.Sc. (Hons.) in Agriculture - Batch of 2023
Reviewed on 12 Nov 2022
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4.0
Placements 4 Infrastructure 4 Faculty & Course Curriculum 4 Crowd & Campus Life 4 Value for Money 4
Dissatisfied with placements last year, good infrastructure and facilities .

Faculty: Faculty is too good. All the teachers are Ph.D. scholars and scientists. Habe a great research experience and well-equipped with practical knowledge also. Digital teaching technologies also available. But have very hectic lecture schedules and tough examination system. You've to go through 4 rounds of exams in 6 month semester I. e first hourly exams, mid term exams, practical exams and then end term examswith a Vast syllabus. Many of the courses make you industry ready and many will prepare you...

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Anonymous | B.Tech. in Biotechnology - Batch of 2022
Reviewed on 20 Oct 2022
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3.4
Placements 1 Infrastructure 4 Faculty & Course Curriculum 4 Crowd & Campus Life 5 Value for Money 3
Our college provides good infrastructure but placements are not good.

Faculty: Faculty members are cooperative and knowledgeable. Our course curriculum is designed well, and the semester exams are not very easy, they to test the caliber of students. The pass percentage is 5-6 CGPA.

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Kohinoor Singh Bh ... | B.Sc. (Hons.) in Agriculture - Batch of 2024
Reviewed on 8 Oct 2022
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4.4
Placements 4 Infrastructure 5 Faculty & Course Curriculum 4 Crowd & Campus Life 5 Value for Money 4
Punjab Agricultural University has good campus life.

Faculty: Teachers are helpful and well-qualified. All teachers are Ph.D. scholars. The teaching quality is better. Our course curriculum is relevant, and it makes students ready for the industry.

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Sukhwinder Singh | B.Sc. (Hons.) in Agriculture - Batch of 2022
Reviewed on 22 Jul 2022
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4.2
Placements 4 Infrastructure 3 Faculty & Course Curriculum 5 Crowd & Campus Life 5 Value for Money 4
Review of PAU, Ludhiana.

Faculty: There are very good teachers, but some of them are not good. They have PhDs. This course makes students industry-ready because we have training programs in the last semester. If you score well in the first hourly and mid-terms, then it is easy to get good marks in finals, but you have to study well.

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Answered 2 days ago

The PAU-MET exam has four sections, Agricultural Aptitude, General Science, General English and Mathematics. Total 50 questions are asked in Agricultural Aptitude, 30 in General Science, 10 in General English and 10 in Mathematics. The total weightage of this exam is 100 marks. It is a three-hour,

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Chandeep Singh

Contributor-Level 10

Answered a month ago

 Check out the below table for course-wise median packages offered during Punjab Agricultural University placements 2024:

Course

Median Package (in INR) - 2024

UG 4 year

4.8 LPA

UG 6 year

4.8 LPA

PG 2 year

4.8 LPA

PG 5 year

4.8 LPA

Note: The above-mentioned data are gathered from the Punjab Agricultural University NIRF report 2025.

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Shoaib Mehdi

Contributor-Level 10

Answered a month ago

Below are the offline application process of PAU Ludhiana:

  • Go to website of PAU Ludhiana
  • Download prospectus along with the application form attached to it.
  • Follow instructions mentioned in prospectus to fill out application form.
  • Download challan form from Punjab National Bank. 

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Rakshit Prabhakar

Contributor-Level 10

Answered a month ago

 PAU Ludhiana provides decent placement opportunities for BTech programme specifically Agricultural Engineering) supported by strong alumni network.

According to the report,  81 UG 4 year students were placed out of the total 290 graduated students during Punjab Agricultural University placements 202

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Rakshit Prabhakar

Contributor-Level 10

Answered a month ago

Yes MBA programme is available at Punjab Agricultural University Ludhiana. University offers Master of Business Administration degree with focus often on Agribusiness or related management fields featuring total tuition fee of approximately INR 3.47 Lakhs - 3.94 Lakhs plus additional admission & hos

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Rakshit Prabhakar

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