Panjab University NIRF ranking 2025
Explore Panjab University NIRF ranking, category ranks, scores, rank movement and official ranking trends. Best current result: Pharmacy #3 in NIRF 2025.
Panjab University
Chandigarh, Chandigarh · NIRF ID IR-P-U-0078
At a glance
Panjab University is a government institution in Chandigarh, Chandigarh. Its best current NIRF result is #3 in Pharmacy (2025). Its official submission reports a UG placement rate of 62.9% and a ₹7L median annual salary for the 2023-24 graduating batch. The latest student-strength disclosure covers 13,783 students.
2023-24
445 / 708
NIRF 2025
full + part-time
NIRF Pharmacy journey & 2025 category scoreboard
Rank in every category published for this edition. Open any category to understand its result and movement.
PharmacyNIRF 2025 Rank#3 Score76.39
NIRF Pharmacy journey
Rank #3 → #3 since 2018; score 76.50 → 76.39.
The rank line is Panjab University's all-India position in NIRF Pharmacy: #3 in 2018 to #3 in 2025. Lower is better.
Pharmacy 2025 summary
- Current rank
- #3
- Score (out of 100)
- 76.39
- Last year rank
- #7
- Movement vs previous
- 4
- Best rank
- #2
- Ranking trend
- Improving
UniversityNIRF 2025 Rank#35 Score56.88
ResearchNIRF 2025 Rank#37 Score49.47
OverallNIRF 2025 Rank#57 Score54.65
ManagementNIRF 2025 Rank#92 Score46.31
EngineeringNIRF 2025 Rank#93 Score46.90
Placements — official numbers
UG placement rate 59.9% → 62.9%; latest median salary ₹7L. These are NIRF submission values, not marketing claims.
- 445 placed — 62.9% of the batch
- 181 chose higher studies
- 82 reported another outcome
Half of the 445 placed graduates earned above this and half earned below.
- Seven-year high
- ₹7L
- Placement rate
- 62.9%
Salary and placement rate, year by year
What this means: These are graduate outcomes, not staff pay. Median salary means half of placed graduates earned more and half earned less, so one unusually large offer cannot distort it like an average. The placement rate rose from 59.9% to 62.9%. The reported median salary moved from ₹4.43L in 2017-18 to ₹7L in 2023-24.
PG (two-year) placements
Latest three graduating batches.
Who studies here
Student strength from the NIRF 2025 submission.
Research & PhD
Research capacity behind the RPC pillar.
Where the institution spends its money
Faculty and staff salary expenditure ₹448.37 Cr → ₹660.6 Cr.
Year by year, 2017-18–2023-24
Keep these charts separate: This chart is what the institution spends, while the placement chart is what graduates earn. The salary line is the faculty and staff pay bill: ₹448.37 Cr in 2017-18 to ₹660.6 Cr in 2023-24. Latest reported library spending is ₹8.02 Cr and new lab-equipment spending is ₹8.06 Cr.
Official sources
Every deep-profile fact links back to an official NIRF submission.
The five NIRF pillars
Outreach & Inclusivity (OI) improved most: 63.9 → 75.3. Graduation Outcomes (GO) is the lowest latest pillar.
What the lines mean: Each line is a score out of 100: TLR covers teaching and resources, RPC research, GO graduation outcomes, OI outreach and inclusion, and PR peer perception. Panjab University improved most in Outreach & Inclusivity (OI) (63.9 → 75.3). Its latest strongest pillar is Teaching & Resources (TLR) at 78.7, while Graduation Outcomes (GO) is lowest at 75.3.
Questions about Panjab University
Ranking searches on the left, wider student questions on the right — every answer is based on the same official submissions.
Panjab University ranking questions
What is Panjab University NIRF ranking 2025?
Panjab University's best listed NIRF 2025 result on NIRFRank is Pharmacy rank #3 with a score of 76.39.
Which NIRF categories include Panjab University in 2025?
Panjab University appears in the NIRF 2025 Pharmacy, University, Research, Overall, Management and Engineering ranking categories on this profile.
Is Panjab University private or government?
Panjab University is marked as a government institution in the NIRFRank institution registry.
Where is Panjab University located?
Panjab University is listed in Chandigarh, Chandigarh.
Students also ask
What is the median placement salary of Panjab University graduates?
The official submission reports a ₹7L median annual salary for placed UG four-year graduates in 2023-24, with 445 of 708 graduates placed (62.9%). The latest PG two-year median is ₹7L.
What is Panjab University's best NIRF category?
Pharmacy is its best current result at #3 in NIRF 2025, with a score of 76.39.
How many students does Panjab University have?
The latest official student-strength disclosure reports 13,783 students, including 9,942 from outside the state and 132 international students.
Is Panjab University improving in research?
Its NIRF RPC pillar moved from 83.0 in 2018 to 75.4 in 2025. The latest disclosure also reports 3,097 PhD scholars.
How much does Panjab University spend on faculty, labs and its library?
Latest reported expenditure includes ₹660.6 Cr for faculty and staff salaries, ₹8.06 Cr for new lab equipment, and ₹8.02 Cr for the library. These are institution expenses, not graduate placement salaries.
Data source: NIRF, Ministry of Education, Government of India. Ranking cards and deep-profile facts are limited to official data published through the selected 2025 edition.