NIRF 2025

Punjab Engineering College Chandigarh NIRF ranking 2025

Explore Punjab Engineering College (Deemed to be University), Chandigarh NIRF ranking, category ranks, scores, rank movement and official ranking trends.

Punjab Engineering College (Deemed to be University), Chandigarh

Chandigarh, Chandigarh · NIRF ID IR-E-U-0080

Government 0 categories in 2025 3,135 students
Ranking edition · Profile data year NIRF 2025 snapshot
Official-data brief

At a glance

Punjab Engineering College (Deemed to be University), Chandigarh is a government institution in Chandigarh, Chandigarh. Its official submission reports a UG placement rate of 59.1% and a ₹13L median annual salary for the 2023-24 graduating batch. The latest student-strength disclosure covers 3,135 students.

₹13LUG median salary
2023-24
59.1% UG placed
386 / 653
#—Overall rank
NIRF 2025
128PhD scholars
full + part-time

NIRF Engineering journey & 2025 category scoreboard

Rank in every category published for this edition. Open any category to understand its result and movement.

Placements — official numbers

UG placement rate 71.6% → 59.1%; latest median salary ₹13L. These are NIRF submission values, not marketing claims.

What happened to the UG batch? 653 graduates
59.1%
  • 386 placed — 59.1% of the batch
  • 138 chose higher studies
  • 129 reported another outcome
Median salary · 2023-24 ₹13L

Half of the 386 placed graduates earned above this and half earned below.

Seven-year high
₹13L
Placement rate
59.1%

Salary and placement rate, year by year

Median salary (₹L)Placement rate %

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 fell from 71.6% to 59.1%. The reported median salary moved from ₹6.5L in 2017-18 to ₹13L in 2023-24.

PG (two-year) placements

Latest three graduating batches.

BatchPlacedRateMedian
2021-22 87 / 154 56.5% ₹7L
2022-23 44 / 91 48.4% ₹11.5L
2023-24 26 / 81 32.1% ₹9L

Who studies here

Student strength from the NIRF 2025 submission.

Total students3,135All reported programmes
From outside the state52.2%1,637 students
International29Students from outside India
Women15.0%469 students
Full fee reimbursement44Funded by the institution
Largest programme group2,980UG [4 Years Program(s)]

Research & PhD

Research capacity behind the RPC pillar.

PhD scholars12888 full-time · 40 part-time
PhDs awarded 2023-242034 in 2021-22 → 20 in 2023-24
Sponsored projects35Peak reported year 2021-22
RPC pillar score17.9Was 15.2 in 2021

Where the institution spends its money

Faculty and staff salary expenditure ₹35.62 Cr → ₹84.36 Cr. Latest library expenditure is below the first reported year.

Faculty & staff salaries₹84.36 Cr₹35.62 Cr in 2017-18 → +137%
Academic maintenance₹31.48 CrConsumables and infrastructure upkeep
Lab equipment₹1.02 CrNew equipment in the latest reported year
Library₹0.66 CrBooks, journals and databases

Year by year, 2017-18–2023-24

Library (₹Cr)Lab equipment (₹Cr)Faculty & staff salaries (₹Cr)

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: ₹35.62 Cr in 2017-18 to ₹84.36 Cr in 2023-24. Latest reported library spending is ₹0.66 Cr and new lab-equipment spending is ₹1.02 Cr.

Official sources

Every deep-profile fact links back to an official NIRF submission.

The five NIRF pillars

Research (RPC) improved most: 15.2 → 17.9. Research (RPC) 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. Punjab Engineering College Chandigarh improved most in Research (RPC) (15.2 → 17.9). Its latest strongest pillar is Graduation Outcomes (GO) at 65.8, while Research (RPC) is lowest at 17.9.

Questions about Punjab Engineering College Chandigarh

Ranking searches on the left, wider student questions on the right — every answer is based on the same official submissions.

Punjab Engineering College Chandigarh ranking questions

Is Punjab Engineering College (Deemed to be University), Chandigarh private or government?

Punjab Engineering College (Deemed to be University), Chandigarh is marked as a government institution in the NIRFRank institution registry.

Where is Punjab Engineering College (Deemed to be University), Chandigarh located?

Punjab Engineering College (Deemed to be University), Chandigarh is listed in Chandigarh, Chandigarh.

Students also ask

What is the median placement salary of Punjab Engineering College Chandigarh graduates?

The official submission reports a ₹13L median annual salary for placed UG four-year graduates in 2023-24, with 386 of 653 graduates placed (59.1%). The latest PG two-year median is ₹9L.

How many students does Punjab Engineering College Chandigarh have?

The latest official student-strength disclosure reports 3,135 students, including 1,637 from outside the state and 29 international students.

Is Punjab Engineering College Chandigarh improving in research?

Its NIRF RPC pillar moved from 15.2 in 2021 to 17.9 in 2022. The latest disclosure also reports 128 PhD scholars.

How much does Punjab Engineering College Chandigarh spend on faculty, labs and its library?

Latest reported expenditure includes ₹84.36 Cr for faculty and staff salaries, ₹1.02 Cr for new lab equipment, and ₹0.66 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.