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
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.
2023-24
386 / 653
NIRF 2025
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.
- 386 placed — 59.1% of the batch
- 138 chose higher studies
- 129 reported another outcome
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
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.
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 ₹35.62 Cr → ₹84.36 Cr. Latest library expenditure is below the first reported year.
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: ₹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.