NIRF 2022

Pondicherry Engineering College NIRF ranking 2022

Explore Pondicherry Engineering College NIRF ranking, category ranks, scores, rank movement and official ranking trends. Best current result: Engineering #150 in NIRF 2022.

Pondicherry Engineering College

Puducherry, Pondicherry · NIRF ID IR-E-C-6581

NIRF ranked Best in 2022: Engineering #150 1 categories in 2022 2,775 students
Ranking edition · Profile data year NIRF 2022 snapshot
Official-data brief

At a glance

Pondicherry Engineering College is a unclassified institution in Puducherry, Pondicherry. Its best current NIRF result is #150 in Engineering (2022). Its official submission reports a UG placement rate of 71.2% and a ₹5L median annual salary for the 2020-21 graduating batch. The latest student-strength disclosure covers 2,775 students.

₹5LUG median salary
2020-21
71.2% UG placed
349 / 490
#150Engineering rank
NIRF 2022
74PhD scholars
full + part-time

NIRF Engineering journey & 2022 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 58.4% → 71.2%; latest median salary ₹5L. These are NIRF submission values, not marketing claims.

What happened to the UG batch? 490 graduates
71.2%
  • 349 placed — 71.2% of the batch
  • 81 chose higher studies
  • 60 reported another outcome
Median salary · 2020-21 ₹5L

Half of the 349 placed graduates earned above this and half earned below.

Seven-year high
₹5L
Placement rate
71.2%

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 rose from 58.4% to 71.2%. The reported median salary moved from ₹3.5L in 2015-16 to ₹5L in 2020-21.

PG (two-year) placements

Latest three graduating batches.

BatchPlacedRateMedian
2018-19 101 / 126 80.2% ₹4L
2019-20 98 / 120 81.7% ₹3.4L
2020-21 30 / 109 27.5% ₹4.5L

Who studies here

Student strength from the NIRF 2022 submission.

Total students2,775All reported programmes
From outside the state15.9%440 students
International3Students from outside India
Women30.2%837 students
Full fee reimbursement861Funded by the institution
Largest programme group2,489UG [4 Years Program(s)]

Research & PhD

Research capacity behind the RPC pillar.

PhD scholars7444 full-time · 30 part-time
PhDs awarded 2020-213952 in 2018-19 → 39 in 2020-21
Sponsored projects16Peak reported year 2020-21
RPC pillar score15.5Was 19.8 in 2018

Where the institution spends its money

Faculty and staff salary expenditure ₹38 Cr → ₹49.97 Cr.

Faculty & staff salaries₹49.97 Cr₹38 Cr in 2016-17 → +31%
Academic maintenance₹3.53 CrConsumables and infrastructure upkeep
Lab equipment₹4.17 CrNew equipment in the latest reported year
Library₹1.42 CrBooks, journals and databases

Year by year, 2016-17–2020-21

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: ₹38 Cr in 2016-17 to ₹49.97 Cr in 2020-21. Latest reported library spending is ₹1.42 Cr and new lab-equipment spending is ₹4.17 Cr.

Official sources

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

The five NIRF pillars

Outreach & Inclusivity (OI) improved most: 42.7 → 54.2. Perception (PR) 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. Pondicherry Engineering College improved most in Outreach & Inclusivity (OI) (42.7 → 54.2). Its latest strongest pillar is Graduation Outcomes (GO) at 59.5, while Perception (PR) is lowest at 8.8.

Questions about Pondicherry Engineering College

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

Pondicherry Engineering College ranking questions

What is Pondicherry Engineering College NIRF ranking 2022?

Pondicherry Engineering College's best listed NIRF 2022 result on NIRFRank is Engineering rank #150 with a score of 36.77.

Which NIRF categories include Pondicherry Engineering College in 2022?

Pondicherry Engineering College appears in the NIRF 2022 Engineering ranking categories on this profile.

Is Pondicherry Engineering College private or government?

Pondicherry Engineering College is marked as a NIRF-ranked institution with unclassified ownership in the NIRFRank institution registry.

Where is Pondicherry Engineering College located?

Pondicherry Engineering College is listed in Puducherry, Pondicherry.

Students also ask

What is the median placement salary of Pondicherry Engineering College graduates?

The official submission reports a ₹5L median annual salary for placed UG four-year graduates in 2020-21, with 349 of 490 graduates placed (71.2%). The latest PG two-year median is ₹4.5L.

What is Pondicherry Engineering College's best NIRF category?

Engineering is its best current result at #150 in NIRF 2022, with a score of 36.77.

How many students does Pondicherry Engineering College have?

The latest official student-strength disclosure reports 2,775 students, including 440 from outside the state and 3 international students.

Is Pondicherry Engineering College improving in research?

Its NIRF RPC pillar moved from 19.8 in 2018 to 15.5 in 2022. The latest disclosure also reports 74 PhD scholars.

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

Latest reported expenditure includes ₹49.97 Cr for faculty and staff salaries, ₹4.17 Cr for new lab equipment, and ₹1.42 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 2022 edition.