Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana NIRF ranking 2025
Explore Punjab Agricultural University NIRF ranking, category ranks, scores, rank movement and official ranking trends. Best current result: Agriculture #3 in NIRF 2025.
Punjab Agricultural University
Ludhiana, Punjab · NIRF ID IR-G-U-0381
At a glance
Punjab Agricultural University is a government institution in Ludhiana, Punjab. Its best current NIRF result is #3 in Agriculture (2025). Its official submission reports a UG placement rate of 27.9% and a ₹4.8L median annual salary for the 2023-24 graduating batch. The latest student-strength disclosure covers 3,463 students.
2023-24
81 / 290
NIRF 2025
full + part-time
NIRF Agriculture journey & 2025 category scoreboard
Rank in every category published for this edition. Open any category to understand its result and movement.
AgricultureNIRF 2025 Rank#3 Score75.83
NIRF Agriculture journey
Rank #3 → #3 since 2023; score 65.98 → 75.83.
The rank line is Punjab Agricultural University's all-India position in NIRF Agriculture: #3 in 2023 to #3 in 2025. Lower is better.
Agriculture 2025 summary
- Current rank
- #3
- Score (out of 100)
- 75.83
- Last year rank
- #3
- Movement vs previous
- 0
- Best rank
- #3
- Ranking trend
- Stable
UniversityNIRF 2025 Rank#64 Score50.84
OverallNIRF 2025 Rank#81 Score51.03
Placements — official numbers
UG placement rate 14.4% → 27.9%; latest median salary ₹4.8L. These are NIRF submission values, not marketing claims.
- 81 placed — 27.9% of the batch
- 198 chose higher studies
- 11 reported another outcome
Half of the 81 placed graduates earned above this and half earned below.
- Seven-year high
- ₹4.8L
- Placement rate
- 27.9%
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 14.4% to 27.9%. The reported median salary moved from ₹2.4L in 2015-16 to ₹4.8L 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 ₹442.14 Cr → ₹602.2 Cr. Latest library expenditure is below the first reported year.
Year by year, 2019-20–2023-24
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: ₹442.14 Cr in 2019-20 to ₹602.2 Cr in 2023-24. Latest reported library spending is ₹0.23 Cr and new lab-equipment spending is ₹6.64 Cr.
Official sources
Every deep-profile fact links back to an official NIRF submission.
The five NIRF pillars
Graduation Outcomes (GO) improved most: 46.2 → 66.7. Outreach & Inclusivity (OI) 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 Agricultural University improved most in Graduation Outcomes (GO) (46.2 → 66.7). Its latest strongest pillar is Perception (PR) at 88.3, while Outreach & Inclusivity (OI) is lowest at 51.8.
Questions about Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana
Ranking searches on the left, wider student questions on the right — every answer is based on the same official submissions.
Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana ranking questions
What is Punjab Agricultural University NIRF ranking 2025?
Punjab Agricultural University's best listed NIRF 2025 result on NIRFRank is Agriculture rank #3 with a score of 75.83.
Which NIRF categories include Punjab Agricultural University in 2025?
Punjab Agricultural University appears in the NIRF 2025 Agriculture, University and Overall ranking categories on this profile.
Is Punjab Agricultural University private or government?
Punjab Agricultural University is marked as a government institution in the NIRFRank institution registry.
Where is Punjab Agricultural University located?
Punjab Agricultural University is listed in Ludhiana, Punjab.
Students also ask
What is the median placement salary of Punjab Agricultural University graduates?
The official submission reports a ₹4.8L median annual salary for placed UG four-year graduates in 2023-24, with 81 of 290 graduates placed (27.9%). The latest PG two-year median is ₹4.8L.
What is Punjab Agricultural University's best NIRF category?
Agriculture is its best current result at #3 in NIRF 2025, with a score of 75.83.
How many students does Punjab Agricultural University have?
The latest official student-strength disclosure reports 3,463 students, including 167 from outside the state and 23 international students.
Is Punjab Agricultural University improving in research?
Its NIRF RPC pillar moved from 64.5 in 2023 to 76.9 in 2025. The latest disclosure also reports 407 PhD scholars.
How much does Punjab Agricultural University spend on faculty, labs and its library?
Latest reported expenditure includes ₹602.2 Cr for faculty and staff salaries, ₹6.64 Cr for new lab equipment, and ₹0.23 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.