Punjab Technical University NIRF ranking 2021
Explore Punjab Technical University NIRF ranking, category ranks, scores, rank movement and official ranking trends. Best current result: Engineering #120 in NIRF 2021.
Punjab Technical University
Kapurthala, Punjab · NIRF ID IR-E-U-0382
At a glance
Punjab Technical University is a government institution in Kapurthala, Punjab. Its best current NIRF result is #120 in Engineering (2021). Its official submission reports a UG placement rate of 46.3% and a ₹3.69L median annual salary for the 2019-20 graduating batch. The latest student-strength disclosure covers 702 students.
2019-20
44 / 95
NIRF 2021
full + part-time
NIRF Engineering journey & 2021 category scoreboard
Rank in every category published for this edition. Open any category to understand its result and movement.
EngineeringNIRF 2021 Rank#120 Score37.15
NIRF Engineering journey
Rank #96 → #120 since 2019; score 35.99 → 37.15.
The rank line is Punjab Technical University's all-India position in NIRF Engineering: #96 in 2019 to #120 in 2021. Lower is better. The latest rank slipped 16 places even though the score rose, which means peers improved faster in that edition.
Engineering 2021 summary
- Current rank
- #120
- Score (out of 100)
- 37.15
- Last year rank
- #104
- Movement vs previous
- 16
- Best rank
- #96
- Ranking trend
- Declining
Placements — official numbers
UG placement rate — → 46.3%; latest median salary ₹3.69L. These are NIRF submission values, not marketing claims.
- 44 placed — 46.3% of the batch
- 0 chose higher studies
- 51 reported another outcome
Half of the 44 placed graduates earned above this and half earned below.
- Seven-year high
- ₹3.69L
- Placement rate
- 46.3%
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 change cannot be calculated from the published values. The reported median salary moved from ₹0L in 2015-16 to ₹3.69L in 2019-20.
PG (two-year) placements
Latest three graduating batches.
Who studies here
Student strength from the NIRF 2021 submission.
Research & PhD
Research capacity behind the RPC pillar.
Where the institution spends its money
Faculty and staff salary expenditure ₹32.94 Cr → ₹82.04 Cr. Latest library expenditure is below the first reported year.
Year by year, 2016-17–2019-20
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: ₹32.94 Cr in 2016-17 to ₹82.04 Cr in 2019-20. Latest reported library spending is ₹0.12 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
Graduation Outcomes (GO) improved most: 5.5 → 16.0. 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. Punjab Technical University improved most in Graduation Outcomes (GO) (5.5 → 16.0). Its latest strongest pillar is Teaching & Resources (TLR) at 63.6, while Perception (PR) is lowest at 5.6.
Questions about Punjab Technical University
Ranking searches on the left, wider student questions on the right — every answer is based on the same official submissions.
Punjab Technical University ranking questions
What is Punjab Technical University NIRF ranking 2021?
Punjab Technical University's best listed NIRF 2021 result on NIRFRank is Engineering rank #120 with a score of 37.15.
Which NIRF categories include Punjab Technical University in 2021?
Punjab Technical University appears in the NIRF 2021 Engineering ranking categories on this profile.
Is Punjab Technical University private or government?
Punjab Technical University is marked as a government institution in the NIRFRank institution registry.
Where is Punjab Technical University located?
Punjab Technical University is listed in Kapurthala, Punjab.
Students also ask
What is the median placement salary of Punjab Technical University graduates?
The official submission reports a ₹3.69L median annual salary for placed UG four-year graduates in 2019-20, with 44 of 95 graduates placed (46.3%). The latest PG two-year median is ₹3L.
What is Punjab Technical University's best NIRF category?
Engineering is its best current result at #120 in NIRF 2021, with a score of 37.15.
How many students does Punjab Technical University have?
The latest official student-strength disclosure reports 702 students, including 366 from outside the state and 0 international students.
Is Punjab Technical University improving in research?
Its NIRF RPC pillar moved from 24.9 in 2019 to 32.3 in 2021. The latest disclosure also reports 554 PhD scholars.
How much does Punjab Technical University spend on faculty, labs and its library?
Latest reported expenditure includes ₹82.04 Cr for faculty and staff salaries, ₹1.02 Cr for new lab equipment, and ₹0.12 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 2021 edition.