Punjabi University NIRF ranking 2025
Explore Punjabi University, Patiala NIRF ranking, category ranks, scores, rank movement and official ranking trends. Best current result: Pharmacy #59 in NIRF 2025.
Punjabi University, Patiala
Patiala, Punjab · NIRF ID IR-P-U-0383
At a glance
Punjabi University, Patiala is a government institution in Patiala, Punjab. Its best current NIRF result is #59 in Pharmacy (2025). Its official submission reports a UG placement rate of 30.0% and a ₹3.25L median annual salary for the 2023-24 graduating batch. The latest student-strength disclosure covers 299 students.
2023-24
15 / 50
NIRF 2025
full + part-time
NIRF Pharmacy journey & 2025 category scoreboard
Rank in every category published for this edition. Open any category to understand its result and movement.
PharmacyNIRF 2025 Rank#59 Score49.35
NIRF Pharmacy journey
Rank #18 → #59 since 2021; score 55.74 → 49.35.
The rank line is Punjabi University's all-India position in NIRF Pharmacy: #18 in 2021 to #59 in 2025. Lower is better.
Pharmacy 2025 summary
- Current rank
- #59
- Score (out of 100)
- 49.35
- Last year rank
- #46
- Movement vs previous
- 13
- Best rank
- #18
- Ranking trend
- Declining
Placements — official numbers
UG placement rate 16.7% → 30.0%; latest median salary ₹3.25L. These are NIRF submission values, not marketing claims.
- 15 placed — 30.0% of the batch
- 35 chose higher studies
- 0 reported another outcome
Half of the 15 placed graduates earned above this and half earned below.
- Seven-year high
- ₹3.25L
- Placement rate
- 30.0%
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 16.7% to 30.0%. The reported median salary moved from ₹2.5L in 2017-18 to ₹3.25L 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 ₹3.86 Cr → ₹6.55 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: ₹3.86 Cr in 2017-18 to ₹6.55 Cr in 2023-24. Latest reported library spending is ₹0.01 Cr and new lab-equipment spending is ₹0.23 Cr.
Official sources
Every deep-profile fact links back to an official NIRF submission.
The five NIRF pillars
Outreach & Inclusivity (OI) improved most: 42.2 → 55.2. 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. Punjabi University improved most in Outreach & Inclusivity (OI) (42.2 → 55.2). Its latest strongest pillar is Graduation Outcomes (GO) at 67.3, while Research (RPC) is lowest at 30.9.
Questions about Punjabi University
Ranking searches on the left, wider student questions on the right — every answer is based on the same official submissions.
Punjabi University ranking questions
What is Punjabi University NIRF ranking 2025?
Punjabi University, Patiala's best listed NIRF 2025 result on NIRFRank is Pharmacy rank #59 with a score of 49.35.
Which NIRF categories include Punjabi University in 2025?
Punjabi University appears in the NIRF 2025 Pharmacy ranking categories on this profile.
Is Punjabi University, Patiala private or government?
Punjabi University, Patiala is marked as a government institution in the NIRFRank institution registry.
Where is Punjabi University, Patiala located?
Punjabi University, Patiala is listed in Patiala, Punjab.
Students also ask
What is the median placement salary of Punjabi University graduates?
The official submission reports a ₹3.25L median annual salary for placed UG four-year graduates in 2023-24, with 15 of 50 graduates placed (30.0%). The latest PG two-year median is ₹4.6L.
What is Punjabi University's best NIRF category?
Pharmacy is its best current result at #59 in NIRF 2025, with a score of 49.35.
How many students does Punjabi University have?
The latest official student-strength disclosure reports 299 students, including 152 from outside the state and 6 international students.
Is Punjabi University improving in research?
Its NIRF RPC pillar moved from 46.4 in 2021 to 30.9 in 2025. The latest disclosure also reports 28 PhD scholars.
How much does Punjabi University spend on faculty, labs and its library?
Latest reported expenditure includes ₹6.55 Cr for faculty and staff salaries, ₹0.23 Cr for new lab equipment, and ₹0.01 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.