Punjab University was established in 1882


University Rankings

1st among Universities of India and 38th in Asia, Times Higher Education Asian
University rankings 2015.

Ranked number one University in India and in the bracket 276-300 internationally in the
Times Higher Education World University Rankings, 2014-2015 powered by Thomson
Reuters.

Ranked 39th by the Times Higher Education among BRICS & Emerging Economies.


Faculties

Arts

Centre for Human Rights & Duties
Centre for Police Administration
Centre for Social Work
Department cum Centre for Women's Studies & Development P.U. Chd.
Department of Ancient Indian History, Culture Archaeology
Department of Defence and National Security Studies
Department of Economics
Department of Gandhian Studies
Department of Geography
Department of Guru Nanak Sikh Studies
Department of History
Department of Library & Information Science
Department of Philosophy
Department of Political Science
Department of Psychology
Department of Public Administration
Department of Sociology
School of Communication Studies

Business, management and commerce

University Business School – Chandigarh
University Institute of Engineering and Technology
University Business School – Ludhiana
University Institute of Applied Management Sciences
University Institute of Hotel & Tourism Management

Design and fine arts

Department of Arts History & Visual Arts
Department of Indian Theatre
Department of Music

Education

Department of Community Education and Disability Studies
Department of Life Long Learning and Extension
Department of Physical Education
Institute of Educational Technology & Vocational Education
University Institute of Fashion Technology & Vocational Development

Engineering and technology

Sophisticated Analytical Instrumentation Facility, CIL and UCIM
Stem Cell & Tissue Engineering
University Institute of Chemical Engineering and Technology
University Institute of Engineering & Technology
Chandigarh College of Engineering and Technology
University Institute of Engineering and Technology,Hoshiarpur

Languages

Bhai Vir Singh Chair
Chinese and Tibetan Languages
Dayanand Chair for Vedic Studies
Department of English & Cultural Studies
Department of French and Francophone Studies
Department of German
Department of Hindi
Department of Punjabi
Department of Russian
Department of Sanskrit
Department of Urdu
Guru Ravi Das Chair of Sant Sahitya Studies
Punjabi Lexicography
Sheikh Baba Farid Chair
Vishveshvaranand Vishwa Bandhu Institute of Sanskrit and Indological Studies

Law

Department of Laws
University Institute of Legal Studies - Hoshiarpur
University Institute of Laws – Ludhiana
University Institute of Legal Studies

Medical sciences

Dr. Harvansh Singh Judge Institute of Dental Sciences & Hospital

Multi-faculty departments

Department of Evening Studies
P.U. Regional Centre – Ludhiana
P.U. Regional Centre – Muktsar
Panjab University Rural Centre Kauni
Swami Sarvanand Giri Regional Centre - Hoshiarpur
University School of Open Learning

Pharmaceutical sciences

University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Science

Centre of Excellence in Nano Applications (Biomedical Sciences)
Centre for Medical Physics)
Centre for Microbial Biotechnology
Centre for Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Centre for Nuclear Medicine
Centre for Petroleum and Applied Geology
Centre for Public Health
Centre for System Biology & Bioinformatics
Dept-cum-National Centre for Human Genome Studies and Research (NCHGSR)
Department of Anthropology
Department of Biochemistry
Department of Biophysics
Department of Biotechnology
Department of Botany
Department of Chemistry
Department of Computer Science & Applications
Department of Environment Studies
Department of Geology
Department of Mathematics
Department of Microbiology
Department of Physics
Department of Statistics
Department of Zoology
Institute of Forensic Science & Criminology
Institute of Science, Technology & Management

Centres and facilities

A. C. Joshi Library
Academic Staff College
Ambedkar Centre
Central Placement Cell
Centre for IAS & Other Competitive Examinations
Centre for Industry Institute Partnership Programme
Centre for Study of Mid-West & Central Asia
Centre for Swami Vivekananda Studies
Centre for the Study of Geopolitics
Centre for the Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy
Centre of Excellence in Nano Applications
Computer Centre
Dean College Development Council
Dean of International Students
Dean Students Welfare
Department of Alumni Relations
Directorate of Sports
Energy Research Centre
Jyotirgamaya: 91.2 MHz – Panjab University Community Radio Station
Population Research Centre
Publication Bureau
Right to Information (RTI) Cell


Address:

Punjab University

Sector 14,

Chandigarh, 160014