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Departments

Department Cum Centre for Women's Studies & Development

The Department-cum-Centre for Women's Studies and Development was originally set up as a...

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Department of Public Administration

The Department of Public Administration was set up in the year 1961. It has the distinction of...

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Centre for Police Administration

To provide quality teaching, research, training and consultancy for achieving excellence in the...

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Department of Alumni Relations

Since its inception in 1882 at Lahore (now in Pakistan), Panjab University has a long tradition...

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Centre for Human Rights & Duties

This program has been designed to familiarize and sensitize more and more people in society...

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Department of Ancient Indian History, Culture & Archaeology

The Panjab University occupies a place of pride in the pursuance and advancement of Indological...

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Department of Library & Information Science

Panjab University, realizing the need of trained library personnel, instituted a training course...

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Department of Arts History & Visual Arts

The Department of Art History and Visual Arts in this University was established in 1962 and...

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Department of English & Cultural Studies

The Department of English was established in 1956 and is one of the premier centres of English in...

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Department of Computer Science & Applications

The Computer Culture at the Panjab University dates back to 1966. An independent Centre for...

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Department Of Educational Technology & Vocational Education

Department Of Educational Technology & Vocational Education On very new and fresh grounds,...

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Centre for Nanoscience & Nanotechnology (U.I.E.A.S.T.)

Centre for Nanoscience & Nanotechnology (U.I.E.A.S.T.) Centre for Nanoscience &...

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Centre for System Biology & Bioinformatics (U.I.E.A.S.T.)

Centre for System Biology & Bioinformatics (U.I.E.A.S.T.) Panjab University, Chandigarh has...

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Department of Anthropology

The department of Anthropology at Panjab University, Chandigarh, has established its academic...

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Centre for Petroleum and Applied Geology (U.I.E.A.S.T.)

Centre for Petroleum and Applied Geology (U.I.E.A.S.T.)

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Department of Biochemistry

The Department of Biochemistry at Panjab University, Chandigarh was established in 1962. The...

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Department of Biophysics

The Department of Biophysics aims to impart quality education in Biophysics to the Undergraduate...

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Department of Biotechnology

The Department came into existence as Centre in 1989. In 1994 after obtaining financial aid from...

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Department of Microbial Biotechnology

Keeping in view the enormous importance of microbes in the field of Biotechnology, a new course...

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Department of Botany

The Department of Botany, Panjab University was established in 1919 at Lahore. It shifted to...

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Department of Commerce and Business Management

Department of Commerce and Business Management

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Centre for Social Work

Just like the discipline of Natural Sciences, the Social Sciences too have been compelled to move...

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National Centre for Human Genome Studies and Research (NCHGSR)

The National Centre for Human Genomes Studies and Research (NCHGSR) is one of the premier...

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Centre for Medical Physics (U.I.E.A.S.T.)

Centre for Medical Physics (U.I.E.A.S.T.) The Centre for Medical Physics was created in 2008, as...

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Centre for Nuclear Medicine (U.I.E.A.S.T.)

Centre for Nuclear Medicine (U.I.E.A.S.T.)

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Centre for Public Health (U.I.E.A.S.T.)

Centre for Public Health (U.I.E.A.S.T.) The Panjab University is running a Master Program in...

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Department of Chemistry

The Department of Chemistry was founded by Dr. S. S. Bhatnagar at Lahore in 1925, the department...

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Department of Chinese and Tibetan Languages

The Department of Chinese and Tibetan Languages was established in 1964 under the name Central...

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Department of Communication Studies

Our programmes - PhD in Mass Communication, Master of Arts (Journalism and Mass Communications),...

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Department of Community Education and Disability Studies

For the overall development of the society, it is important to understand the issues pertaining...

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Department of Defence and National Security Studies

Established in 2001, the department offers Master.s course in Defence & Strategic Studies...

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Department of Philosophy

Department of philosophy, Panjab University, Chandigarh has been providing a university base in...

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Department of Political Science

The Department of Political Science was started in 1942 with the aim to train students in the...

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Department of Psychology

Since its inception in 1959, at the Chandigarh campus, the faculty of the department has...

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Department of Sociology

The Department of Sociology, located in Arts Block-IV on the Panjab University Campus was...

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Department of Economics

After the partition of the country, the teaching of Economics in this University was centered in...

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Department of Geography

The department of geography has been imparting quality research and teaching for over five...

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Department of Guru Nanak Sikh Studies

The department was established in pursuance of scheme of the Punjab Government and University...

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Department of History

The teaching of History at Panjab University during its first three decades of existence...

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Department of Gandhian Studies

The Department of Gandhian Studies came into existence in 1965. Initially one year Certificate...

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Department of Indian Theatre

The objective of this course is to impart comprehensive training, both practical and theoretical...

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Department of Music

The department of Music was established in 1987.Previously, it had only Music (Hobby Classes) in...

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Department of Education

The Department was started in 1963 with M.Ed. regular course. M.Ed. (Evening) Course for...

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Department of Life Long Learning and Extension

The University Grants Commission, in 1977, incorporated extension into its policy statement for...

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Department of Physical Education

The Department of Physical Education was started in the year of 1963 with M.A in Physical...

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Department of French and Francophone Studies

The Department of French came into existence way back in 1957. Though it started with elementary...

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Department of German

The Department of German was established in 1960. Starting with the elementary courses in the...

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Department of Hindi

The Department of Hindi was established in 1938. It is one of the oldest Hindi Department in the...

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Department of Punjabi

The Punjabi Department was established in 1948-49 at Amritsar and later on in 1958 at Chandigarh....

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Department of Russian

Courses Offered : => Advanced Diploma in Russian - 1 years => Certificate Course in...

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Department of Sanskrit

The Department was established at Punjab University, LAHORE. Some eminent scholars like Prof....

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Department of Urdu

The Department of Urdu was a major Department in pre-partition time of the then "University...

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Department of Laws

The Department of Laws, originally established at Lahore in 1889, was re-established at Shimla in...

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Department of Evening Studies

The Department of Evening Studies-Multi Disciplinary Research Centre, which started as the Panjab...

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Department of Environment Studies

The department, in a span of 9 years, has achieved good visibility in India and abroad. The...

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Department of Geology

The Department of Geology was established in the Panjab University in the year 1958. The...

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Department of Mathematics

The Mathematics Department has 19 regular faculty members plus 10 research fellow members in...

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Department of Microbiology

The Department established in 1964 is one of the oldest and pioneer Microbiology departments in...

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Department of Statistics

The Department of Statistics was established in 1964 as a part of Mathematics Department, and...

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Department of Physics

The Department of Physics was established in 1947, in Govt. College, Hoshiarpur (Punjab). In...

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Department of Zoology

The department of Zoology is one of the oldest and well-established departments in North India,...

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Directorate of Sports

Directorate of Sports

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Popular courses include B.Tech CSE, LL.B., MBA, MA Economics, and various science and humanities programs.

Admissions for many undergraduate programs are based on the Common University Entrance Test (CUET UG), while others have separate university-level entrance exams.

Yes, Panjab University provides separate hostel facilities for boys and girls with essential amenities.

Panjab University was ranked 67th in the University category in the NIRF 2023 rankings.
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  • Type: State
  • Est. Year: 1882
  • Hostel: Separate for Boys & Girls
  • Affiliated Colleges: 192
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