Panjab University

Panjab University in Chandigarh had 13,497 students and 950 teaching staff. In NIRF 2025, it ranked #57 overall (score 54.65/100), #3 in Pharmacy (76.39/100), #93 in Engineering (46.90/100), and #92 in Management (46.31/100), which suggests its pharmacy programmes stand well apart from its other disciplines in national comparisons.

Placement data backs this pattern of strength by programme. In 2023-24, the two-year Management PG course placed 120 of 127 graduates at a median salary of 10 LPA, up from 8.5 LPA in 2021-22. The four-year Engineering UG programme placed 489 of 625 graduates at a median of 8.25 LPA that year, a rise from 7.5 LPA in 2021-22. By contrast, the four-year Pharmacy UG programme placed only 3 of 52 graduates in 2023-24 at a median of 1.8 LPA, while the two-year Pharmacy PG course did better, placing 49 of 61 graduates at 6 LPA.

Across the broader Overall UG 3-year category, 282 of 645 graduates were placed in 2023-24 at a median salary of 5.26 LPA, an improvement in placement rate from 315 of 976 the year before. These figures, taken programme by programme, are worth weighing against the specific course a prospective student intends to join, since outcomes vary considerably between disciplines at this university.