Panjab University, Chandigarh

Punjab University, Chandigarh

• One of the oldest Universities in India
• Established in 1882 at Lahore (now in Pakistan).
• University campus is spread over an area of 550 acres (2.2 km²) in sectors 14 and 25 of the city of Chandigarh
• Panjab University has 75 teaching and research departments and 15 Centers/Chairs for teaching and research at the main campus located at Chandigarh
• Panjab  University has 188 affiliated colleges spread over Punjab and having one rural Regional Centre at Kauni, and 3 Regional Centres at Muktsar, Ludhiana and Hoshiarpur.
• University has 4 Constituent Colleges located at Sikhwala (Sri Muktsar Sahib), Balachaur (SBS Nagar), Nihalsingh Wala (Moga) and Guru Harsahai (Ferozepur)
• Panjab University Community Radio Station - Jyotirgamaya: 91.2 MHz

Mission of the University:

The University has been incorporated for the purpose, among others, of making provision for imparting education in Arts, Letters, Science and the learned professions and of furthering advancement of learning, the prosecution of original research, with power to appoint University Professors, Readers and Lecturers, to hold and manage educational endowments, to erect, equip and maintain University colleges, libraries, laboratories and museums, to making regulations relating to the residence and conduct of students and to do all such acts as tend to promote study and research"

International exchange programmes:

The University shares an international exchange programme with Sweden under the auspices of the European Law Students' Association (ELSA) and an exchange programme with the British Council in the field of Public Administration. There exists an ongoing international exchange programme with the Universities of Manitoba and Kyrghyzstan as well as Simon Fraser University, Canada. The Dean of International Students looks after the academic affairs of overseas students from over fifteen countries. Working directly with the Regional Director of the ICCR, the Dean helps to facilitate the admission of foreign students

Teaching Departments:

The seventy-five Departments and fifteen Centers/Chairs on the campus and the four Regional Centers are grouped under the Faculties of Arts, Science, Languages, Law, Education and Fine Arts, Business Management and Commerce, Engineering and Technology, Medical Sciences, Pharmaceutical Sciences and Dairying, Animal Husbandry and Agriculture. Most departments have their own specialized libraries, and the working period runs for at least 180 days in a year.

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