Punjab Engineering College (Deemed to be University), Chandigarh

For the 2026-27 session the B.Tech academic fee is Rs 88,000 a semester (Rs 1,76,000 a year), plus Rs 6,000 a semester for other facilities and services. A day scholar pays Rs 1,13,000 at admission, which includes one-time charges of Rs 19,000 (admission Rs 5,000, student service Rs 6,000, refundable security Rs 8,000). The fee is the same for all branches and PEC says fees may rise by up to 10% a year.

For students admitted in 2026-27 the hostel fee and mess establishment charges are Rs 62,000 a year, with Rs 3,500 mess advance and Rs 10,000 maintenance, which is Rs 75,500. A refundable security of Rs 6,000 is paid once, so the first-year total is Rs 81,500.

B.Tech seats are filled on JEE Main rank through JoSAA (rounds 1 to 6) and CSAB (rounds 1 to 2), and NRI or foreign seats through DASA. Four reserved categories (Kashmiri migrants, sportspersons, defence personnel wards and freedom fighters' wards) are filled through PEC's own portal. PEC holds no separate B.Tech entrance test.

AICTE approved 880 B.Tech seats for 2026-27 across 12 branches: aerospace (30), civil (120), computer science (120), CS data science (60), CS artificial intelligence (30), electrical (120), electronics and communication (120), VLSI design and technology (30), mathematics and computing (30), mechanical (120), metallurgical and materials (60) and production and industrial (40).

For 2024-25 PEC reports a highest package of 61.03 LPA, an average of 13.61 LPA and a median of 12 LPA, with 461 offers for 694 eligible students and 120 pre-placement offers. For 2023-24 the figures were 58.87, 14.05 and 13.17 LPA.

In NIRF 2025 PEC is in the 101-150 band in the engineering category. Its accreditation page lists a NAAC Self Study Report for the first cycle but no grade or validity date, so no NAAC grade could be confirmed on 16 October 2026.

PEC is a Deemed to be University, declared by a Ministry of Human Resource Development notification in 2003, and a grant-in-aid institution under the administration of the Union Territory of Chandigarh. AICTE approved it for 2026-27.

PEC offers a four-year B.Des with 30 AICTE-approved seats for 2026-27. Admission is on the best rank in UCEED, NID DAT or JEE Main Paper 2A of the admission year, through PEC's own registration and merit list. In 2026 the registration fee was Rs 2,500 for SC, ST and PwD candidates and Rs 5,000 for others.

M.Tech admission is through CCMT counselling on GATE scores. PEC lists 12 M.Tech programmes with 6 to 25 AICTE-approved seats each for 2026-27. Under PEC's fee policy for sessions from 2022-23, GATE-qualified candidates pay an academic fee of Rs 42,500 a semester.

Yes. PEC's scholarship guidelines give full tuition free-ship to the top two JEE Main rankers (while CGPA stays at 9 or more), half tuition free-ship to all SC and ST students, waivers for persons with disabilities by family income, and full free-ship including hostel fee for BPL card holders.

Most B.Tech seats at PEC are filled on JEE Main rank through JoSAA and CSAB counselling, B.Des admission uses a PEC merit list on UCEED, NID DAT or JEE Main Paper 2A rank, and M.Tech admission uses GATE through CCMT counselling. PEC has not published a 2027 admission schedule for any programme (checked 16 October 2026). B.Tech: JEE Main rank.

In JoSAA 2026, Computer Science and Engineering at Punjab Engineering College (Deemed to be University), Chandigarh closed at JEE Main rank 15,088 for General gender-neutral seats in the Other State quota (opening rank 6,382). Closing ranks for other categories: EWS 2,626, OBC-NCL 5,012, SC 3,508 and ST 1,902.

Depending on the course, admission to Punjab Engineering College (Deemed to be University), Chandigarh is through JEE Main, GATE, UCEED, NID DAT and JEE Main Paper 2A.

Punjab Engineering College (Deemed to be University), Chandigarh lists approval or accreditation from UGC and AICTE.

Punjab Engineering College (Deemed to be University), Chandigarh is also known as PEC Chandigarh, PEC and PEC University of Technology.