Panjab University was established at Lahore in 1882 as the fourth teaching and affiliating
University in South Asia under the British Raj (after the universities of Calcutta
, Bombay, and Madras). Following the Partition of India, Lahore became a part of
Pakistan and the Indian twin of the University was constrained to function for almost
a decade without having a campus of its own. The administrative office was located
at Solan and the teaching departments functioned from Hoshiarpur, Jalandhar, Delhi
and Amritsar. Panjab University was relocated to Chandigarh in 1956, and currently
enjoys the status of being one of the most reputed universities in India.
It is one of the oldest universities in India. The university campus is located
in the city of Chandigarh and is spread over an area of 550 acres in sectors 14
and 25 of the city. The University has 46 teaching and research departments and
10 Centers/Chairs for teaching and research at the main campus located at Chandigarh.
It has 172 affiliated colleges spread over Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and
Chandigarh, Regional Centers at Muktsar, Ludhiana, Hoshiarpur and Swami Sarvanand
Giri Regional Centre Hoshiarpur. |
