Punjab Engineering College (PEC), Chandigarh
About Punjab Engineering College (PEC), Chandigarh
- Punjab Engineering College (PEC) (Deemed to be University) was established in Lahore as Muugalpura Engineering College is 1921.
- Later on, it moved to present campus in 1953 as Punjab Engineering College (PEC) affiliated to Panjab University.
- The institute was given the status of Deemed University in 2003 and was given the new name PEC University of Technology in 2009.
- The university is spread over an area 149 acres and is close to beautiful Shivalik hills.
- The university is funded by Union Territory of Chandigarh, Govt. of India.
- The academic and administrative processes of the institute are similar to that of top IITs of the country.
- The institute offers 8 UG B.Tech. Programs and 14 PG M.Tech. Programs in various disciplines of technology and engineering.
- The institute also started Ph.D. programs in disciplines like management, science, engineering, etc once they turned into a university.
- There are nine academic departments and two centers of excellence.
- The institute collaborates very closely with alumni, industries, research organizations, and other academic institutes both India and abroad and has also signed MoUs to pursue research in various niche areas.
- The graduates of this institute are also placed in very highly reputed firms with handsome salary packages.
1. To build across the institute a culture of excellence in teaching and learning with needed performance and accountability from all support activities. 2. To enhance the institute standing as the institute of choice for students across the country; and to augment the presence of international students to at least ten percent of the student body. 3. To cultivate a field in which new ideas, research, and scholarship flourish leading to the emergence of creators, innovators, leaders, and entrepreneurs. 4. To design the education through a continuous process so that the students qualifying from the institute have the top rating in placement. 5. To achieve excellence in application-oriented research in selected areas of technology to contribute to the development of the region and the nation. 6. To promote co- and extra-curricular activities for the overall personality development of the students. 7. To develop responsible citizenship through awareness and acceptance of ethical values. 8. To build a family of alumni and friends to create a network of allegiance and support for the institute.
To become the center of excellence in technical education and research and to occupy a place amongst the most eminent institutions of the nation.