Panjab University has a long tradition of pursuing excellence in teaching and research in science and technology, humanities, social sciences, performing arts and sports. For more than a century, it has served various societal needs with distinction. The glorious traditions of the University, established during the period of more than 120 years of its long service to the nation, since its inception in 1882 at Lahore (now in Pakistan), are a source of inspiration for the present generations of the faculty and students to achieved and continue to excel in their academic endeavours. But virtue of its age, experience, achievements and philosophy, the Panjab University is a University of national character and stature, in so far as it has drawn both its faculty and students from all over the country. Its faculty includes some of the most distinguished scientists and academics in arts and humanities. The University continues to attract celebrated scholars from abroad to visit and interact with the faculty and students.

Panjab University, with its 55 teaching and research departments on the main campus located at Chandigarh, has 122 affiliated colleges spread over Punjab and Chandigarh, a Regional Centre at Muktsar, a Regional Centre and an extension library at Ludhiana and VVBIS & IS (Vishweshavaranand Vishva Bandhu Institute of Sanskrit and Indological Studies) at Hoshiarpur.

The main campus at Chandigarh is spread over 550 acres in sectors 14 and 25, Sector 14 having the main academic and administrative building, besides a health centre, a sports complex, hostels and residential area. The University is essentially a residential campus. Mainly students hail from the neighbouring states of Haryana, Himachal, Jammu & Kashmir besides Punjab and Chandigarh. The presence of a good number of students from the rest of the country provides a national character to the University. The campus acquires an international colour as many students from the SAARC countries, the Middle East, Africa and South and South East Asia also seek admission to various courses.

The Central A.C. Joshi Library of Panjab University has a holding of over 6.4 lac books and 623 periodicals, some of which are rare collections of the 19th century. The University Library has been recognised as one of the six national centres for data-information-distribution in the UGC’s INFLIBNET programme. Besides, the National Board of Higher Education in Mathematics provides special support for the library of mathematics department.

The Indian Council of Social Science Research has set-up its North-Western regional Centre on the Panjab University Campus. The Centre runs a library, a seminar complex and a guesthouse for the visiting scholar under its study-grants programme.

The Gandhi Bhawan on the university campus attracts scholars as well as tourists from all over the world for its wonderful architectural form, its library and auditorium.

The Panjab University has four museums and the department of Indian Theatre has its own theatre lab, which is unique in the country. The university has a Botanical Garden and a Garden of Medicinal plants on the campus.

Note :-
The above information has been taken from the website of respective university/institute. Sanmacs India is no way responsible for the authenticity of data provided here in. For any discrepancy, the student should contact respective university/institute.