Chitkara University is a

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university located in

Rajpura Rajpura () is a city in Patiala district in the Indian state of Punjab, India, situated along the border of the Indian state of Haryana. It is located 26 KM Patiala city, towards East from district headquarter. It is Tehsil headquarter, here ...

Punjab Punjab (; ; also romanised as Panjāb or Panj-Āb) is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia. It is located in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising areas of modern-day eastern Pakistan and no ...

, India. It offers undergraduate programs, post-graduate program and doctoral programs in fields of engineering, management, pharmacy, health sciences, nursing, hospitality, art & design and education. It was established and is managed by the Chitkara Educational Trust.

History

Chitkara University, Punjab started its way as Chitkara Institute of Engineering and Technology established in 2002 and affiliated to

Punjab Technical University I. K. Gujral Punjab Technical University (IKGPTU), formerly Punjab Technical University (PTU), is a public state university in Kapurthala, Punjab, India established by an Act of State Legislature on 16 January 1997. Renaming In recognition o ...

. The university was established in 2010 after being granted university status with the passing of ''The Chitkara University Act, 2008'' in 2009. Chitkara University's 70-acre main campus is located in Jansla Village, Rajpura, Punjab, along the Chandigarh-Patiala National Highway (NH-64), which is 33.1 km away from

Chandigarh Chandigarh is a city and union territory in northern India, serving as the shared capital of the states of Punjab and Haryana. Situated near the foothills of the Shivalik range of Himalayas, it borders Haryana to the east and Punjab in the ...

Academics

Academic Programmes

Chitkara University offers a wide range of academic programmes across a variety of disciplines, including engineering, technology, business, health sciences, pharmacy, design, and media. Some of academic programmes offered by Chitkara University include:
Bachelor of Engineering
(B.E.)
Bachelor of Business Administration
(BBA)
Bachelor of Pharmacy (B.Pharm.)

Bachelor of Design
(B.Des.)
Bachelor of Commerce
(B.Com.)
Bachelor of Nursing
(B.Sc. Nursing)
Bachelor of Optometry
(B.Optom.)
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Economics, Journalism and Mass Communication, Film and Television
(BJMC) Chitkara University also offers a number of postgraduate programmes, including:
Master of Business Administration
(MBA)
Master of Engineering
(M.E.)
Master of Pharmacy
(M.Pharm.)
Master of Arts (M.A.) in Journalism and Mass Communication

Master of Nursing (M.Sc. Nursing)
* Master of Design (M.Des.) Chitkara University also offer
Doctor of Philosophy
(Ph.D.) in various fields.

Affiliations

Chitkara University is recognized by the University Grants Commission (UGC) &

National Assessment and Accreditation Council The National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) is a public autonomous body of the government of India that assesses and accredits higher education institutions (HEIs) in India. It is funded by the University Grants Commission and hea ...

(NAAC). Relevant programmes are approved by the

Council of Architecture The Council of Architecture (COA) is a professional regulatory body established by the Government of India to regulate Architectural education in India, architectural education and profession of architects throughout India. Overview The role ...

(COA),

Pharmacy Council of India The Pharmacy Council of India (PCI) is the statutory body under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India. It is constituted under the Pharmacy Act of 1948. The Council was first constituted on 4 March 1948. Montubhai Patel ...

(PCI),

National Council for Teacher Education National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) is a statutory body of Indian government set-up under the National Council for Teacher Education Act, 1993 (#73, 1993) in 1995 to formally oversee standards, procedures and processes in the Indian ...

(NCTE),

Indian Nursing Council Indian Nursing Council is a national regulatory body for nurses and nurse education in India. It is an autonomous body under the Government of India, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, constituted by the Central Government under section 3(1) ...

(INC), Institution of Engineering & Technology (IET), and National Council for Hotel Management and Catering Technology (NCHMCT).

Rankings

Chitkara University was ranked in the 90 band among universities in India by

National Institutional Ranking Framework National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) is a ranking methodology released annually by the Ministry of Education, Government of India, to rank institutions of higher education in India. The framework was approved by the former Ministr ...

(NIRF) in 2024, 19th in the Pharmacy ranking, 35th in the Architecture ranking, 58th in the Management ranking and 94th in the Engineering ranking. Internationally, the university was ranked in the 501-550 band among universities in Asia by QS World University Rankings (Asia) in 2025 (143th in South Asia) and 1201-1400 band among universities in the World by QS World University Rankings in 2025.

Schools and Institutes

The university includes: * Chitkara Business School * Chitkara College of Sales & Marketing * Chitkara University Institute of Engineering & Technology * Chitkara University School of Maritime Studies * Chitkara College of Applied Engineering * Chitkara School of Planning and Architecture * Chitkara Design School * Chitkara School of Mass Communication * Chitkara College of Hospitality Management (Hospitality and Culinary programs) * Chitkara College of Pharmacy (B Pharm, M Pharm, Pharm D) * Chitkara School of Health Sciences (Nursing, Physiotherapy, Optometry etc.) * Chitkara Law School (B.A., L.L.B.) * Chitkara College of Education * Centre for Global Education * Chitkara University Online

Student life

Chitkara University hosts chapters of the

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(AIESEC),

Institute of Electrical Engineers The Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE) was a British professional organisation of electronics, electrical, manufacturing, and information technology professionals, especially electrical engineers. It began in 1871 as the Society of Tel ...

(IEEE),

Association for Computing Machinery The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) is a US-based international learned society for computing. It was founded in 1947 and is the world's largest scientific and educational computing society. The ACM is a non-profit professional membe ...

(ACM),

Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers The Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE) is India's leading recognized professional society devoted to the advancement of science, technology, electronics, telecommunication and information technology. Founded in ...

(IETE),

Institution of Engineers (India) The Institution of Engineers (India), the IEI, is a national organization for engineers in India. It is the world's largest multi-disciplinary engineering professional society. It has more than one million members in 15 engineering disciplines ...

(IEI),

Society of Automotive Engineers SAE International is a global professional association and standards organization based in Warrendale, Pennsylvania, United States. Formerly the Society of Automotive Engineers, the organization adopted its current name in 2006 to reflect bot ...

India (SAE India) and

Computer Society of India Computer Society of India is a body of computer professionals in India. It was started on 6 March 1965 by a few computer professionals and has now grown to be the national body representing computer professionals. It has 72 chapters across Indi ...

(CSI).

References

External links

* {{Authority control Universities in Punjab, India Private universities in India Universities and colleges established in 2010 2010 establishments in Punjab, India