Punjab Engineering College

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Punjab Engineering College is presently called as PEC University of Technology and this
institution was actually established in the name of Mugalpura Engineering College at Lahore,
which presently belongs to Pakistan in the year 1921. Later, the name was changed as
Maclagan Engineering College and it began its operations on the 19th of March 1924 with
this new name. Again, in the year 1931, the college was affiliated to the Punjab University
and after partition of India and Pakistan in 1947, the college was moved to Roorkee and
was given a new name as East Punjab College of Engineering. In the year 1950, the word
east was dropped and therein after the institution was began to be called as Punjab
Engineering College.
Towards the end of December 1953, the college was moved to its present campus in
Chandigarh with a view to bring it under the government of Punjab. In the year 1966, with
the formation of the Union Territory of Chandigarh, the college was brought under the
control of the government of India. In 2003 on the month of October, government of India
issued a notification to the effect that Punjab Engineering College will be a deemed
university. In the year 2009, the institution/university was given a new name called PEC
University of Technology.
Courses offered:
Punjab Engineering College University of Technology offers UG and PG courses in
engineering in different disciplines and here is the list of branches in which Bachelor of
Engineering is offered by the university:

Production & Industrial Engineering

Materials & Metallurgical Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

Electronics & Communication Engineering

Electrical Engineering

Computer Science & Engineering

Civil Engineering

Aerospace Engineering

Admission procedure:
Punjab Engineering College University follows the admission procedure like IITs in India.
Yes, the university considered JEE-Main score for admission of right students to any
engineering branch.
Admission to 6 different engineering colleges functioning under this university is done
through this admission procedure. Candidates are shortlisted on the basis of entrance exam
score and the mark secured in their qualifying examination.
Punjab Engineering College University holds the pride of being one among the oldest
engineering institutions in the nation to provide the best education to students and to uplift
them in their lives.