Chandigarh University News

  Chandigarh University continues its success streak; bags 27 th rank among universities in NIRF 2023 ranking   CU emerges 7 th best university in North India Chandigarh University (CU) continued improving its performance among the public and private universities of the country and secured the 27th spot in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2023, released by the Minister of State for Education and external affairs Rajkumar Ranjan Singh, on June 5.     It has emerged as the 7 th best university in North India. Last year the University secured the 29th spot in the ranking among all the government and private universities in the country. The university has improved its ranking significantly across disciplines, as per the education ministry’s annual ranking (NIRF-2023), and has emerged as one of the best universities in the region.   The university’s overall rank has also improved to 45 th rank this year, compared to 48 th rank in t...

  Annual Convocation for the 2023 batch held at Chandigarh University; more than 1400 degrees awarded   Chandigarh University held its annual convocation of the 2023 batch on June 9 in which over 1400 students were awarded undergraduate, postgraduate, and PhD degrees. Of the total students who received their degrees, 45% were women. Further, 22 girls out of 35 have been conferred Gold Medals. 21 girls out of the total 35 have received their doctorate degrees.     Former President Ram Nath Kovind was the chief guest for the occasion, who awarded the degrees and Gold Medals to the achievers. Satnam Singh Sandhu, Chandigarh University Chancellor, Dr. (Prof.) R S Bawa, Pro-Chancellor Chandigarh University; and Dr. Manpreet Singh Manna, Vice Chancellor Chandigarh University, were also present on this auspicious occasion.   While addressing the annual convocation, former President of India Ram Nath Kovind said that Chandigarh University has set new benchma...

  225 degrees awarded to the PG batch of Open and Distance Learning in Annual Convocation 2023 at Chandigarh University   Chandigarh University Gharuan held a special ceremony for the Annual Convocation 2023 of the PG passing-out batch of Open and Distance Learning in Management, Computer Applications, Arts, and Commerce at its main campus. The chief guest of the occasion was D.P Singh, Chief Advisor- Chandigarh University and Head Skills-AWS India; Dr. (Prof.) R S Bawa, Pro-Chancellor Chandigarh University; and Dr. Manpreet Singh Manna, Vice Chancellor Chandigarh University; were also present on this auspicious occasion. A total of 225 degrees were awarded to the students of distance learning courses, namely MBA, MCA, MCom, and M.A. English during the convocation.   D. P. Singh awarded a total of 225 degrees to the students of MBA, MCA, M.A. English, and MCom through online and distance learning. As many as 135 students that received their degrees durin...

Chancellor Chandigarh University meets the Khelo India University Games medal winners, after they return back Chandigarh University (CU) Chancellor Satnam Singh Sandhu met the University students who recently won medals during this year’s edition of Khelo India University Games - 2023 which concluded recently in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. The students who were part of CU’s contingent at the Khelo India University games also expressed pleasure over meeting the chancellor, who appreciated them for the laurels they brought to the University and assured all kinds of support from the University in the future. The Khelo India University Games (KIUG) is an inter-university meet that is a part of the Khelo India initiative of the Government of India. This time it was the third edition of Khelo India University Games.   Contributing to Indian Government’s Khelo India initiative, focused on promoting grassroots sports and identifying young talents from across the country, Chandigarh ...

  Chandigarh University is the highest-ranked private university in India Chandigarh University (CU) achieved a significant milestone and secured the first rank among India’s private universities in the latest edition of the coveted Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Ranking released on June 28.   As per QS world university rankings 2014, in which 2963 institutions were evaluated, Chandigarh University – continuing its success streak – has secured an overall rank of 771-780, which is higher than its 801-1001 rank in the previous edition of the ranking released last year. The university’s overall score in this year’s ranking is 15.2.   As many as 45 Indian universities have featured in the 20 th edition of the QS rankings and the all-India rank of Chandigarh University is 20 – among all public and private institutes. The university also stood at 233rd spot in Asia.   Remarkably, while CU is the second-best Indian university in the parameters of ...