Chitkara University is a government-recognized university and is the only Indian university to be among the top eight finalists for the prestigious Times Higher Education Asia Awards 2020 Technical Innovation of the Year category.

Rankings:

• E-Learning Excellence for Academic Digitisation (E-LEAD) qualification from QS IGUAGE was awarded to Chitkara University.

• Chitkara University has been ranked 18th for Mass Communication by The Week 2020 and ranked 17th for Hotel Management by India Today 2020.

Academics:

• Admission to B.E/ B.Tech program at Chitkara University is done on the basis of the JEE Mains score.

• While admission MBA programs are based on scores obtained in XAT/CAT/GMAT entrance test.

Placement:

• The highest salary offered to B.Tech graduates during the placement season of 2019 was 31 LPA.

• The average package offered to the students was 6 LPA.

• The institute witnessed an overall placement rate of 80%

• Major roles offered to students of the BCA program include Software Developer, System Engineer, Project Manager, Presentation Specialist, and System Administrator.

• Major Roles offered to B.Com(Hons) students were Management Consultant, Marketing Executive, Business Analyst, and Accountant.

Major Recruiters:

Major recruiters at the campus include Infosys, Wipro, Microsoft, Google, HDFC Bank, Accenture, IBM, Hindustan Lever Limited, Airtel, Citibank, HCL, Tech Mahindra, Oracle, Nvidia, Pepsico, L&T, Fortis, ITC, TATA Motors, Asian Paints, etc.

Industry tie-ups:

• Chitkara Business School in association with Manpower Group is offering an MBA program.

• Chitkara University has been granted the status of the 'CUDA Teaching Centre' by Nvidia.

• The Optometry program at Chitkara University is sponsored by Sanskara Healthcare.

• Laboratories at Chitkara University are supported by companies such as ARM, Cadence, and NXP Semiconductors.

• The Curriculum of Mass Communication is inspired by the UNESCO model of Journalism.

Chitkara University has been seeing a surge in recruiters from domestic and international backgrounds with an exponential rise in the package being offered and the number of students placed.