Chitkara University is the best option among these. The university focuses on all-around personality development. Besides classroom teaching, students are encouraged to take part in co-curricular, techno-cultural events, and club activities. It is a way of life, that will follow you even after graduation.
It offers good placement opportunities, as well. Students received the median CTC of INR 7.50 LPA during Chitkara University placements in 2021.
Chitkara University 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. It has 13,000 students, 300 faculties, and 12 schools established across Engineering, Nursing, Management, Healthcare, Media, Arts, and Design.
Chandigarh University is the Limca Book of Record holder for the highest number of placements during 2017 and was ranked 28th for Engineering by Times 2020 CU offers 130 courses across several streams such as Engineering, Management, Commerce, Pharmacy, Law at UG, PG, and Doctoral Levels. Chandigarh Group of Colleges received the Aspiring Minds National Employability Award in 2020.
CGC Landran is AICTE and NBA accredited and also has NAAC accreditation with an ‘A’ Grade. It offers courses in various disciplines such as Engineering, Architecture, Management, Arts, etc.
Rankings:
Chitkara University has been ranked 18th for Mass Communication by The Week 2020 and ranked 17th for Hotel Management by India Today 2020.
CGC has been ranked 82nd for Engineering.
Chandigarh University has been ranked 14th for Private Engineering by The Week 2020.
Alumni:
Renowned alumni from Chitkara University include Amandeep Singh Sidhu who is Technical Program Manager in Amazon, USA.
Renowned alumni of Chandigarh University include Bhagwan Singh who is the 2018 Asian Games Medal Winner.
Renowned alumni of CGC include Rohit Kumar - Senior Software Engineer, Priyanka Narang - Project Engineer
Achievements:
Shriya Rishi from Chitkara University won the First Position in the Badminton event at IIT Mandi 2014, Sports Fest.
Smatav Sharma from Chitkara University won Gold Medal in Tang Soo Do world cup championship 2010 held in New Delhi.
Chandigarh University has recently been certified with QS I GAUGE E-LEAD.
Star Group credited Chandigarh University as the most Student Friendly University in the year 2017.
E-CELL team from CGC secured a position in the range of 1-10 at the event Mentoring Track held at IIT Bombay.
CCHMCT team from CGC won the NAIVEDYAM competition at Jalandhar.
Placement:
The placement details of the three institutes are as follows.
Criteria |
Chandigarh University |
CGC |
Chitkara University |
Students Placed |
90% |
80% |
85% |
Average Salary |
11 LPA |
12 LPA |
6 LPA |
Major recruiters at CU include Bajaj Allianz, Wipro, TCS, HP, HCL, Dell, Deloitte, Motorola, Raddison, Videocon, YesBank, etc.
Major recruiters at CGC include IBM, Axis Bank, JSW, Jaypee Group, HITACHI, Genpact, MRF Tyres, TAFE, and SAP.
Major recruiters at the Chitkara University include Infosys, Wipro, Microsoft, IBM, Hindustan Lever Limited, Airtel, and Citibank.
All the universities are world-class, with good recruitments in the past seasons. However, it is recommended that students go with their choice of interest.