Department of Computer Science, Punjabi University, Patiala Facilities Details: Hostel, Campus, Infrastructure, Library, Canteen

There are six residential Hostels for boys. There are two (one for boys) hostels at Guru Kashi Campus, Talwandi Sabo, and two hostels (one for boys) at Punjabi University Neighbourhood Campus, Rampura Phul. The strength of these four hostels is 550 for boys. University College of Engineering has its own separate hostel facility. All the Hostels have a wi-fi facility & CCTV Camera.

There are seven residential Hostels for girls. There are two (one for girls) hostels at Guru Kashi Campus, Talwandi Sabo, and two hostels (one for girls) at Punjabi University Neighbourhood Campus, Rampura Phul. The strength of these four hostels is 550 for girls. University College of Engineering has its own separate hostel facility. All the Hostels have a wi-fi facility & CCTV Camera.

The library serves as a central organ of academic activity in the Department. The Department has a rich & vast collection of more than 6000 books, periodicals, and reports. It also has one copy of each of all projects, M.Tech. and Ph.D. dissertations carried out in the department in recent years. All these cater to the needs of students and faculty. Most of the books are of recent edition with the facility of issuing these for a specified time period. The library serves to provide a calm and cozy ambiance conducive to long hours of study. The library opens on all working days of the Institute from 9 AM to 5:30 PM. Computerized cataloging and the active help of the library staff make searching for volumes easy.

The Directorate of Sports works for promoting Sports in the University and its affiliated colleges. It organizes Inter-College Competitions in various games and trains students for participation in Inter-University, National, and International Games. Well maintained infrastructure and facilities for games such as Archery, Athletics, Basketball, Boxing, Cycling, Fencing, Football, Hockey, Judo, Handball, Lawn Tennis, Shooting, Taekwondo, Table Tennis, Volleyball, Wrestling, etc. have been maintained. The University also has a large Gymnasium Hall for Indoor Games. It is one of the very few institutions in India to possess its own Velodrome and Synthetic Track. With a yearly day & night of hard work, the sports department has brought laurels to the Punjabi University by winning the most prestigious sports award Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Trophy 10th time. Near about 150 players have also been placed in various institutions and government departments.

The University has set up a University Computer Centre. It was established in the year 1986 with the assistance of the University Grants Commission. University Computer Centre (UCC) is taken as a centralized resource facilitator for computerization with an aim to cater to the needs of the entire University. The principal objective of UCC is to provide readily available facilities of computer milieu to students, research scholars, teachers, and employees of the University. Its associated objective is also to automate the administrative and secretarial wings of the University. It is one of the best in the region in terms of infusing computing resources, campus-wide networking, and internet facility.

The college has a departmental based laboratory facility for the students.

The college has a Wi-Fi facility for the students and staff.

The Transport Department of the University runs a fleet of buses for linking the campus to various parts of Patiala city.