PEC Chandigarh Reviews on Infrastructure, Campus, Placement, Facilities & Faculty

The college infrastructure is old, the lecture halls except the NAB are kind of run down, and the college itself is in a desperate need of a renovation. The boy's hostels are also run down. The food is ok but the hygiene is kind of bad.

The academic structure of the college is very versatile, being a first year its kind of overwhelming at first but its designed to help you grow different areas, especially incorporating communication skills into the curriculum is a great step.

Placements are awesome. The average package of this year for electrical is 15.2 LPA and for CSE it is 24.7 LPA, and for ECE it is 18.3 LPA. Highest package (off campus) for electrical is 1.5 CPA and highest package (on campus) is 64 LPA for electrical and 84 LPA for CSE.

Fee for about 4 years is 13 Lacs including hostel and mess fee. I feel like the RoI is quite good actually as you're destined to get placed if you're in a good branch but like the hostels are not worth the payment tbh.

The campus life is quiet. 150 acres of campus and only 50 acres is in use, rest is the residential area, in short the college doesnt have much to offer if you want to roam around a big campus. AND WHATEVER YOU DO, DON'T JOIN DRAMS.

Overall a great college.

PEC has almost every necessary infrastructure and facilities,but those mare maintained very poorly, like seimens lab was built with 250Cr budget but now the condition is robots are out of service, and this is the condtion with every lab,Built with very high amount and then not maintained properly, Living spaces are not good and you will have to adjust a lot with both mess and hostels.

I am from mettalurgy engineering branch, Curriculum is very old and 100% outdated, things that are in curriculum are no more used in industries, quality of teaching is good and PEC is working towards hiring new teachers who are focused towards industry levels,You will have to work a lot skills like consultancy, Finance to get a job from this branch in PEC.

Placements are outstanding, infact your future is almost secure once you enter PEC in any branch, Around 80% students were overall placed and from CSE it was 90%, Highest offered was 83LPA to 5 students,Apple,Microsoft,Atlassian,Amazon are some of top recruiter, Average overall is 16.7LPA, CSE-25LPA,ECE-18LPA,EE-15.LPA etc. PEC is very supportive at time of placements.

Cost per year is around 3Lacs including everthing from mess to academics to hostels.I feel the money I invested was totally worth it as I am getting the exposrue of higher authorities of India as Almuni Network of PEC is very strong and high paying placements are always there in PEC.

Campus life is very best in north India, if you want campus life it's always preffered to join PEC over NIT Jalandhar if you want Campus life with the Royal life of Chandigarh, There are just unlimited clubs actively working in PEC and students are very encouraged in these activities,PEC is known for it's location and it's completey safe and can handle any type of emergency very easily

Amazing college with Amazing students

The infrastructure of the college is just okay since the college is really old. But it has all the adequate things in it. The college has infra for all sports, all the clubs and societies have good infrastructure. but still infra is far below any private college, like BITS, THAPAR.

Academics are just like any other govt. In college, you have to do things on your own. some teachers are exceptionally well and are great at teaching and at the same time, a few teachers are super strict as well.

Honestly, this is the best college for placements, especially if you are fOR the top branches. the average package for CSE is 24 while ECE is 21 LPA and EE is 15 LPA, and even other lower branches have a package of 10 lakhs average. so certainly this college has best ROI. 2023 BATCH

The fee for the 2022-2036 batch is around 13-14 lakhs including the hostel mess fee. and the fee is definitely worth it considering the placements.

Great college life, the curriculum is not very tough. you will definitely enjoy a lot here, plus the city is really vibrant

Personally , i feel very happy about choosing PEC.

The infrastructure of the institute is pretty old but well maintained . The hostels decent enough so giving a 3 star . Every hostel has Wi-Fi enabled but the academic building is equipped with jammers , so games in classrooms . The food is okayish for the first year hostels , but the mess food for the seniors is good enough .

So being an electrical engineering student from the first year , people from all the courses are same , but faculty review is average , you'll find good teachers and not so good teachers as well. Academics in the college totally depend on you yourself , So basically college teaches how to manage studies and co-curricular activities altogether . But if you seek support from the professors , you'll find some great profs here.

The placements here are the highlights of our college . You can find the statistics and numbers on the website and college websites as well . The average package for this year for electrical engineering was 16 lacs approx. So a good number as compared many NITs and other colleges in northern India . Placements here are better than NIT Kurukshetra , NIT Jalandhar and Chitkara University and other colleges.

The total approx. sum for four year hostellers is around 15 lacs(which includes 75k a year for hostel fee) , which is like the equal to the fee of several NITs these days. So it's kinda value-for-money colleges. Also you have to pay mess fee on montly basis which is around 3500/month.

The campus of PEC CHANDIGARH is spread around 150 acres . The area is utilized perfectly , the location in the perfect location in the city .V

College Infrastructure is too poor as compared to other Newly build NITs and all IITs, but it's kind of better than old NITs,or same like them, old buildings, old labs,New Labs are under construction, Hostels,Departments,Classes re getting renovated, currently condition is poor but if you coming PEC as 2023 fresher so you will not face any problem, everything will be ready till time,Libraries are good but they are biased and give books to reserved qouta students first no matter they are rich.

I am from Mechanical department, The curriculum for circuital branches is updated and they take every mandatory step to maintain it to new industry trends, the quality of teaching is average, neither students are interested nor the teachers are interested in teaching,This will not make you job ready but will you to grab a job if you get a good CG in PEC, for non-circuital branches curriculum is still old

Placements are very high paying, I will add images of placement stats, you will understand from that data better than me telling in words, highest off-campus was 1.5cr and on-campus are given in the images I have attached, Really IIT level Placements.

Course cost per year is around 3LPA, this fee is totally worth it as per placements are concerned, you will your fee in 3rd year of college as PEC provides very good intern opportunities in 5th semester which will pay you a good amount.And further placements are always there in PEC.

The campus is small but if in Punjab NIT's campus is even smaller than PEC so Punjab Haryana colleges don't have big campus size but the area they is fully used and not like colleges having big campus and 80% of area is empty, space is fully utilized, Students are always engaged in club activities and believe me you will loving this campus and it's location after living for 1 semester in PEC.The city is fully secured and can take care of emergency situationscollege

Always recommended to Join

Many people keep complaining about college infrastructure, every college has its own uniqueness, and PEC is spending a lot on its Infrastructure, new hostels are building, Classrooms are getting renovated, Old hostels are getting renovated, currently hostels are really poor and this situation will remain poor for many years, mere hostels are given to either people having connections or too early arrivers

I am from EE,PEC is a good engineering college in The teachers very knowledgeable and experienced, and they help learn about engineering. The college offers different courses in engineering, and they teach both the theory and practical aspects of their field. The college has a good reputation, and many students who have studied here have gone on to do great things in their fields, definitely college never makes you job ready, get rady to develop your skills by side struggle.

PEC has a strong industry-academia interface, and many top companies from various sectors such as IT, Manufacturing, Consulting, and others visit the campus for recruitment. Some of the top recruiters at PEC Chandigarh include Microsoft, Amazon, Google, Samsung, Larsen & Toubro, Tata Motors, and many more.Avergae Package this year was 16.7LPA, overal and highest was 1.5cr(off) and 83LPA Oncampus

The college is a public engineering college that is funded by the government, and the tuition fees for students are relatively affordable compared to many other private engineering colleges in India.Fee is around 3.3LPA but it's worth it as you will get better placements after years

college hosts many cultural and technical events throughout the year, such as TechNidarshan (a technical festival), PECFest (a cultural festival), and TEDxPEC (a TEDx event). These events provide us with a platform to showcase our talents and skills, and they also give a chance to interact with professionals and experts in their fields, and I think there is nothing to explain about Chandigarh, all know about that, it's 99% safe City , rest 1% depends on you

Legacy of 103 years is incredible

Every required thing is available inside campus, new academic blcck is built very well and it has every modern technique required for teaching engineering, I will sharing an image of on going classroom in NAB, Many people complain about old departments but I think being old they have many equipments that were available earlier and new colleges struggle to buy them as those are very expensive, food is also good or I will say eatable, it will not create any problem for you.

Academics depends on teachers you get, even sometimes one branch is divided into 7-8 groups and they all have different teachers, though I am pretty sure this curriculum will never help you for Placements but it's necessary in every engineering college to maintain your CGPA, else you will not allowed to sit in placements and same criteria is filtered in PEC

Top College of North India in terms of placements, If You get a circuital branch in PEC, you can say your future is secured, moreover if you are non circuital branches those are better than computer science of many private colleges in terms of placements, Highest offered package this year on campus was 83 LPA, and 1.5 Cr for off campus, Everyone dream company you can imagine visists PEC for hiring, no worries about placements and future

For general category students this College don't provide any scholarship or some negligible scholarships, But I will you should invest th hai money in PEC without any doubt, so average fee including end to end everything will cost you around 14Lac, according to me it's totally worth it investing your money and future in PEC

Campus life is outstanding, because of Chandigarh location it's makes the best part of life chilling, climbing, learning things , getting high level exposure of alumni network, spending night on working for clubs with your seniors and friends in workshops totally give you a memorable time, You will find this in every review taking about planning of Chandigarh City and it's totally true, this city can handle any type of emergencies.

Absolute glory for an engineering student

I don't know whether it's called legacy or it's the negative side of this college, The moment you enter PEC you will see hundreds of year-old buildings, this same thing is with IIT Roorkee but they had balanced it well by integrating their legacy infra with new and modern architecture, this is where PEC lost in infra, Now I have seen PEC is going on the same path as of IITR and building new hostels, auditoriums,mess,classroom if you join PEC in 2023, You will definitely see a new modern PEC.

I am from the Metallurgy department, teachers are neither good nor worst, it depends from teacher to teacher, the curriculum is too old and not related to industry requirements, and the curriculum will not make you job ready, as Metta doesn't have a strong core, so you will have to study consultancy, finance by your own for placements though seniors will guide you.

See I am from Metallurgy and I will definitely recommend you to take metallurgy in PEC over CSE in any private college because the median of Metta this year was around 10LPA which is very as compared to CSE in private colleges(3-4LPA), Overall branches package was 16.7LPA, Highest was 83LPA(CSE) on campus and off campus was 1.5cr(EE student)

PEC is 100% value for money as the return on investment is really very high, many students can't afford that expense and take loans very happily( who knows the value of PEC in companies), and expense for 4 years currently is around 13.5LPA(including Mess, Hostels, Academics)

The campus of PEC is quite vibrant with events happening almost whole year. The campus is full of greenary buildings are just in pockets in between. There is every type of activity for every type of student so that's awesome. There is very little support and almost everything is managed by students, exams are conducted by M.TECH and PhD students and some are even faculty. This location is the best part of PEC and may be the reason of it's success. Hospitals and police services are available.

Best Place to invest your 4 years of life

Though overall infra of PEC is not even considerable, just old buildings and campus is done. But I am in ECE, our department is very good and well furnished, ECE labs are also well maintained and newly made, Everything is available in our branch department, but other departments don't have basic things and are poorly maintained like Civil, Mech departments are poorest departments of PEC, you will not say these are departments of Tier-1 College. Mess food is kind of okay

I am studying in ECE branch, Again same ECE academics are very good and we can rely on college for that, but if you want to take placement in software you have to study on your own by giving extra time, branches except CSE,ECE here are all having poor academics(they reason you find almost every review saying poor academics).And one more thing curriculum of those branches are also old

ECE is best performing branch of PEC, this ECE crossed median package of CSE, talking about ECE average it as 18LPA, CSE it was 25LPA, EE its was something around 12Lpa, non circuital branches have an average of around 10LPA but with Low placements rate, so keep that in mind. Though be sure about placements once you enter PEC

Not much expensive as Delhi govt colleges and not as cheaper as NITs or normal govt colleges, Hostels are too poor, libraries are not opened full time, dispensaries are closed or doctors are not interested to treat you, so I don't believe it's value for money until or unless placements are a concern for you.

There is no point of talking about PEC's campus because its too poor compared to some others, You will be living in mid of Chandigarh, where you will experience the feel of foreign well developed countries and you will enjoy a lot in this college and will not realize when the 4 years will ended, I can say with 100% assurance this place can handle any emergency situation at any time, no problems with that.

Overall nice in terms of placements for circuital branches.

PEC has almost every necessary facility, and equipments but the problem is with it's old infrastructure, except the New Academic block for first year students every department lacks basic facilities like air conditioning, smart classes though PEC is working on it but it will take time, Hostels are also like 'you have to live there no other option', very poor hostels except the new ones which are given to either people having connections or early arrivers, Food is improved a lot.

Poor Academics, I am in Electrical branch, quality of teachers is good but PEC don't have enough infra and machines, Machines and robots that were given by big MNCs are not properly maintained and they lack servicing, curriclum is out dated as that of every tier-1 college of India, This will never make you job-ready, PEC's exposure is what will make you ready for a high paying job.

What best word I can use for Placements like Excellent,Amazing,Uncomparable etc I will use that here, Beyond expectations placements everything, graph is increasing at very high pace, Companies like JP Morgan, Adobe, Google, Microsoft, GoldmanSacchs regularly visit PEC every year, Average was 16LPA this year, for CSE it was 25LPA and highest was 83LPA to 5 students

Though expensive but still value's the expense we do on it, at end having a good package will clear your fee in half the year, so be free to invest in this college rather than NITs, though they are cheaper but can't provide internships and Placement stats of PEC.Average fee including everything will be around 3LPA

Great Campus life, you will forget the meaning of word 'bore' after coming PEC, you will learn a lot while enjoying and living to fullest, Clubbing will be a major part of your outings, PGI and GMC's are near about 1 km from PEC, even PGI is neighbor of PEC with common wall of GATE 4, so don't worry about health care emergencies, You are in Planned City(Chandigarh).

Fully secure future if you are in PEC