Punjab Engineering College (Deemed-to-be-University), Chandigarh is located in close proximity to the Shivalik hills and covers a land area of over 149 acres. PEC Chandigarh campus has high-quality infrastructure containing separate blocks for academic, administrative, technology, residential complex, and other purposes.
Students seeking admission at PEC Chandigarh get access to academic (fully-fledged library, high-tech labs & others) and non-academic facilities (hostels, sports complex, dispensary, etc).
This section includes in-depth information about the facilities that are available for the students at Punjab Engineering College campus.
Academic Facilities
The Deemed-to-be-University fosters active learning in their classrooms or lecture theatres by equipping the academic spaces with smart interactive boards, projectors, white board, podium, internet facility, etc. Apart from this, other educational amenities such as a board room, tutorial rooms, drawing halls, and others are there to organise small scale academic meetings & events. The University also hosts large scale events & cultural programs within the available open-air theatre and auditorium.
Multiple seminar halls / rooms are available at the Punjab Engineering College campus with ergonomic seating arrangement and requisite audio-visual amenities to host interactive sessions, workshops, guest lectures, and other such formal academic events.
Some of the other educational facilities of PEC Chandigarh campus are as follows:
- Library: The University’s central library is spread across 27,000 square feet and is connected with both new & old blocks. The new block has a 3-storeyed library and it contains an air-conditioned facility and seating capacity of around 385 students at a time. More than 1,23,000 academic materials are present within the library comprising books, journals, 38+ magazines, 17+ daily newspapers, and other such resources.
Along with this, the central library has a digital library within the Multimedia Resource Centre (MMRC) which contains around 32 desktops, 1064+ CDs, 143+ Floppies, 25+ DVDs, etc to help students with assignments and research work. There are around 3 reading halls and separate sections for references, periodicals, circulations, reprographic facilities, and other such amenities.
- Laboratories: To provide latest computing skills to the students, the Deemed University has set up a computer centre and around 2 (100-Terminal) Cluster labs that are used for advanced research work. Students can gain course-specific skills and practical knowledge through the technologically advanced labs that are present within different departments such as Applied Sciences, Physics, Electronics & Communication Engineering, and others.
Some of these labs are Data Science lab, Embedded System lab, Language lab, Physics Research lab, and Automobile Engineering lab.
Non-Academic Facilities
Refer to the below-listed pointers to know the details regarding the non-academic facilities of the University:
- Sports: Physical Education and Sports Department at the PEC Chandigarh campus organises sports events and provides adequate facilities to the students. Table-Tennis, Chess, Ball Badminton, Squash Courts (2), Indoor Badminton Courts (2), etc. are there for indoor games. Other than this, facilities are present for outdoor games as well such as Football Grounds (2), 1 Hockey Field, Volleyball Courts (2), Basketball Court, 400-metre Athletic Tracks, etc.
- Hostel: There are around 6 PEC Chandigarh Hostels, out of which 4 are for boys (Shivalik, Himalaya, Kurukshetra, Aravali) and 2 for girls (Kalpana Chawla, Vindhya). Students opting for these on-campus residential facilities get homely living space as the hostels are equipped with furnished rooms, mess, common room with TV, Wi-Fi, and other such required amenities.
- Cafeteria: Students can have nutritious and affordable meals at the University’s canteen and it has adequate seating space so that they can sit to interact with peers.
- Healthcare Facility: First-aid and regular checkups of the students can be done in the dispensary that is present within the PEC Chandigarh campus. A medical officer and other nursing staff are there at the dispensary to assist the students and provide consultation services. Students are quickly sent to the GMSH-16 or PGIMER, Chandigarh during critical emergencies.
- Fitness Centre: There is a multi-gym with 16 stations, twin arm pulley, cycle ergometer, and other machines within the fitness centre / gymnasium hall of PEC Chandigarh campus.
- Banking: Students get adequate banking facilities like a computerised Post Office and fully-operational branches of ‘SBI Bank’ and ‘PNB Bank’ with an ATM which operates 24/7 at the campus for easy cash withdrawals & other services.
Numerous clubs are present at the University and students can join them to build a professional network and interact with people who share the same interest. The Deemed University has also set up various committees to maintain decorum and resolve the problems faced by the students within the PEC Chandigarh campus.
Below-given are some of the clubs and committees that are present at Punjab Engineering College campus:
- Music Club
- Dramatics Club
- Art & Photography Club (APC)
- Anti-Ragging Committee
- Internal Complaint Committee
- Student Grievance Redressal Committee
