Chandigarh University, Mohali, Punjab, appears in 6 different rankings on our records, covering 4 years (2021 to 2024). Its best position is #5 from Outlook in 2024 for Hotel Management. This page puts those numbers side by side and explains what each agency is actually measuring, because a rank on its own does not tell you much.
Which agencies rank Chandigarh University
Not all rankings are the same. Some are run by the government, some by global research firms, and some by magazines. Here is who ranks Chandigarh University and what their number is based on.
| Agency | Type | Latest rank | What it measures |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Times | Media survey | #19 (2021) | An independent ranking of Indian institutions. |
| Outlook | Media survey | #30 (2024) | Outlook's ranking is a media survey combining college-submitted data with perception scores from students and academics. |
| The Week | Media survey | #65 (2023) | The Week's ranking, done with Hansa Research, is also survey-led. |
| India Today | Media survey | #65 (2023) | India Today runs an annual survey with MDRA. |
| NIRF | Government | #32 (2024) | NIRF is the government's own ranking, run by the Ministry of Education. |
| QS | Global | #149 (2024) | QS is a global ranking, so an Indian college here is being compared with universities worldwide. |
How Chandigarh University has moved
In Outlook's hotel management list, Chandigarh University moved from #7 in 2021 to #5 in 2024 — up 2 places, In Outlook's management list, Chandigarh University moved from #33 in 2023 to #30 in 2024 — up 3 places, In Outlook's computer applications list, Chandigarh University moved from #47 in 2023 to #46 in 2024 — up 1 place, In Outlook's commerce list, Chandigarh University moved from #80 in 2023 to #78 in 2024 — up 2 places, In The Week's hotel management list, Chandigarh University moved from #6 in 2021 to #16 in 2023 — down 10 places, In India Today's engineering list, Chandigarh University has held #65 from 2022 to 2023, In India Today's management list, Chandigarh University moved from #56 in 2022 to #49 in 2023 — up 7 places, In India Today's computer applications list, Chandigarh University moved from #42 in 2022 to #37 in 2023 — up 5 places, In India Today's science list, Chandigarh University has held #12 from 2022 to 2023, In India Today's commerce list, Chandigarh University moved from #98 in 2022 to #97 in 2023 — up 1 place, In India Today's hotel management list, Chandigarh University has held #27 from 2022 to 2023, In NIRF's engineering list, Chandigarh University moved from #45 in 2022 to #32 in 2024 — up 13 places, In NIRF's pharmacy list, Chandigarh University moved from #37 in 2022 to #20 in 2024 — up 17 places, In NIRF's architecture list, Chandigarh University moved from #15 in 2022 to #13 in 2024 — up 2 places and In NIRF's management list, Chandigarh University has held #36 from 2023 to 2024.
One year's change is not worth much on its own — agencies adjust how they score things, and a college can move a few places without anything real changing. A steady direction over three or four years is the part worth reading.
What these ranks mean for you
A rank tells you how a college compares on the things an agency chose to measure. It does not tell you whether the course you want is good here, whether the faculty in your branch are strong, or whether companies that hire for your field come to this campus. Two colleges ten places apart in a table can be very different for one particular branch.
Use the ranking to build a shortlist, then check the things that actually decide your four years: the 62 courses on offer, the fees, the placement record for your branch, and the cutoffs you would need. All of those are on the other tabs of this page.
How to read a ranking table
- Check the stream, not just the overall rank. A college can be #3 overall and #12 in the branch you want.
- Check who is doing the ranking. A government ranking and a magazine survey are measuring different things.
- Check the year. Ranks from three years ago describe a different batch than the one you will join.
- Check how many colleges were ranked. #50 out of 100 and #50 out of 2,000 are not the same result.
About Chandigarh University's ranking record
The ranks shown here come from The Times, Outlook, The Week, India Today, NIRF and QS and cover 2021–2024. They are updated as each agency publishes its new list. Chandigarh University is located in Mohali, Punjab. If a ranking is missing here, it usually means the agency did not list Chandigarh University that year, not that the college dropped out of it.