Punjab Engineering College

Punjab Engineering College (now known as PEC University of Technology), is an engineering institute located in the city of Chandigarh, India. It offers engineering studies at the bachelors, masters and doctoral levels.

History
PEC was established in 1921 as Mugalpura Engineering College, at Lahore, now in Pakistan, but the name was changed in 1924 to Maclagan Engineering College. In 1931 it got affiliated to the University of the Punjab. After the partition of India, in 1947, it was moved to Roorkee and was renamed as East Punjab College of Engineering, to be renamed again three years later to Punjab Engineering College, a name which it held for more than 50 years. In 1953 it moved to its present campus in Chandigarh In 2003 it was awarded the Deemed University status and renamed Punjab Engineering College (Deemed University). In 2009 it finally received its current name, PEC University of Technology.

Academics
PEC offers Bachelor of Engineering (eight semesters) and Master of Engineering (four semesters) courses, as well as part-time Master of Engineering courses (six semesters) for industry and government sponsored candidates. There are also Doctoral Research positions.

Admission
Admissions to Bachelor of Engineering courses are made through All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE) for Indian nationals and DASA for non-resident Indians (NRIs), Person of Indian Origin Card (PIOs) and foreign nationals. Admissions to Master of Engineering courses are made through the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) examinations.